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Chipman Bangs, Midshipman, Purser, Steward, Steward’s Clerk

Chipman Bangs. It is most likely that the Chipman Bangs who served on the frigate Alliance is the same person described in “John Howland of the Mayflower: The five generations” (1990) by Elizabeth Pearson White, Edwin Wagner Coles and Roberta … Continue reading

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Robert Bell, aka Robert Leathhead, Marine

Robert Bell. Robert Bell was the alias of Robert Leathhead whose intriguing story is fleshed out in pension application # S-37609. Born in Scotland in about 1756, Robert Leathhead “deserted from the British Service and fearing detection…took in the American … Continue reading

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David Rice, Acting Midshipman

David Rice. According to his pension application # S-37340, David Rice of Portland, ME was born about 1760. No details of his parentage or place of birth are known. According to the pension documents, David Rice entered on board the … Continue reading

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Jacob Gibson Bowen, Seaman

James Gibson Bowen. According to his pension application # S-34,061, James Gibson Bowen of Boston was born about 1740. His parentage and place of birth is not known. An interesting note in the Genealogies of Barbados Families (1983) by James … Continue reading

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Nathaniel Service, Seaman, Sailmaker

Nathaniel Service. Born in 1746 or 1747, nothing is known of the parentage or place of birth of Nathaniel Service of Boston. According to the payroll records of the Alliance in the Barry-Hayes Collection at Independence Seaport Museum Library, Nathaniel … Continue reading

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