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The following partial list of 7 Crew of the brig Andrew Doria is compiled from the “Statement of claims which have been adjusted and allowed at the Treasury Department…on the 27th of March 1792” and published beginning page 387 in … Continue reading →

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 →

     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 →

     Son of Esther McIntyre (1717-1776) and Neal McIntyre, Sr. (1718-1776) of Boston, William McIntyer or McIntyre was born on 27 April 1747 at Boston. His brothers included Neal McIntyer (1743-1812) who operated a store on Portsmouth’s Spring Hill and … Continue reading →

     John Thompson’s Continental Navy service is most fully documented in Philadelphia’s Exemplification Book 11 Page 225 where he clearly articulates serving as Armourer on the sloop Hornet from 6 May 1776 to 10 October 1776 and subsequently as Armourer … Continue reading →