Category Archives: Continental Navy Officers

David Settinger, probably Quartermaster

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

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 →

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Solomon Tracy, Sergeant of Marines

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

Solomon Tracy. According to his pension application #W-20097, Solomon Tracy enlisted in 1775 for nine months in Captain Ebenezer Moseley’s Company. Tracy was a shoemaker from Windham, CT. He enlisted again in 1776 for two months and was involved in … Continue reading →

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Stephen Gregory, Lieutenant

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

Stephen Gregory. According to an 1893 biography of Osmer Sherwood Burr, his maternal grandfather Stephen Gregory was an officer of the frigate Confederacy. If this statement is accurate, Stephen Gregory was born in Stratford, CT on 3 December 1751; one … Continue reading →

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Joseph Bartram, Midshipman

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

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 →

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Jesse Breed, Midshipman

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Joe

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 →

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