The following partial list of 13 Officers and Crew of the brig Reprisal is compiled from the “Statement of claims which have been adjusted and allowed at the Treasury Department…on the 27th of March 1792” and published beginning page 387 in American State Papers (1834). The claimants paid off to 1 October 1777 represent the last crew of the Reprisal prior to her loss off the banks of Newfoundland with all 129 hands on board except the cook. Jonathan Williams, a relative of Benjamin Franklin wrote to the American Commissioners in France, “…a man arrived in a french Vessell from the Banks who called himself the Steward of the Reprisal, and said that when the Ship foundered he saved himself by the gang Ladder which supported him, ‘till french Vessell took him.” Each man’s rate, date the claim was adjusted to and amount of claim is noted. Apparently, prize monies due the men were issued posthumously on 1 January 1778. A second simplified and alphabetized list follows for ease of internet browsing.
April 12, 1792, William McGennegal, Gunner, Oct 1, 1777, $198.00
April 12, 1792, William McGennegal, Gunner, Jan 1, 1778, $199.00
April 19, 1792, Thomas Norwood, Midshipman, Oct 1, 1777, $160.40
April 19, 1792, James Taylor, Seaman, Oct 1, 1777, $82.92
May 1, 1792, Alexander Young, Mate, Oct 1, 1777, $200.07
May 5, 1792, John McCutcheon, Sergeant marines, Oct 1, 1777, $106.67
June 1, 1792, Barney Duffey, Armorer, Sept 1, 1777, $120.80
July 9, 1792, Daniel Eakins, Landsman (prize money), Jan 1, 1778, $71.00
Nov 22, 1792, John Harper, Master, Oct 1, 1777, $308.67
Dec 7, 1792, Jeremiah Holden, Prizes, Jan 1, 1778, $193.85
Dec 10, 1792, John Harper, Master, Jan 1, 1778, $553.00
Dec 12, 1792, Jeremiah Holden, Mate & master (also Lexington), Sept 19, 1777, $47.78
April 6, 1793, Archibald Randale, Seaman, March 16, 1779, $150.03
May 16, 1793, John Sollars, Carpenter’s mate, Oct 1, 1777, $101.78
July 30,1793, John Risdale, Marine, Oct 25, 1777, $94.44
July 30,1793, John Risdale, Marine, Jan 1, 1778, $71.00
April 15, 1794, Anthony Hosey, Seaman, Jan 1, 1778, $72.00
Barney Duffey, Armorer, 1 Sept 1777, $120.80
Daniel Eakins, Landsman (Prize Money), 1 Jan 1778, $71.00
John Harper, Master, 1 Oct 1777, $308.67
John Harper, Master, 1 Jan 1778, $553.00
Jeremiah Holden, Mate & Master (also brig Lexington), 19 Sept 1777, $47.78
Jeremiah Holden, Prizes, 1 Jan 1778, $193.85
Anthony Hosey, Seaman, 1 Jan 1778, $72.00
John McCutcheon, Sergeant of Marines, 1 Oct 1777, $106.67
William McGennegal, Gunner, 1 Oct 1777, $198.00
William McGennegal, Gunner, 1 Jan 1778, $199.00
Thomas Norwood, Midshipman, 1 Oct 1777, $160.40
Archibald Randale, Seaman, 16 March 1779, $150.03
John Risdale, Marine, 25 Oct 1777, $94.44
John Risdale, Marine, 1 Jan 1778, $71.00
John Sollars, Carpenter’s Mate, 1 Oct 1777, $101.78
James Taylor, Seaman, 1 Oct 1777, $82.92
Alexander Young, Mate, 1 Oct 1777, $200.07