Hi Ed, Thank you for reply and another interesting story. "Ed St.Germain" wrote: > I'm sure you'll get a bazillion answers to the Convention Army question, > so here's a quick URL: > http://www.poorhousestory.com/MD_Frederick_POWstory.htm > > What caught my eye was the note of being drafted from the 84th. Well I'm an 84th researcher, so mine as well. This man is listed in the 84th, 2nd Batt, 8th Coy with an enlistment date of 6/83. See below:-) > The 84th Regiment was the Royal Highland Emigrants, a unit on the > Provincial Establishment, whom I do not believe were at Saratoga. They > were raised primarily from Loyalist settlers in the Mohawk Valley, so > some individuals may have been with Burgoyne for the campaign. > > The reference to the 2nd is puzzling. The 24th might be a reference to > the 24th Regiment, which was captured at Saratoga. > I redid it for you; the subject has two columns and not adjacent; really misleading for screen viewing. The format is: A)SURNAME - BUSH B)GIVENNAME - WILLIAM C)DESTINAT3 [blank] D)DESTINAT2 [blank] E)DESTINAT1 [blank] F)RESIDENCE3 [blank] G)RESIDENCE2 [blank] H)RESIDENCE1 [blank] I)ORIGIN3 [blank] J)ORIGIN2 [blank] K)ORIGIN1 [blank] L)DOCUMENT - ACCOUNT M)DATE - 1783/10/08 N)SEEALSO [blank] O)SUBJECT - CASH PAID TO SOLDIERS DRAFTED FROM THE CONVENTION ARMY;DRAFTED FROM [24th] P)RANK - [blank] Q)REGIMENT - 84TH (2ND) [enlistment would be 6/83] R)OCCUPATION [blank] S)DEPARTMENT [blank] T)RACE [blank] U)SEX [blank] V)PLACE [blank] W)PAGE - 9320 X)IDCODE - B3280 Y)CONT[of subject field] - 24TH Z) REEL - M365 BUSH WILLIAM ACCOUNT 1783/10/08 CASH PAID TO SOLDIERS DRAFTED FROM THE CONVENTION ARMY;DRAFTED FROM 84TH (2ND) 9320 B3280 THE 24TH M-365 Regards, Jan

Help needed finding patriotic service in RevWar for: Stephen WEBB, of Scotland, CT., m. Content HEWITT. Stephen d. 1819, Scotland, CT. Any help appreciated. Len

I'm sure you'll get a bazillion answers to the Convention Army question, so here's a quick URL: http://www.poorhousestory.com/MD_Frederick_POWstory.htm What caught my eye was the note of being drafted from the 84th. The 84th Regiment was the Royal Highland Emigrants, a unit on the Provincial Establishment, whom I do not believe were at Saratoga. They were raised primarily from Loyalist settlers in the Mohawk Valley, so some individuals may have been with Burgoyne for the campaign. The reference to the 2nd is puzzling. The 24th might be a reference to the 24th Regiment, which was captured at Saratoga. Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG

Hi, Can anyone help me with the term in this entry on the Carleton Loyalist CD: BUSH WILLIAM ACCOUNT 1783/10/08 CASH PAID TO SOLDIERS DRAFTED FROM THE CONVENTION ARMY;DRAFTED FROM 84TH (2ND) 9320 B3280 THE 24TH M-365 What is the 'THE CONVENTION ARMY' ??? Thanks, Jan

There's also a brief discussion in Lossing, but not much detail. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/Lossing1/Chap56.html Bill Carr Town of Malta Saratoga County, NY Lossing's Field Books of the Revolution and War of 1812 at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elbrecht" <jelbrech@nycap.rr.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [A-REV] Capture of British Ship "Margaretta" June 12, 1775 > "charles s brack jr" <jitsu@gru.net> wrote: > > >The British ship "Margaretta" was reportedly engaged and captured by locals > >in what is now Maine June 12, 1775 and was supposedly the first Naval action > >of the war. > > > >Is there a list of the indivduals or militia units involved? > > Some names are mentioned in the excellent account on Ed's wonderful > http://americanrevolution.org/nav1.html site. > > [The Margaretta is a ways down on the page-- use your browser's search > function to jump right to it] > > Jim > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

> The British ship "Margaretta" was reportedly engaged and > captured by locals in what is now Maine June 12, 1775 and > was supposedly the first Naval action of the war. > > Is there a list of the indivduals or militia units involved? There is no official contemporary record of the "locals" who participated although a casualty list can be compiled from contemporary records. The two published histories of Machiais contain compiled lists and the Maie Historical Society in Portland has a list compiled after those books were published. This list is partially water damaged -- one side appears to be a working draft of the list on the other side. As I recall, this list was dated 1896 or 1898 or so. The schooner "Marguerita" was a hired tender armed with a few swivel