English Captain: Jonathan Watham (Waltham)

Jonathan Watham served in the Restoration navy. Frank Fox calls him Jonathan Waltham, so the name in Pepys's list could be a misspelling. In 1661, he commanded the Nonsuch ketch. In 1664, he was appointed to command the Francis. Later in 1664, he was moved to the Sorlings. During the Four Days Battle, he was at Plymouth in the 5th Rate Sorlings. Like others, he moved to larger ships by first being a lieutenant. In 1672, he was appointed as First Lieutenant of the 2nd Rate Victory. Later in 1672, he was lieutenant on the Resolution. The King appointed him to command the 5th Rate Guernsey on 6 October 1673. On 3 November 1674, the King appointed him to command the Deptford ketch. Finally, on 12 April 1678, the King appointed him as captain of the Turkey Merchant, a hired ship. Sources:

1. Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.

2. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.