Category Archives: Navy Wardroom, Warrant and Petty Officers

David Settinger. David Settinger’s service is recorded in the following letter from Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804) of Hartford, CT to General William Smallwood (1732-1792); “Baltimore, Aug. 18,1782. Just as I am setting out for Philadelphia, the bearer, Mr. Daniel Settinger, … Continue reading →

Joseph Bartram. Joseph Bartram is likely the son of Captain Ebenezer Bartram (1731-1783) and Mary Burr (1731-1806) born about 1759, it is suggested on 28 September. Captain Ebenezer Bartram served as 1st Lieutenant under Captain Seth Harding on the brig … Continue reading →

Jesse Breed. Jesse Breed was born on 21 May 1761 in Norwich. He was the son of Lt. Gershom Breed, originally a saddler then a merchant and importer, and Dorothy McLaren who moved from Stonington to Norwich about 1750. According … Continue reading →

Jesse Jacocks. Midshipman Jesse Jacocks (Jesse Jeacocks or Jacox) served under Captain Seth Harding on the Defence from March or 12 April 1776 to 15 November 1776 as second mate. The sons of his older sister Mabel and her husband … Continue reading →

Thomas Edgar. Born in 1748, Thomas Edgar emigrated from New Castle upon Tyne in England and settled in New London at about the commencement of the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Latimer, born on 6 November 1742 to Samuel Latimer … Continue reading →