Frigate Trumbull Quarter Bill (Aug 1781)

This undated list of 152 Officers and Men likely captured with the frigate Trumbull on 28 August 1781 is taken from a document noting the assignment of each crew member for quarters in battle found among the 36 documents in the Trumbull’s prize court records (HCA 32/465/9) and transcribed at the National Archives in Kew, England by Joseph and Joshua Ross in February 2014. Note that senior officers, as well as the 21 man contingent of Marines, are not included in the list.

Trumbull          Gun No. 1            Thomas Scott           Capt’n

                                                          William Barry           

                                                           James Kelly             

                                                           James Green           

                                                           William Sample        

                                                            John McDonald       

                                                             Henry Hilands          

                                                              Gilbert DeBeau         Boy

                       Gun No. 2                 Benjamin Stubbs      Capt’n

                                                               Roger Kelly              

                                                                Richard Tracy          

                                                                 Isaac Green             

                                                                  John Thompson       

                                                                   John Flanagan         

                                                                   Thomas Austin         

                                                                    James Davorix          Boy

                       Gun No. 3                      John Stevens            Capt’n

                                                                      John Quigg              

                                                                       John Duffy              

                                                                        Thomas Pilkington   

                                                                         John Hays               

                                                                         Alexander Warwick   

                                                                          James Willson         

                                                                          John Maltbie             Boy

                       Gun No. 4                      Jeremiah Bonfoy      Capt’n

                                                                          James Duncan         

                                                                          Charles Skinner       

                                                                           John Trone              

                                                                            John Griffith            

                                                                            William Anderson     

                                                                            Richard Simmons    

                                                                             Touraia Lucas           Boy

                       Gun No. 5                      John Sherman           Capt’n

                                                                              John Bryan              

                                                                               Robert Vernon         

                                                                                Robert Day              

                                                                                 Jacob Whitehead     

                                                                                 John Day                 

                                                                                  John Clayton           

                                                                                  James McConnell      Boy

                       Gun No. 6                       Thomas Short           Capt’n

                                                                                   Robert Armstrong    

                                                                                   Jacob Bostwick       

                                                                                   John Monohon         

                                                                                   Henry McMurdy       

                                                                                    Patrick Cain             

                                                                                    Adam Hill                 

                                                                                     Henry Oath               Boy

                       Gun No. 7                    Gust. Brown              Capt’n

                                                                                   Will. Long                

                                                                                       Abraham Crasse

                                                                                   William Witney         

                                                                                        Thomas Johnson     

                                                                                        John Freeman          

                                                                                         Donald McDonald    

                                                                                         John Searls             

                                                                                         John Thompson        Boy

                       Gun No. 8                      William Roberts        Capt’n

                                                                                   John O’Brian            

                                                                                        William Row             

                                                                                        George Carlton        

                                                                                         John Cook               

                                                                                         Edmund Holbeau     

                                                                                          William Gattey         

                                                                                          Charles Wilkison       Boy

                       Gun No. 9                     Antoine D’Enapollon Capt’n

                                                                                   Louis Martin             

                                                                                         William Curtain         

                                                                                         James Saunders      

                                                                                         James Crocker       

                                                                                          Nicholas Calwell       

                                                                                          Robert Potts            

                                                                                          John Scott                Boy

                       Gun No. 10                     William Haight        Capt’n

                                                                                   Joseph Barclay        

                                                                                          John Black              

                                                                                          Miles Selden            

                                                                                          Thomas Murphy       

                                                                                          James Parker           

                                                                                          Thomas Riddle        

                                                                                          John Brian                Boy

                       Gun No. 11                       Robert Jackson        Capt’n

                                                                                   Thomas Waight        

                                                                                          Robert Denum         

                                                                                          Charles Millen          

                                                                                          John Stripes            

                                                                                          Joshua Denny          

                                                                                          Cornelius Barber      

                                                                                          Step:neg                  Boy

                       Gun No. 12                   Joseph Smith          Capt’n

                                                                                   David Barret             

                                                                                          John Mitchel            

                                                                                          Dolphin Hubbert       

                                                                                          James Ellis              

                                                                                          John Lorin               

                                                                                          David Jones            

                                                                                          James Caulder         

                                                                                          Silvester Marcy         Boy

Quarter Deck   Gun No. 1                          Charles E. Irvine      Capt’n

                                                                                   Samuel Claypoole    

                                                                                          Lewis Ward              

                                                                                          Affrica: neg              

                                                                                          William [crossed out]: neg

                                                                                   Joshua Beeby           Boy

                       Gun No. 2                       Richard Law            Capt’n

                                                                                   John Manley            

                                                                                          John Down              

                                                                                          Dennis O’Laugherty  

                                                                                          James: neg              

                                                                                          George: neg            

                                                                                          John Brown              Boy

                       Gun No. 3                         [blank]                      Capt’n

                                                                                   David Holbert           

                                                                                          Henry McEvar          

                                                                                          Alexander Campbell 

                                                                                          William: neg             

                                                                                          John Downy             Boy

Quarter Bill      Fore Castle           Samuel Ropkins Boatswain

                                                                                   Michael Callahan      

                                                                                         Thomas Brown         

                                                                                          Aron Ball                 

                                                                                          Abraham Callender   

                                                                                          William Smiley          Boy

                       Fore Top Sail Braces              George Nicholson    

                              Fore Braces                           David Moffet           

                                                                                          William Stevens       

                              Fore Top                               Jacob Bemper          Capt’n

                                                                                   Dennis Vinnard        

                                                                                          James Pippinger      

                                                                                          John Bishop            

                                                                                          Alexander Gardiner  

                                                                                          Joseph Summers     

                              Main Top                              Edward Clayton        Capt’n

                                                                                   Samuel Nicholson    

                                                                                          John McCabe          

                                                                                          Miles Kent               

                                                                                          Thomas Martin         

                                                                                          Benjamin Taylor       

                              At the Wheel                          Charles Chamberlain

                                                                                          David Cotteral          

                              Magazine                               Peter Langdon         

                                                                                          George Carle           

                              Pass Powder between Decks  James McKenzie      

                                                                                          Joseph Murray         

                                                                                          John Jurdon            

                              To attend the light room          Richard Nash           

                              Main Hatch                            Lloyd Wharton          

                              Cock-Pitt                         David Morrow      Surgeon

                                                                                   Samuel D. Morrow   

                                                                                          Robert Geddis         

                              In the Hold                             Thomas Knight   Carpenter

                                                                                   John Slader             

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