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Category Archives: Chaplains
Thomas Erskine Birch, Chaplain
Thomas Erskine Birch. The Rev. Thomas E. Birch is one of five Continental Navy Chaplains listed in Mess Night Traditions by Charles J. Gibowicz (2007). Most genealogical sources note Birch’s birth as 22 August 1763 at either St. Kitts or … Continue reading
Samuel Cooper, Captain’s Clerk, Purser
Samuel Cooper. Samuel Cooper was the third son and fifth surviving child of William Cooper, Esq. (1721-1809) and Katharine Wendell (1726-1796) who were married on 25 April 1745. Although seventeen children were born to the couple, only seven lived to … Continue reading
William Cooper, Jr., Captain’s Clerk, Chaplain, 2nd Lieutentant of Marines
William Cooper, Jr. Born in February 1750, William Cooper, Jr. was the oldest surviving son of William Cooper, Esq. (1721-1809) and Katharine Wendell (1726-1796) who were married on 25 April 1745. The senior Cooper, a merchant and Boston Town Clerk … Continue reading
William Sturgess, Chaplain
William Sturgess. A statement of distribution of prize money in the amount of $948.17 prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury on 3 January 1862 in response to a 29 July 1861 resolution of the United States Senate in relation … Continue reading
Rev. Edward Brooks, Chaplain
Edward Brooks. The Rev. Edward Brooks is one of five Continental Navy Chaplains listed in Mess Night Traditions by Charles J. Gibowicz (2007). Son of Samuel Brooks (1700-1768) and Mary Boutwell (1698-1772), Edward was born on the ancestral homestead at … Continue reading