guns. Her orders were to escort the schooners "Polly" and "Unity" from Boston to Machais for wood and to recover the cannon salvaged from HM Armed Schooner "Halifax" which had wrecked on Sheep Island (now Halifax Island) the previous February. The inventory following her capture includes four small cannon which doubtless were in her hold at the time she was captured. The name "Margaretta" is one of the many phonetic spellings used by Rev James Lyons of Machias for the vessel. The British records uniformly call her the "Marguerita." The "Marguerita" was commanded by Midshipman James Moore with Midshipman Richard Stillingfleet as the second in command. Moore, born Easter Sunday 1750, the youngest son of Rev. Matthew & Jane Moore, had passed his examination for Lieutenant and was awaiting his commission. He was carried on the paybooks of HMS "Preston" as a Masters Mate solely because it paid better than the pay received by a Midshipman. Moore was mortally wounded during the affair. Stillingfleet, age 17, was the son of Thomas & Anne Stillingfleet of London. He died as a POW in the gaol at Northampton, Mass., on 30 Oct 1776. Defining the "first naval battle" of the Revolution is a challenge which requires stating one's assumptions. By Admiraly regulation a naval vessel armed with carriage guns was commanded by a commissioned officer; i.e., a Lieutenant or more senior officer. There was an event similar the the Machais affair in Buzzards Bay a month earlier. On the evening of 11 May 1775, HMS "Falcon" stopped a sloop owned by Thomas Wing which was going from Nantucket to Hiannis without clearance. It was learned from a crew member that a large vessel had just arrived at New Bedford from the West Indies. Therefore, Wing's sloop was pressed into service on Friday 12 May and a crew (gunners mate, surgeons mate and 11 seamen) under Midshipman Richard Lucas was sent to cut out the recent arrival. The cutting out expedition was successful and the vessels sailed down the bay into the fog. In the meantime, the good folks of Dartmouth raised the alarm and went in pursuit and captured both vessels at sea. There wasn't much of a fight as the British crews on watch had found the rum. This event is not as well known as the so-called "Margaretta affair" simply because a lesser paper trail -- Captain Daniel Egry of Dartmouth jumped on his horse and hightailed it to report to the Provincial Congress as they were afraid of British reprisals. Lucas et al. became POWs and following exchane, he was promoted only to be killed in battle in 1782. The "Naval Documents of the America Revolution," Vol 1 (1964), contains most of the pertenant documents re: the Machias affair. Bob Brooks, retired downeast on the coast of Maine

"charles s brack jr" <jitsu@gru.net> wrote: >The British ship "Margaretta" was reportedly engaged and captured by locals >in what is now Maine June 12, 1775 and was supposedly the first Naval action >of the war. > >Is there a list of the indivduals or militia units involved? Some names are mentioned in the excellent account on Ed's wonderful http://americanrevolution.org/nav1.html site. [The Margaretta is a ways down on the page-- use your browser's search function to jump right to it] Jim

http://navyrotc.mit.edu/ US Navy Official Web Site http://navyrotc.mit.edu/www/gouge/gougecont.html The Gouge Note Chapter 5 of "The Gouge" - perhaps this is where some information could be found: US Navy Department! http://navyrotc.mit.edu/www/gouge/chap5-1.htm The History of the United States Navy 12 JUN 1775 First Naval engagement during the revolution: citizens seize British cargo sloop and HMS Margaretta Here's a sample of the time line that Maine has established for herself: http://www.mpbc.org/mpbcsite/television/hometsom/timelines/timetxt1.html#yor ktea The British ship Margaretta is captured: A group of Machias citizens led an impromptu attack on a British ship anchored in Machias Bay. The ship and its captain were there to protect a local merchant who supplied Britain with lumber. Machias residents, armed with guns, swords, axes, and pitchforks, managed to capture the ship and to fatally wound its captain. The capture of the Margaretta was the first naval battle of the American Revolution. from the Maine Public Broadcasting 1773 The Boston Tea Party: Boston patriots protest British tax laws by dumping British East India Co. tea into Boston Harbor. 1774 The "York Tea Party." 