 1709 - 1774 (64 years)
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Appleby Peter |
| Birth |
5th Oct 1709 |
Portsmouth  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13th Aug 1774 |
Copenhagen |
| Person ID |
I64 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Jul 2023 |
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 | The house where Peter and Anna Appleby lived in 1757 in Copenhagen, no. 199
section of map of Christianshavn Quarter ran by Christin Gedde in 1757
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 | the rope works in Karlskrona in Sweden, started in 1692
source: 'the old rope works on Amager' article from the Danish Design Review, 30th Nov 2020 |
 | Peter Appleby's ropewalk shown on the internal rim of a 'Copenhagen' Punchbowl from China, c. 1770
Made for the Danish import market, with a scene of Copenhagen sound the outside.
"The interior rim of the bowl depicts a panoramic view of a ropewalk, detailing the steps of the rope making process. Grandjean, when discussing the example currently in the M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark, suggests that it was possibly commissioned for the Danish rope maker Peter Applebye (1709-1774)... and inscribed in Danish PROSPEKT AF PETER ABBLEBYS REEBER BANE OG SKIBS BYGGER WÆRFF UDI KIØBENHAUN (prospectus of Peter Applebye's ropewalk and shipyard)... The present lot, along with the bowl at M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark, were undoubtedly bespoke and private commissions for an individual of high status and wealth."
This one was sold by Sothebys for an estimated $70,000, but an identical one is held by the M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark.
source: Sothebys website |
 | The whole rim of the punchbowl in panoramic, representing Peter Appleby's rope making factory in Copenhagen
see image above of punchbowl for background info.
Source: Sotheby's website |
 | Burial monument to Peter and Anna Appleby in Christians Kirke, Copenhagen
The carved image on top is of a ship being built |
 | Applebyes Plads, a part of Copenhagen which is named after Peter Appleby
Applebyes Plads is a triangular area located between Langebro Bridge and the southernmost portion of Christianshavn Canal at the southern tip of the Christianshavn neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. The area takes its name from Peter Applebye, Christian VI's rope maker, who ran his manufactury from the site in the late 18th century, although no buildings remain from that time. source: wikipedia |
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- Wikipedia entry:
Peter Appleby was born in Gosport, Hampshire, the son of Francis Appleby. Aged 16, he was articled to Thomas Linze, a rope maker in royal service, and worked there until 1733. In 1737, he was charged with modernizing the ropewalk at the Royal Naval Dockyards at Nyholm in Copenhagen. In 1739, he was granted permission to establish his own rope walk
In 1742, he acquired the right to reclaim an area at the southern end of Christianshavn. It was later expanded by royal gifts in 1745, 1748 and 1757. 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.
Peter was also active in trade on the colonies with his own fleet of merchant ships.
Peter 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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Applebye
A small part of Copenhagen is still named after him:
Applebyes Plads is a triangular area located between Langebro Bridge and the southernmost portion of Christianshavn Canal at the southern tip of the Christianshavn neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. The area takes its name from Peter Applebye, Christian VI's rope maker, who ran his manufactury from the site in the late 18th century, although no buildings remain from that time.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applebys_Plads
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His company included a sugar refining factory, and one part of his business involved shipping sugar back from the West Indies. Although there are no records of any direct involvement with slavery, we can't avoid the fact that the sugar he traded and refined had been grown on plantations with slaves.
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Pater and Anna had 2 children that we know of, of whom their daughter Anna is the significant one to continue this family tree.
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Applebyes Plads is a triangular area located between Langebro Bridge and the southernmost portion of Christianshavn Canal at the southern tip of the Christianshavn neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. The area takes its name from Peter Applebye, Christian VI's rope maker, who ran his manufactury from the site in the late 18th century, although no buildings remain from that time.
Founded in the early 17th century, Christianshavn was originally considerably smaller than at present. The area to the south of the new district was known as the Grønnegård Harbour (Danish: Grønnegårds Havn) and used as a winter port for the Royal Navy's ships, conveniently located opposite the Arsenal Dock where they would be equipped. Up through the century, the area was gradually sold off and filled. In 1695 the entire site was acquired by Jan van Osten who established a shipyard there.
