Applebye, Peter

Born 1709-10-5 in Gosport, Hampshire, died 1774-8-13 in Copenhagen, buried in Frederiks Tyske Kirke. (BioLek III)

Family
Son: Applebye, Peter 2 (BioLek III)

Son-in-law: Brown, John (Bech 1981:152)

Timeline
1725 about - Apprentice with a robe maker in service of the British king.

1735-8-9 - Married Pattridge, Anna (1712-1763). (BioLek III)

1737 - Arrived in Copenhagen and built a ropewalk at Holmen. (Bech 1981:152)

1747 - Built a Kridtpipefabrik in Copenhagen in partnership with the British Burton, Salomon. They sold it in 1752. (Klem: Skibsbygning I:157)

1752 - Built a shipyard in Christianshavn. (Bech 1981:152)

1759 - Built a shipyard in Christianshavn (BioLek III)

Later built a sail manufactory and a sugar refinery. (Bech 1981:152)

1762: Listed as the Rebslager used by the Admiralty in the dispute with Iselin over a shipment of hemp from Riga to be used in rope, in which the quality, strength and length (quantity) (Lit. x, 7 february 1764, the document was put forward to the commission in charge of the dispute: Admiraliteten, Kommissionsprotokol, series 518, box no. 38).

1780-7-7 - Became brother #228 in the Copenhagen Freemason lodge Zorobabel til Nordstjernen. (Ritzau: Zorobabel og Frederik 1882)