Author Archives: Joe

Phineas Hyde. Dr. Phineas Hyde was born at at West Farms (now Franklin), near Norwich, on 15 November 1749. He was the second of four children born to Phineas Hyde (1720-?) and Anne Rogers 1726 -1766) who were married five … Continue reading →

Samuel Laboyteaux. Samuel Laboyteaux served as Midshipman aboard the Confederacy. It is highly probable he is Samuel Smith Laboyteaux, second son of Captain John Laboyteaux, (originally La Boitteaux) and Hannah Smith, born on 22 February 1766 in New York City … Continue reading →

Benjamin Ramshaw. Benjamin Ramshaw is likely the father of a father and son pair who are included in the List of Officers and Men of the Pennsylvania Navy 1775-1781 Series 2 Collection of the Pennsylvania Archives Volume I Pages 259-260; … Continue reading →

John Richmond. According to his pension application #R-8705, John Richmond born about 1754, was married to Elizabeth or Betsey Walker, born 1758, on 2 December 1774 by the Episcopal Rev. Dr. Beach. The couple had at least three sons; John, … Continue reading →

John Robertson. According to his pension application #S-17063, John Robertson was born in 1758 and was living in New London at the start of the war. In the Spring of 1777 he enlisted as steward, presumably on the frigate Warren, … Continue reading →