-
Recent Posts
Categories
- Announcements (29)
- Chaplains (14)
- Continental Navy Crew Lists (75)
- Brig Andrew Doria (2)
- Brig Lexington (4)
- Brig Reprisal (1)
- Brig Resistance (2)
- Frigate Alliance (7)
- Frigate Bonhomme Richard (1)
- Frigate Boston (4)
- Frigate Columbus (1)
- Frigate Confederacy (10)
- Frigate Deane (3)
- Frigate Hague (2)
- Frigate Hancock (3)
- Frigate Providence (2)
- Frigate Queen of France (3)
- Frigate Raleigh (3)
- Frigate Randolph (2)
- Frigate Trumbull (7)
- Frigate Virginia (6)
- Frigate Warren (1)
- Ship Alfred (3)
- Ship of War Ariel (3)
- Ship of War Ranger (5)
- Sloop Saratoga (1)
- Continental Navy Enlisted Men (45)
- Marine Corps Privates (18)
- Seamen (25)
- Undetermined (4)
- Continental Navy Officers (78)
- Frederick Calkins (4)
- Pilots (3)
Yearly Archives: 2015
Peter Richards, Lieutenant
Peter Richards. Born on 11 February 1754 to Elizabeth Harris (1727-1793) and New London merchant Guy Richards (1722-1782), Peter Richards was recruited for the Continental Navy there. His father was a member of the Committees of Correspondence and Safety for … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Commissioned Officers
Leave a comment
Isaac Hanson, Marine and Seaman
Isaac Hanson. Born at Dover, NH on 3 June 1758, Isaac Hanson was the youngest son of a number of children born to Isaac Hanson, Sr. (1713-1758) and Susannah Canney (1715-1760). Despite grandson Isaac Walter Hanson’s assertion in his 1895 … Continue reading
Posted in Marine Corps Privates, Seamen
Leave a comment
John McDougall, Lieutenant
Nephew of General Alexander McDougall of New York, John McDougall was appointed Lieutenant of the 16-gun Continental Navy brig Andrew Doria with a compliment of 130 men under the command of Captain Nicholas Biddle on 22 December 1775. McDougall was … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Commissioned Officers
Leave a comment
William Barnes, Lieutenant
William Bell Clark editor of “The Letters of Nicolas Biddle (1771-1777)” in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, LXXIV (July 1950) notes “William Barnes, first lieutenant of the Randolph, had been a colonial shipmaster as early as 1764” no … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Commissioned Officers
1 Comment
Joseph Ioor, Captain of 1st SC Continental Regiment
Joseph Ioor, Captain of 1st SC Continental Regiment. Also known as Joseph Joor, Ioor was first commissioned Lieutenant on 17 June 1775 and promoted to Captain in May 1776. According to an entry in Captain Robert Parker Saunders’ Order Book … Continue reading