Following is a list of the frigate Trumbull’s Marine contingent of 21 men, 10 impressed seamen and landsmen, 5 presumably impressed negros and a supplemental list of 21 bounty recipients who presumably signed the ship’s articles upon entering. The document was confiscated when the frigate Trumbull was captured on 28 August 1781 and is among the 36 documents found in the Trumbull’s prize court records (HCA 32/465/9) transcribed at the National Archives in Kew, England by Joseph and Joshua Ross in February 2014. Although undated, the list of Marines covers those enlisted between 28 May 1781 and 16 July 1781. Six impressed from ships in the Delaware were entered on 26 July 1781, four others were impressed at Lewes on 28 July 1781 and the five negros entered on 30 July 1781; just nine days prior to her departure from the Capes and ten before Trumbull’s capture.
List of Marines
Gilbert Saltonstall Capt Mar 1781
Peter Manifold Actg Lt
Richard Bourk Sergt 31 May
Patrick Taggart Do 14 July
Barnabas Cunningham Corp 6 May
Daniel Burns Do 30 May
Miles Carpenter Drummer 31 May
John Nicholson Fifer 14 July
John Patterson Private 28 May
Richard Allen Do 30 May
Moliston Wheeler Do 30 May
John Ealy Do 2 June
Elisha Kinyon Do 2 June
Alexander Clark Do 2 June
Francis Winstanley Do 8 June
James Drane Do 14 June
David Baird Do 4 July
Charles Baird Do 4 July
Solomon Hudson Do 7 July
John McNarney Do 16 July
Joseph Sutton Do 16 June
List of Impressed Seamen and Landsmen and Negros
Joseph Barclay Seaman, pressed Ships 26 July
John Black “ 26 July
George Carlton “ 26 July
Thomas Riddle “ 26 July
Robert Day “ 26 July
William Curtain “ 26 July
John Cook Seaman, pressed Ships 26 July
Hercules Marriner Landsman, pressed Lewis Town 28 July
Sacheveral Wood “ 28 July
Thomas Holston Landsman, pressed Lewis Town 28 July
November negro 30 July
James Do 30 July
George Do 30 July
Affrica Do 30 July
William Do 30 July
Articles with Supplemental List for Bounties
David Hurlburt Landsman 3 May
Roger Kelly Landsman 4 May
John Kuhne Marine 4 May
John Thompson Carp Mate 5 May
John Hindley Landsman 6 May
William Lingey Landsman 6 May
John Brady Landsman 6 May
Barnabas Cunningham Marine 6 May
John Miles Marine 6 May
Richard Simon Seaman 7 May
John Lemon Seaman 7 July
John Brown Boy 10 May
James Deveroux Boy 10 May
Simon Betty Boy 15 April
James McKinzey Seaman 20 May
John Jorden Seaman 20 May
Charles Millen Seaman 20 June
William Roe Landsman 29 June
John Stevens Seaman 20 May
William Roberts Cooper 15 June
Joshua Beebe Boy 15 June
Richard Nash Seaman 11/16/80
John Maltbie Landsman 11/16/80
William Murray Boy 11/16/80
Dolphin Hubbard Ordinary Seaman 11/16/80