1775 Maine's population reaches 47,000 settlers. Patriots fight the British in the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The British ship Margaretta is captured by Machias residents. British Captain Mowatt burns Falmouth, Maine (present-day Portland). Benedict Arnold marches 1000 men up the Kennebec River to Quebec; his army is defeated. 1776 The Declaration of Independence is written and approved. 1779 British forces occupy Castine and take control of eastern Maine. The Penobscot Expedition against the British at Castine is a military disaster. 1820 Congress passes the Missouri Compromise. Maine enters the Union as the 23rd state. Maine's population is 300,000. William King is elected first state governor. Portland is chosen as the state capital. Hallowell quarries sell the granite that will build Boston's Quincy Market. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Bibliography of Books Appearing in the "Index to Ships in Books" http://www1.lib.washington.edu/dbtw-wpd/docs/shipindex/ Index to Ships in Books -- Search Engine Page http://www1.lib.washington.edu/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe http://faculty.washington.edu/petermcc/indexbib.html http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.shtml#resource on Maritime History on the Internet Albion, Robert G. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. The Rise of New York Port, 1815-1860. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. NB: This volume was originally published in 1939. The original text remains; this is not a revised edition. Albion, Robert G. Square-Riggers on Schedule: The New York Sailing Packets to England, France, and the Cotton Ports. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938. The American Neptune. Salem, Mass.: Peabody Essex Museum, 1941-. NB: At the moment, this index only covers ships mentioned in volumes 1 (1941) through 50 (1990). The contents were drawn from the Fifty-Year Index to The American Neptune, published in 1997. The following notes regarding use of the index, drawn from the print volume's Foreword, may be useful: "In addition to the ship's name (shown in italics), the specific volume (in Roman numerals), and page number reference in which they appear, most ship entries provide the category of vessel (bark, schooner, steamer/steamboat, etc.), together with the year in which the vessel was constructed (in regular type) or the year to which the vessel is referred in the narrative (in italics)... "Although Roman numerals are used to identify Neptune volume numbers, sometimes they are used to refer to illustrative plates... "A ship's name with the preceding 'ex-' indicates a former name of the same vessel. The letter 'n' is used to denote a short note, rather than the usual article presentation." In summary: The Roman numeral is the volume number, the Arabic numeral is the page number. Content from 'Pictorial Supplements' is also included; these are generally illustrations. A year printed in regular type indicates a ship's year of construction, and therefore appears with the ship name. A year printed in italic type indicates a year of mention, and therefore appears with the page numbering. I have not applied this universally; in some cases multiple years in regular type appear in one entry. I have not attempted to correct, much less clarify, these variations. The Fifty-Year Index to The American Neptune is a valuable resource. In addition to these 11,650-odd ship names, the index "includes the names of captains, masters, and some of the crew and passengers of many of the vessels" mentioned in the journal. It also contains several subject headings for each article that appeared in The American Neptune's first fifty years, plus book reviews, geographical features, and more. I owe special thanks to William T. La Moy and Nancy TenBroeck for providing me with access to this index, and hope to add the next two 5-year indexes soon. Baker, William Avery. A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the Kennebec River Region. Two volumes. Bath, Maine: Marine Research Society, 1973. Baker is the only author who alphabetized ships named after people by the family name, rather than the given name. So the schooner Florence Randall appeared in the index under 'R,' rather than under 'F.' With much effort, I have changed all entries so they appear in order with all other entries in this index. Vessels with just page numbers indicate those "built outside Kennebec region or not otherwise identified" (1121). The following information applies to all other entries: "This index gives the place and year of construction of the vessels listed in Appendix A plus page references to the text where any of these vessels are mentioned. "Key to Abbreviations of Towns in District: Arr = Arrowsic; Aug = Augusta; Bdn = Bowdoin; Bhm = Bowdoinham; Bk = Brunswick; Ch = Chelsea; Dr = Dresden; Far = Farmingdale; Gar = Gardiner; Gtn = Georgetown; Hal = Hallowell; Hp = Harpswell; Ken = Kennebec; Lis = Lisbon; N.M. = New Meadows; Per = Perkins; Ph = Phippsburg; Pit = Pittston; Pow = Pownalborough; R = Richmond; Sid = Sidney; Top = Topsham; Vas = Vassalboro; Wat = Waterville; Win = Winslow; Wool = Woolwich" (1071) Beach, Edward L. The United States Navy: 200 Years. