This List of 61 Officers and Men of the Frigate Virginia captured on 31 March 1778 and entered on the muster of HMS St. Albans (ADM 36/7857) was transcribed at the National Archives in Kew, England by Joseph and Joshua Ross in February 2014.
Fifty-one of the captured frigate Virginia’s officers and men were entered on the St. Albans from HMS Emerald on 12 April 1778. Ten additional men marked with an * asterick were entered on the St. Albans from HMS Richmond on the following day 13 April 1778, one day before the British vessel left the Chesapeake Bay bound for New York. All were carried to New York City where they were distributed among several prison ships.
When HMS St. Albans arrived, it appears that 2nd Lieutenant Joshua Barney and 1st Lieutenant of Marines Thomas Pownal remained on board for a time. Men marked with + sign were entered on the prison ship Thunder Bomb on 27 April 1778. Men marked with # sign were entered on the prison ship Preston on 30 April 1778. Only Surgeon’s 1st Mate James Fulton was placed on the prison ship Judith on 10 May 1778, probably due to her need for skilled medical personnel.
Joshua Barney
Thomas Pownal
Thomas Jennings +
James Fulton +
Thomas James #
James Ragan #
John Grimes +
John Young #
Daniel Larkin +
Simon Benjamin +
John Dick +
Denis Coleman +
Edward Bolf #
John McKew +
James Stackaball +
Michael Carney +
Henry Lawrence +
Richard Clark +
Thomas Eunich #
Anthony Higgins +
John Grant #
Andrew Moer +
Michael Nigle +
John Killen #
John Herring +
George Gilles +
Henry Mills +
William Anderson #
Jervis Boswell #
Nathaniel Richards #
David Brenan +
Robert Lambert +
Lawrence Molton +
James Stephenson +
John McFerline +
Edward Kelly +
John Lomas +
William Stack +
Mathew Wright +
James Arn +
Charles McDonald +
James McMahon +
Thomas Harcombe #
John Thomas +
Michael Dollas +
Thomas Dennison +
Richard Francis Larrimore +
Thomas Burke +
John McHenry +
James Philips +
John Shanks +
Joseph Day * #
Jacob Jobb * #
Joseph McGregor * +
John Mathews * #
John Jones * +
John King * +
Charles Indle * +
Joseph Tims * #
Thomas Westmuch * #
Richard Watts * #