Footnotes
1 King James Bible, Book of Job, Chapter 14, Verses 1 & 2
2 Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume II, Page 533
3 Diary of Joshua Hempstead 1711-1758 by Joshua Hempstead 1901, Page 459
4 The Later History of the First Church of Christ, New London, Conn by Silas Leroy Blake 1900, Page 38
5 Diary of Joshua Hempstead, Page 144
6 New London Vital Records, Volume 3, Pages 140 & 143
7 The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution by James Henry Stark 1910, Page 279
8 History of New London, Connecticut: from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins 1895, Page 489
9 New London Vital Records, Probate Records Book H, Page 187
10 New London Town Papers, Box 3, Connecticut State Library referenced in Apprentices of Connecticut 1637-1900 by Kathy A. Ritter 1986, Page 28
11 Norwich Vital Records, Page 237
12 American Ancestry by Thomas Patrick Hughes & Frank Munsell 1899, Page 137
13 Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail by Daniel Vickers 2005, Page 98
14 Horse Jockeys in the West Indies Trade by Joel Lang & James Cabot, Hartford Courant 9/29/2002
15 Boston News Letter, 25 April 1765
16 Boston Evening Post, Boston Post Boy, Boston Gazette, 29 April 1765
17 Boston Post Boy, 7 April 1766
18 Connecticut Gazette, 19 September 1766
19 New York Mercury, 28 September 1767, New York Gazette, 1 October 1767
20 Triangle Trade by Kari Watkins, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
21 Horse Jockeys in the West Indies Trade by Joel Lang & James Cabot, Hartford Courant 9/29/2002
22 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas 2004, Page 19
23 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas 2004, Page 21
24 Bozrah Congregational Church Records, Volume 3, Page 46, Connecticut State Library
25 First Congregational Church of Norwich Congregational Church Records, Volume 2, Page 267
26 King James Bible, Book of Psalms, Chapter 107, Verses 23 to 32
27 New York Journal, 1 Oct 1772; Connecticut Journal, 2 Oct 1772; Essex Gazette, 6 Oct 1772
28 Letter from Alexander Hamilton, to his father dated 6 September 1772 St. Croix
29 King James Bible, Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 13, Verses 44-46
30 Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail by Daniel Vickers 2005, Pages 117 & 118
31 Norwich Vital Records, Page 498, refer also to original marriage certificate in Frederick Calkins Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #W-5056
32 www.1771.org/ev_wedding.htm
33 History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians, to the Year 1866 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins 1976, Pages 315 & 316
34 Norwich Vital Records, Page 498
35 The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution by Benson John Lossing 1852, Page 30
36 The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution by Benson John Lossing 1852, Page 31
37 Norwich Vital Records, Page 498
38 Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail by Daniel Vickers 2005, Page 112
39 Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution by Paul A Gilje 2007, Pages 71 & 74
40 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard 1930, Page 254 (from Appendix IV. Private Journal of Capt. Joseph Hardy)
41 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas, Simon & Schuster 2003, Page 20
42 Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail by Daniel Vickers 2005, Pages 144 & 145
43 Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail by Daniel Vickers 2005, Page 85
44 Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution by Jack Coggins 2002 Pages 20 & 22
45 Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, Hartford: Adjutant-General’s Office 1889, Page 598
46 Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution 1889, Page 238 and more completely in Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume II, Page 533
47 Captain Robert Niles, Connecticut State Navy by Sheldon S. Cohen, The American Neptune, July 1979, Pages 190-208
48 Norwich Records of Town Votes, Volume IV, Page 315
49 The Golden Rock by Ronald Hurst 1996, Pages 1-3
50 www.hebrewhistory.info/factpapers/fp037_eustatius.htm
51 Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume 11, Page 436
52 Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume 11, Page 533
53 http://www.americanrevolution.org/navy/navapp.html Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies
54 Norwich Vital Records, Page 498
55 The Private Revolution of Geoffrey Frost: Being an Account of the Life and Times of Geoffrey Frost, Mariner, of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire by J. E. Fender 2003, Page 298
56 Gallant John Barry 1745-1803 The Story Of A Naval Hero Of Two Wars by William Bell Clark 1938, Page 160
57 Edmund Pratt Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #R-8436
58 Gallant John Barry 1745 -1803 The Story Of A Naval Hero Of Two Wars by William Bell Clark 1938, Pages 160 & 161
59 Gallant John Barry 1745 -1803 The Story Of A Naval Hero Of Two Wars by William Bell Clark 1938, Pages 157 & 158
60 Defence against the loss of the Raleigh by John Barry, 1778, Barry-Hayes Papers, Box 1, Folder 3
61 Gallant John Barry 1745 -1803 The Story Of A Naval Hero Of Two Wars by William Bell Clark 1938, Pages 165 & 166
62 Pennsylvania Post, 10/19/1778
63 The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser, Boston 10/8/1778
64 Log of the Unicorn, British Admiralty Records, Captain’ Logs, No. 331; also No. 1017