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1986. Braynard, Frank O. Famous American Ships: Being an Historical Sketch of the United States as told Through its Maritime Life. New York: Hastings House, 1956. Brock, Rear Admiral P. W., CB, DSO. Steam and Sail: In Britain and North America. Princeton, New Jersey: The Pyne Press, 1973. A collection of photographs of British and American vessels, with some ship histories. Bruce, Anthony, and William Cogar. An Encyclopedia of Naval History. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998. Page numbers in boldface indicate article titles. Those in italics indicate illustrations. [Curiously, it seems that ships without their own main entry do not receive any type of prefix, like "H.M.S." or "U.S.S." As a result, it may seem that some military vessels are merchants, when that is not the case. I would guess that this is because the indexing was done by someone other than the author.] Calkins, R. H. (Skipper). High Tide: The Drama and Tragedy of Seattle's Waterfront. Seattle: Marine Digest Publishing, 1952. Campbell, R. Thomas. Sea Hawk of the Confederacy: Lt. Charles W. Read and the Confederate Navy. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 2000. Chapelle, Howard I. The History of American Sailing Ships. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1935. Chapelle, Howard I. The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1949. Each entry in this index contains a brief history of the listed ship, plus various dimensions and statistics. When using the source, be sure to check the index itself for useful information. Chapelle, Howard I. The Search for Speed Under Sail, 1700-1855. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1967. Most ship entries in this index include specific entries for "dimensions," "displacement," "midship coefficient," "block coefficient," "prismatic coefficient," "camber-length ratios," etc., etc. While the page numbers have not been removed from the Ship Name Index, these specific descriptive elements have, in the interest of brevity. Less common subheadings have been included. Any ship name with several pages of discussion in this work will include those dimensions and coefficients. Clark, Arthur H. The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843-1869. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1910. "Vessels not otherwise designated are American." Course, Capt. A. G. Windjammers of the Horn: The Story of the Last British Fleet of Square-rigged Sailing Ships. London: Adlard Coles, Ltd., 1969. Cutler, Carl C. Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1930. "To lessen repetition, the given or Christian names of individuals are omitted for the most part from text and appendices. The index supplies such information by giving full names wherever available, thus making possible complete identification in a majority of instances. "In the matter of names of firms and persons, some discrepancy in spelling, initials, etc., is to be noted in records of every description, official and otherwise. Such names are reported as they were set down in contemporary accounts, in the belief that this course will rarely mislead and, in some instances, may result in more definite identification." Also note: Some phrases, indicating a mention in an appendix, have been deleted from this index, though the page numbers have been retained. Cutler, Carl C. Queens of the Western Ocean: The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1961. "WHEN the spelling of a ship's name varies in the records, an alternate spelling is given in parentheses: Abaellino (Abaelino). "When there are more than two ships of the same name, the rigs of the vessels are given using the following abbreviations: Sl. = Sloop; Sch. = Schooner; Bg. = Brig; Stm. Bg. = Steam Brig; Bk. = Bark; Sp. = Ship; Stbt. = Steamboat; SS = Steam Ship (paddle); St. Prop. = Steam Propeller. As a further aid in distinguishing vessels of the same name, their tonnages are given in parentheses. "The letters (Cl.) after a vessel's name indicate that she was clipper-built. The expression (tern) after a schooner's name indicates that she was a three-masted vessel. Gibbs, Jim. Disaster Log of Ships. