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HMS Roebuck Muster Roll of Providence Men (May 1780)
List of eighty-seven of the frigate Providence’s crew taken at Charleston onboard HMS Roebuck on 12 May 1780 as recorded in Roebuck’s Muster Book (ADM36/8643) transcribed by Joseph Ross in April 2023. Many thanks to Todd Braisted of The Online … Continue reading
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HMS Roebuck Muster Roll of Ranger Men (May 1780)
List of seventy-one of the sloop Ranger’s crew taken at Charleston onboard HMS Roebuck on 12 May 1780 as recorded in Roebuck’s Muster Book (ADM36/8643) transcribed by Joseph Ross in April 2023. Many thanks to Todd Braisted of The Online … Continue reading
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List of Frigate Hancock Men Onboard the HMS Rainbow (28 August 1777)
The following list of American Prisoners belonging to the Continental Navy frigate Hancock, brig Cabot and recaptured HMS Fox taken by the British 44-gun Rainbow and 32-gun Flora and noted as on board the HMS Rainbow on 28 August 1777 … Continue reading
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Thomas Palmer, Gunner
According to his 1825 mortuary notice Thomas Palmer was eighty-five years old at the time of his death, suggesting that he was born about 1740, which is confirmed by his pension testimony taken in 1820. A wartime document noted later … Continue reading
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Samuel Chace, Purser
Son of Providence’s first postmaster, merchant Samuel Chase, Esq. (1722-1802) and Freelove Lippitt (1720-1801) of Boston; Samuel Chase, Jr. was born at Providence, RI on 18 June 1749. The twenty-two year old mariner was married to Rosabella Angell (1748-1781), … Continue reading
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