Category Archives: Continental Navy Enlisted Men

John Linton. The claim of John Linton a seaman on the ship Confederacy in the amount of $27.14 including interest to the date of the Confederacy’s capture on 14 April 1781 was adjusted by the Treasury Department on 31 October … Continue reading →

Skipper Lunt. The claim of Skipper Lunt, a seaman on the ships Confederacy & Trumbull in the amount of $23.12 including interest to the date of the Confederacy’s capture on 14 April 1781, was adjusted by the Treasury Department on … Continue reading →

Jonas Page. According to New London’s Indian Mariners by Jason R. Mancini adapted from his article in Perspectives on Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America, Mystic Seaport (2006); “A number of the workers (on the Confederacy) were associated … Continue reading →

Pirum Ripley. Pirum Ripley or Pyrum Ripley was born on 22 November 1762 in Duxbury, MA to William Ripley (1735-1766) and Lydia Hunt and lived in Norwich at the beginning of the Revolution. According to Pirum Ripley’s pension application #S-23388, … Continue reading →