Partial list of the Officers and Crew of the frigate Alliance compiled from “Statement of Claims”

The following partial list of 29 Officers and Crew of the frigate Alliance 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. A second simplified and alphabetized list follows for ease of internet browsing.

April 25, 1792, Nathaniel Porter, Seaman, Sept 6, 1780, $81.26

April 25, 1792, Benjamin Balch, Chaplain, June 15, 1781, $135.09

July 13, 1792, David Rice, Ordinary seaman, Nov 1, 1781, $35.79

July 28, 1792, Elisha Caesar, Boy, July 21, 1780, $19.92

Oct 29, 1792, William Brower, Acting midshipman, Sept 22, 1781, $49.09

Jan 23, 1793, Thomas Dupee, Boy, July 5, 1780, $39.11

Feb 1, 1793, Darby Oram, Of carpenter’s crew, July 5, 1781, $21.15

April 13, 1793, Edward Jarvis, Boy, Aug 11, 1782, $236.73

April 17, 1793, James Carey, Carpenter’s mate (also Boston), Nov 1, 1780, $21.31

April 23, 1793, Abraham Bradley, Marine, Sept 1, 1780, $32.09

July 3, 1793, Henry Wrightington, Seaman, March 8, 1780, $49.12

July 3, 1793, John Aunable, Seaman, Feb 10, 1780, $29.94

Jan 14, 1794, John Brown, Seaman, Sept 6, 1780, $54.49

March 5, 1794, John McKinsley, Private (also B.H. Richard), Sept 6, 1780, $67.40

April 21, 1794, Richard Pritchard, Boy, Nov 6, 1780, $49.92

April 21, 1794, John Kirk, Seaman, Dec 10, 1780, $23.72

April 21, 1794, John Bland, Landsman, Sept 6, 1780, $30.09

April 21, 1794, John McGee, Landsman, Sept 6, 1780, $50.85

April 21, 1794, James Haslam, Marine, Sept 6, 1780, $33.99

April 21, 1794, William Taylor, Landsman, Feb 10, 1780, $47.67

April 21, 1794, Henry Wilson, Landsman, Feb 3, 1780, $15.52

April 21, 1794, Elisha Bemus, Landsman, July 16, 1780, $56.46

April 23, 1794, John Weir, Boy, July 5, 1780, $20.17

April 24, 1794, Alexander Anquish, Seaman, Sept 6, 1780, $64.79

April 24, 1794, George Allen, Barber, Sept 6, 1780, $19.89

April 24, 1794, Benjamin Youlan, Seaman, May 17, 1780, $49.01

April 24, 1794, Henry Nylander, Seaman, Feb 6, 1780, $86.26

April 24, 1794, Charles Ross, Seaman, Feb 10, 1780, $55.31

May 9, 1794, James McGhaw, Boy, Sept 6, 1780, $23.50


George Allen, Barber, 6 Sept 1780, $19.89

Alexander Anquish, Seaman, 6 Sept 1780, $64.79

John Aunable, Seaman, 10 Feb 1780, $29.94

Benjamin Balch, Chaplain, 15 June 1781, $135.09

Elisha Bemus, Landsman, 16 July 1780, $56.46

John Bland, Landsman, 6 Sept 1780, $30.09

Abraham Bradley, Marine, 1 Sept 1780, $32.09

William Brower, Acting Midshipman, 22 Sept 1781, $49.09

John Brown, Seaman, 6 Sept 1780, $54.49

Elisha Caesar, Boy, 21 July 1780, $19.92

James Carey, Carpenter’s Mate (also Boston), 1 Nov 1780, $21.31

Thomas Dupee, Boy, 5 July 1780, $39.11

James Haslam, Marine, 6 Sept 1780, $33.99

Edward Jarvis, Boy, 11 Aug 1782, $236.73

John Kirk, Seaman, 10 Dec 1780, $23.72

John McGee, Landsman, 6 Sept 1780, $50.85

James McGhaw, Boy, 6 Sept 1780, $23.50

John McKinsley, Private (also B.H. Richard), 6 Sept 1780, $67.40

Henry Nylander, Seaman, 6 Feb 1780, $86.26

Darby Oram, Carpenter’s Crew, 5 July 1781, $21.15

Nathaniel Porter, Seaman, 6 Sept 1780, $81.26

Richard Pritchard, Boy, 6 Nov 1780, $49.92

David Rice, Ordinary Seaman, 1 Nov 1781, $35.79

Charles Ross, Seaman, 10 Feb 1780, $55.31

William Taylor, Landsman, 10 Feb 1780, $47.67

John Weir, Boy, 5 July 1780, $20.17

Henry Wilson, Landsman, 3 Feb 1780, $15.52

Henry Wrightington, Seaman, 8 March 1780, $49.12

Benjamin Youlan, Seaman, 17 May 1780, $49.01

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