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Category Archives: Seamen
James Stephenson, Mariner
According to his pension application S-41,188, James Stephenson was born in 1757 or 1758. His find-a-grave memorial posted online indicates Stephenson’s birth date as 6 May 1755. Pension testimony indicates that Stephenson entered the Continental Navy brig Andrew Doria, by … Continue reading
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John McCoy, Seaman
The story of Continental Navy seaman John McCoy is revealed largely through the two wills he authored prior to his death between 3 March and 17 May 1777. The first of the two was penned by John McCoy of the … Continue reading
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Woodward Abraham, Seaman
A 2” x 7” manuscript document signed by the Quartermaster General of the Continental Army Timothy Pickering was sold as Lot 35034 in the June 2009 Heritage Historical Manuscripts Auction #6026. Dated 7 May 1784 at Philadelphia, the document reads … Continue reading
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Isaac Hanson, Marine and Seaman
Isaac Hanson. Born at Dover, NH on 3 June 1758, Isaac Hanson was the youngest son of a number of children born to Isaac Hanson, Sr. (1713-1758) and Susannah Canney (1715-1760). Despite grandson Isaac Walter Hanson’s assertion in his 1895 … Continue reading
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Esek Whipple, Marine, Seaman
Oldest son of Benajah Whipple (1734-1817) and his wife Tabitha, Esek Whipple was born 3 June 1760 at Fruit Hill in North Providence, RI. Benajah Whipple served as Captain of the 1st Militia Company from Gloucester during the Revolutionary War … Continue reading