Peter Applebye

Whilst a baptism record dated 25 September 1710 exists for a Peter Appleby, son of John and Susanna, baptised in Holy Trinity, Gosport, Hampshire,[1] this record appears to refer to a different Peter Appleby, most likely a cousin.

Aged 16, he was articled to Thomas Linze, a rope maker in royal service, and worked there until 1733.

He established a dockyards on the land in 1769 and was also the owner of a sugar refinery and sails and canvas factory in Odense.

Applebye married Anna Pattridge (more likely a mistranscription of "Partridge") on 9 August 1735 in Fleet, Hampshire.

His son Peter Applebye Jr. and son-in-law John Brown squandered away his fortune soon after his death.

Applebye's property No. 199 seen in a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Christianshavn Quarter, 1757