65 Gallant John Barry 1745 -1803 The Story Of A Naval Hero Of Two Wars by William Bell Clark 1938, Page 167
66 James Cassel Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #S-30314
67 Edmund Pratt Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #R-8436
68 Defence against the loss of the Raleigh by John Barry, 1778, Barry-Hayes Papers, Box 1, Folder 3
69 Gallant John Barry 1745 -1803 The Story Of A Naval Hero Of Two Wars by William Bell Clark 1938, Page 168
70 Log of the Unicorn, British Admiralty Records, Captain’ Logs, No. 331; also No. 1017
71 Defence against the loss of the Raleigh by John Barry, 1778, Barry-Hayes Papers, Box 1, Folder 3
72 Joshua Newhall Pension Records, Revolutionary War Pension Files, Series: M805 Roll: 116
73 Edmund Pratt Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #R-8436
74 Giles Chester Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #W-17611
75 Aaron Fish Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #S-10673
76 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard 1930, Pages 67 & 68
77 Ships of the American Revolution and Their Models By Harold M. Hahn 1988, Pages 102-105
78 Major Joshua Huntington Papers: The Frigate Confederacy Papers 1776-1786, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Collection 222, Folders 18,19 & 21
79 The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer, 25 March 1779, Vol. XVI, Issue 802, Page 2
80 Major Joshua Huntington Papers: The Frigate Confederacy Papers 1776-1786, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Collection 222, Folders 8 & 22
81 History of New London, Connecticut: from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins 1895, Page 541
82 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas, Simon & Schuster 2003, Page 6
83 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas, Simon & Schuster 2003, Page 120
84 Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution by Jack Coggins 2002 Page 20
85 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas, Simon & Schuster 2003, Pages 43, 68 & 120
86 Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783 by Henry P. Johnston (1889) 1997, page 602
87 Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival and Freedom in a New World by Dorothy A. Mays 2004, Page 137
88 Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival and Freedom in a New World by Dorothy A. Mays 2004, Page 245
89 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas, Simon & Schuster 2003, page 213
90 Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783 by Henry P. Johnston (1889) 1997, pages 601-2
91 Major Joshua Huntington Papers: The Frigate Confederacy Papers 1776-1786, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Collection 222, Folders 18,19 & 21
92 Silas Cleveland Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #S-12486
93 wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_Officer
94 Out-letters of the Continental Marine Committee and Board of Admiralty: August 1776-September 1780 By Charles Oscar Paullin 1914, Page 63
95 Out-letters of the Continental Marine Committee and Board of Admiralty: August 1776-September 1780 by Charles Oscar Paullin 1914, Page 64
96 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard 1930, Pages 88 & 89
97 A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen 1913, Page 379
98 A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen 1913, Page 380 & 381
99 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard, 1930, page 91
100 Out-letters of the Continental Marine Committee and Board of Admiralty: August 1776-September 1780 by Charles Oscar Paullin 1914, Page 87
101 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard, 1930, page 94
102 http://www.americanrevolution.org/navy/navapp.html Naval Operations in 1779
103 A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen 1913, Page 404
104 A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen 1913, Page 405
105 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard, 1930, page 236 from Appendix IV. Private Journal of Capt. Joseph Hardy
106 Seth Kennedy Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #S-31789
107 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard, 1930, pages 101-2
108 The Jay Papers I: Mission to Spain Edited and Annotated by Richard B. Morris, American Heritage Magazine, February 1968, Volume 19, Issue 2
109 A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen 1913, Page 406
110 A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen 1913, Page 406
111 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard, 1930, pages 105-9
112 The Jay Papers I: Mission to Spain Edited and Annotated by Richard B. Morris, American Heritage Magazine, February 1968, Volume 19, Issue 2
113 A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen 1913, Page 407
114 The Jay Papers I: Mission to Spain Edited and Annotated by Richard B. Morris, American Heritage Magazine, February 1968, Volume 19, Issue 2
115 Seth Kennedy Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #S-31789
116 The Jay Papers I: Mission to Spain Edited and Annotated by Richard B. Morris, American Heritage Magazine, February 1968, Volume 19, Issue 2
117 The Jay Papers I: Mission to Spain Edited and Annotated by Richard B. Morris, American Heritage Magazine, February 1968, Volume 19, Issue 2
118 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard 1930, Page 223 (from Appendix IV. Private Journal of Capt. Joseph Hardy)