With the foundation of Nyholm to the north of Christianshavn, the navy's ships gradually left the Grønnegård harbour. The Englishman Peter Appleby, who had been called to Copenhagen by Christian VI to make ropes for the Navy, received a deed on 2 Overgaden Over Vandet and was also given a strip of land along Langebrogade where he constructed a 300-metre long ropewalk.[1]
In the 1750s Appleby carried out further reclamations on both sides of the canal, largely giving the area the layout it has today. He established a shipyard on the north side of the canal and was also active as a shipowner.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applebys_Plads
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Peter Appleby was a rope maker from Gosport in Hampshire.
He trained with Thomas Linze who was a rope- maker to the British king.
In 1737, he moved with his wife Anna Partridge to Copenhagen in Denmark, with a job to modernise the rope walk of the Royal Dockyards in Nyhom, Copenhagen.
This was the start of a successful business that he built up.
In 1739 he set up his own rope-making business, and then added ship building and sail-making. His company had trading ships which plied the route to the west Indies for sugar which was then processed at the company's sugar refinery in Odense, Denmark.
This info is taken from the excellent history of the Brown family by Graeme Kerridge: https://patersonhistory.org.au/resources/Browns_of_Denmark.pdf
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Peter Applebye, 5.10.1709-13.8.1774, ropemaker, shipbuilder, owner. Born in Gosport, Hampshire, died in Kbh., buried sst. (Christians k.). A., who is said to be of good parentage, was apprenticed as a ropemaker at the age of sixteen to a master in the service of the English king and worked for him until 1733 when he - dissatisfied with his advancement conditions - left the service. April 1737 he concluded a contract with sea lieutenant Fr. Weggersløff to enter Danish service to remodel Holmen's ropes course according to the English pattern, July s.å. he is employed by royal lifetime resolution. After 1739 having obtained permission to manufacture ropes privately, he built up - to the ever-increasing exasperation of the made - a considerable business. Partly by purchase, 1742, partly by reg. deed of gift, 1745, 1748 and 1757, he acquired large areas in Christianshavn, which he fulfilled for the most part and which still bear his name. Here he built a shipyard in 1759. He also had a sugar refinery as well as a sail cloth and canvas factory in Odense and ran overseas trade and shipping. His son of the same name and son-in-law John Brown soon put his fortune out of control.
source: https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Peter_Applebye
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"Reberbanen, disappeared [former] facility at Christianshavn in Copenhagen. The 300-metre long ropes course was built by Briton Peter Appleby [in] approx. 1748 along the rampart at Langebrogade. Reberbanen was rebuilt in 1833 by wholesaler and manufacturer Jacob Holm (1770-1845) into 103 workers' dwellings. The last remnant of "Holms Huse" was removed in the 1950s.
source: https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Reberbanen
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"Rope is made by twisting together long, thin fibres or strands to make yarns that are then twisted together in the opposite direction to build up thicker and thicker ropes and this was done in a long but relatively narrow space that when out in the open was often called a rope walk. A man walked back or a carriage was rolled back from a fixed wheel that was turned to twist the strands together. To give some idea of the length of these rope walks, in the 17th century, the rope walk established by Peter Appleby in Christianshaven was 300 metres long."
source: source: 'the old rope works on Amager' article from the Danish Design Review, 30th Nov 2020
http://danishdesignreview.com/trade-industry/2020/11/30/the-rope-works-on-amager
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A Ropewalk was a long low building where ropes were made.
"Right around the start of the 18th century was when the rope making industry started booming. To keep up with the growing demand, rope makers relied on ?rope walks? This was a process that started in the middle ages but became standard during this era. Rather than spinning the rope by hand, workers would lay the strands down a long area and turn a crank that would twist the fiber strands into a usable rope. This made the rope creation quicker, less human-intensive, and increased production to meet the growing demand across the world. This process would be used up until the 20th century. Because the rope had to be spun in a long straight line, the rope walk factories were strange-looking narrow buildings."
source:
The Technological Advances of Rope In the 18th Century
https://www.history1700s.com/index.php/articles/24-science-and-technology/2349-mining-construction-logging-transportation-rope-is-key-to-civilization.html
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