The following partial list of 10 Officers and Crew of the brig Lexington 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). Each man’s rate, date the claim was adjusted to and amount of claim is noted. The date noted is the last date of pay. The brig Lexington was taken by the British 10-gun cutter Alert on 19 September 1777. A second simplified and alphabetized list follows for ease of internet browsing.
April 5, 1792, John Hopes, Captain’s clerk, Jan 1, 1778, $58.15
April 19, 1792, John Hopes Estate, Clerk, March 5, 1780, $428.44
April 24, 1792, Henry Lawrence, Master’s mate, March 5, 1780, $420.97
April 25, 1792, George Morrison, Boy, March 5, 1780, $108.73
April 25, 1792, John Harvey, Boy, March 5, 1780, $73.78
April 27, 1792, Broadway Mattison, Landsman, Feb 10, 1777, $6.71
May 8, 1792, Samuel Harvey, Quartermaster, Sept 10, 1776, $6.30
Dec 12, 1792, Jeremiah Holden, Mate & master (also Reprisal), Sept 19, 1777, $47.78
April 13, 1793, Jacob Crawford, Boy, March 5, 1780, $138.68
Aug 12, 1793, Cornelius Phenix, Boatswain’s yeoman, Sept 10, 1776, $9.00
Jan 2, 1794, William Keith, Boy, Jan 19, 1781, $94.47
Jacob Crawford, Boy, 5 March 1780, $138.68
John Harvey, Boy, 5 March 1780, $73.78
Samuel Harvey, Quartermaster, 10 Sept 1776, $6.30
Jeremiah Holden, Mate & Master (also Reprisal), 19 Sept 1777, $47.78
John Hopes, Captain’s Clerk, 1 Jan 1778, $58.15
John Hopes Estate, Clerk, 5 March 1780, $428.44
William Keith, Boy, 19 Jan 1781, $94.47
Henry Lawrence, Master’s Mate, 5 March 1780, $420.97
Broadway Mattison, Landsman, 10 Feb 1777, $6.71
George Morrison, Boy, 5 March 1780, $108.73
Cornelius Phenix, Boatswain’s Yeoman, 10 Sept 1776, $9.00