119 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard 1930, Page 226 (from Appendix IV. Private Journal of Capt. Joseph Hardy)
120 Seth Harding, Mariner by James L. Howard 1930, Page 128
121 Cornelius Wells Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #W-2503
122 John McClain Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #S-34990
123 Samuel Dennis Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #S-37884
124 Frederick Calkins Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #W-5056 and DAR application #129280 in Lineage Book 1933, Page 86
125 Norwich Vital Records, Page 498
126 Horse Jockeys in the West Indies Trade by Joel Lang & James Cabot, Hartford Courant 9/29/2002
127 History of New London, Connecticut: from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins 1895, Page 482
128 Horse Jockeys in the West Indies Trade by Joel Lang & James Cabot, Hartford Courant 9/29/2002
129 The Rover: The Story of a Canadian Privateer by Thomas H. Raddall 1958, Page 46
130 Norwich Packet and the Weekly Advertiser 8/22/1782
131 Norwich Records of Town Votes, Volume IV, Page 328
132 Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer 11/2/1787
133 Portrait Biographical Album of Calhoun County, Michigan , Chapman Bros. 1891, Page 898
134 Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail by Daniel Vickers 2005, Page 112
135 John Paul Johns by Evan Thomas, Simon & Schuster 2003, Page 29
136 1790 Census Records, Lebanon, NH
137 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 1, Page 29
138 Chelsea, VT Town Meeting Minutes, Pages 18, 19 & 25
139 Chelsea, VT Town Meeting Minutes, Pages 40, 93, 107 & 118
140 Recollections of an Old Soldier, The Life of Captain David Perry, A Soldier of the French and Revolutionary Wars, Containing Many Extraordinary Occurrences Relating to His Own Private History and an Account of Some Interesting Events in the History of the Times in which He Lived No-Where Else Recorded Written by Himself 1822 (Reprinted in Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Volume XIV, Summer 1981, Number 1, Pages 3-11)
141 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 1, Page 254 (renumbered 231)
142 History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians, to the Year 1866 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins 1976, Page 463
143 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 1, Page 29
144 Chelsea Centennial, 9/4/1884, Page 18
145 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 2, Page 322-324
146 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 3, Page 81
147 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 3, Page 335
148 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 3, Page 547
149 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 4, Page 129-130
150 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 3, Page 279
151 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 5, Page 86
152 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 6, Page 244
153 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 6, Page 244 and Book 6, Page 329
154 Congregational Church of Chelsea, Church Records, Page 8 (Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT, Micro 282, Reel 6) and Congregational Church 1882 list of Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, Chelsea, Vermont @ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
155 Congregational Church of Chelsea, Church Records, Pages 10 & 14 (Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT, Micro 282, Reel 6) and Congregational Church 1882 list of Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, Chelsea, Vermont @ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
156 History of Our Church, The United Church of Chelsea, U.C.C. & U.M.C. Bulletin Brochure
157 History of the Town of Chelsea, Gazetteer of Orange County, VT 1762-1888
158 History of Our Church, The United Church of Chelsea, U.C.C. & U.M.C. Bulletin Brochure
159 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 1, Page 80
160 Chelsea, VT Town Meeting Minutes, Pages 203, 216, 240 & 252
161 History of Our Church, The United Church of Chelsea, U.C.C. & U.M.C. Bulletin Brochure
162 History of the Town of Chelsea, Gazetteer of Orange County, VT 1762-1888
163 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 1, Page 223
164 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 2, Page 16
165 Congregational Church of Chelsea, Church Records, Pages 10 & 14 (Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT, Micro 282, Reel 6) and Congregational Church 1882 list of Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, Chelsea, Vermont @ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
166 Those who Stayed Behind: Rural Society in Nineteenth-Century New England by Hal S. Barron 1988, Page 31
167 Chelsea Centennial, 9/4/1884, Page 97
168 1830 Census Records, Chelsea, VT
169 Frederick Calkins Pension Record, Revolutionary War Pension File #W-5056
170 Will of Annis Calkins, Orange County, VT Probate Records, Volume 18, Page 512
171 Inventory of Annis Calkins, Orange County, VT Probate Records, Volume 18, Page 513
172 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 2, Page 16
173 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 12, Page 5
174 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 12, Page 47
175 Chelsea, VT Town Records, Book 8, Page 248 and Book 9, Page 88 and Book 10, Page 43
176 1850 Census Records, Grafton County, NH
177 Congregational Church of Chelsea, Church Records
178 Chelsea Centennial, 9/4/1884, Page 20