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James Elderkin, Gunner’s Mate

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Joe

James Elderkin. James Elderkin was posted as Gunner’s Mate under Captain Seth Harding on the Ship Oliver Cromwell from 14 April to 14 October 1777 and as Gunner on the Schooner Spy under Captain Zebadiah Smith from 20 October 1777 … Continue reading →

Frederick Elderkin, Crewman

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Joe

Frederick Elderkin. Frederick Elderkin is listed in the Frigate Confederacy Riggers’ Returns 1778-1779. Minor Elderkin is also listed in the Riggers’ Returns for the same period. A letter from Seth Harding to Major Joshua Huntington dated 26 August 1779 in … Continue reading →

Ebenezer Wade, Seaman

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Joe

Ebenezer Wade. According to Frederic Gregory Mather’s “The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut”, the Ebenezer Wade who served as seaman on the frigate Confederacy moved from Southold, Suffolk County on Long Island to Guilford, CT in September … Continue reading →

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Frederick Calkins, Master’s Mate

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Joe

Frederick Calkins, Master’s Mate by Joseph Ross “Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth … Continue reading →

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Calkins Footnotes

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Joe

Footnotes 1 King James Bible, Book of Job, Chapter 14, Verses 1 & 2 2 Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume II, Page 533 3 Diary of Joshua Hempstead 1711-1758 by Joshua Hempstead 1901, Page 459 4 The Later … Continue reading →

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