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Alphabetical List of Officers and Men of the Frigate Raleigh (August 1777)

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

The Alphabetical List of Officers and Men of the Frigate Boston (1777) is derived from the list of the Officers and Crew on the Continental Frigate Raleigh when she sailed from the Piscataqua River about Aug. 12, 1777 on pages 216-221 of Oliver P. Remick’s publication “A Record of the Services of the Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of Kittery and Eliot, Maine: who served their Country on Land and Sea in the American Revolution, from 1775 to 1783” (1901). The original transcription was by Barbara Hanscom Stuart. Continue reading →

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William Fagins, Seaman

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

William Fagins. This Fagins may be the William Fagins, Jr. who served in Capt John Stanton’s Groton Company in the Fourth Regiment of Connecticut Troops Commanded by Eleazer Fitch Esq in 1759 with Abel Spicer and 2nd Lieutenant Robert Niles. … Continue reading →

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Hugh Fiddis, Seaman

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

Hugh Fiddis. According to his pension application #R-3525, Hugh Eldridge Fiddis was born in Groton on 5 August 1766. He was the son of a Scottish refugee who came to America about 1762, Hugh Fiddis (c.1739-c.1767) and Hannah Eldridge (1/25/1743-6/25/1828), … Continue reading →

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Nathan Dorsey, Surgeon

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

Nathan Dorsey. Son of Nathan Dorsey (1731-1773) and Sophia Owings (1731-?), Nathan Dorsey was born in 1754 based on a 1806 obituary which notes his age as 52. The oldest of fours brothers and one sister, Dorsey grew up in … Continue reading →

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James Hayes, Boatswain

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

James Hayes. James Hayes’ interesting story is laid out in his pension application #S-33287. Late in 1778, Hayes from Newburyport served as a seaman on the private armed ship Virgin owned by Joseph Marquard. The 130 ton brig Virgin was … Continue reading →

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