Betsey (1791 ship)
Betsey was launched in Bermuda in 1791. She never appeared in "Lloyd's Register". On 11 April 1793 Captain William Doyle acquired a letter of marque. The size of her crew indicates that the intent was to sail her as a privateer. "Lloyd's List" for 1793 and 1794 makes no mention of a privateer "Betsey". Because "Betsey" is a common name and she did not appear in "Lloyd's Register" it had not yet been possible to discover what she did between 1793 and 1798. Captain Daniel Hayward acquired a letter of marque on 13 March  1798. Two weeks later, on 27 March 1798, Captain James Barrow acquired a letter of marque. Barrow, or Hayward, sailed from Liverpool on 22 April 1798, bound for the Windward Coast. "Betsey" was a slave ship, engaged in the triangular trade in enslaved people. However, the French captured "Betsey" before she had embarked any slaves. "Lloyd's List" reported that on 3 June, the French frigate "Convention" had captured "Betsey", Hayward, master, off the coast of Africa. "Betsey" had been on her way from Liverpool to Africa.