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1971. This book consists primarily of pictures of sunk, beached, rammed, and otherwise suffering ships. Nearly every reference refers to a photograph, though there is some text, as well. Gimpel, Herbert J. The United States Nuclear Navy. New York: F. Watts, 1965. Greenhill, Basil. The Merchant Schooners. Two volumes. London: National Maritime Museum, 1978. (Originally: Percival Marshall & Co., 1951.) Modern Maritime Classics Reprint Series, no. 1. "Illustration pages are indicated by italics." Hegarty, Reginald B., comp. Addendum to "Starbuck" and "Whaling Masters": New Bedford Customs District. New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Free Public Library, 1964. This compilation "involve[s] whaling voyages clearing through the New Bedford Customs District; namely, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Rochester or Mattapoisett, Sippican or Marion, Wareham, and Westport... [I]n relation to Starbuck's great work [see Starbuck, Nathaniel, History of the American Whale Fishery, From its Earliest Incetion to the Year 1876, below], [this list] falls into three categories; missing names of captains, dates, and/or voyages. In each instance sufficient additional information in included to identify the voyage." Also, as noted in the index to Starbuck, which is also in this index, "repeated page numbers indicate more than one voyage in the same year by a vessel or more than one vessel with similar name." Hollett, David. Passage to the New World: Packet Ships and Irish Famine Emigrants, 1845-1851. Abergavenny, Great Britain: P.M. Heaton Publishing, 1995. Howarth, Stephen. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991. New York: Random House, 1991. Howe, Octavius T., M.D., and Frederick C. Matthews. American Clipper Ships, 1833-1858. 2 vols. Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1926. Hyde, Francis E., and J. R. Harris. Blue Funnel: A History of the Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool, from 1865 to 1914. Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press, 1957. "The names of ships in brackets refer to the type of ship." Kemp, Lieut.-Cmdr. P. K., O.B.E. History of the Royal Navy. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Labaree, Benjamin W., William M. Fowler, Jr., Edward W. Sloan, John B. Hattendorf, Jeffrey J. Safford, and Andrew W. German. America and the Sea: A Maritime History. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1998. References to illustrations are included in the Ship Name Index, but are not marked as illustrations. Laing, Alexander. The American Heritage History of Seafaring America. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1974. Lass, William E. A History of Steamboating on the Upper Missouri River. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1962. Lubbock, Basil. The Colonial Clippers. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1948. "All ships named are sailing vessels except those marked s.s. (steamer) or aux. (auxiliary)." [NB: "e. s." = "et seq.", or, "and following"] Lubbock, Basil. Last of the Windjammers. Two volumes. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1927, 1935. Lubbock, Basil. The Nitrate Clippers. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1932. Lubbock, Basil. The Opium Clippers. Glasgow: Brown, Son, & Ferguson, Ltd., 1933. MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships, 1775-1815: Sovereignty of Sail. London: Conway Maritime, 1985. "Figures in italics refer to page numbers of illustrations." MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships, 1815-1850: Supremacy of Sail. London: Conway Maritime, 1984. MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships, 1850-1875: Heyday of Sail. London: Conway Maritime, 1984. "Figures in italics refer to page numbers of illustrations. No steamers listed in the Appendices are included. No ships are indexed from Appendices III and VI." Massman, Emory A. Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference to 39 United States Military Vessels. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1999. Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900. Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1930. Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900: Series Two. Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1931. Millar, John F. American Ships of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1978. Miller, Nathan. The U.S. Navy: An Illustrated History. New York: American Heritage Publishing; Annapolis: United States Naval Institute Press, 1977. "Numbers in boldface refer to illustrations." Mills, Randall V. Sternwheelers Up Columbia: A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books, 1947. [NB: Ship names in Appendix A were not included in the book's printed index, but they have been added to this index. Multiple entries for single ships from Appendix A have been combined.] Mystic Seaport Museum: G. W. Blunt White Library. Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890. In Library of Congress, American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum; Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 2002. URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/mymhihome.html. Accessed: 5 February 2002. "This selection of items from Mystic Seaport's archival collections includes logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels. The unique maritime perspective of these materials offers a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs, and personal experiences associated with the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest. A number of photographs, paintings, maps, and nautical charts are also included to illustrate the story of Americans' western seaborne travel. Various themes are touched upon, including whaling, life at sea, shipping, women at sea, and native populations." The site contains the transcribed full text of each document, plus scanned images of each page. One can do full-text searching across the collection. For each of the 311 vessels included in the index, clicking on the word "Online" will take one directly to the source mentioning the vessel, or to a list of relevant entries, if there are more than one. Newell, Gordon, ed. The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1966. Subtitled, "An illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry from 1895, the date of publication of the last such comprehensive history, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, to the present time, with sketches and portraits of a number of well known marine men." N.B.: I am aware that there are a lot of errors in this listing. '5's and '6's were often confused, and I could not check all of them. Perhaps some time in the future I'll have an opportunity to go through the 159 pages of this file and check all the numbers. For now, it's enough to know that all the ship names should be correct, and you can check the index yourself to be certain. I welcome all corrections and will incorporate them into the file. CAPITALIZED ship names indicate entries in the "Picture Index." In the case of ship names that are always capitalized (such as "AVP-55"), I have added "(ill.)" after the page number. Some of these say an image is "opp." (opposite) a specific page, but the volume I used did not contain these plates. Newell, Gordon. Ocean Liners of the 20th Century. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1963. This volume is primarily a collection of photographs, and the index is just a "Picture Index": the text is not indexed. Every reference is to a photograph, drawing, or painting. Newell, Gordon R. Ships of the Inland Sea: The Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats. Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1960. Paine, Lincoln P. Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia. With contributions by James H. Terry and Hal Fessenden. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. "Page numbers in bold type indicate main entries. Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations." I located a lot of errors in the printed index to this book, especially toward the end of the alphabet. I corrected the ones I identified, but undoubtedly missed many more. Ritchie, David. Shipwrecks: An Encyclopedia of the World's Worst Disasters at Sea. New York: Checkmark Books, 1996. "This index is designed to be used in conjunction with the cross-references within the A-to-Z entries. The main A-to-Z entries are indicated by boldface page references. The general subjects are subdivided by the A-to-Z entries [here indicated as underlined]. Italicized page references indicate illustrations; 'c' following the locator indicates the chronology." Roscoe, Theodore. On the Seas and In the Skies: A History of the U.S. Navy's Air Power. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1970. Rowe, William Hutchinson. The Maritime History of Maine: Three Centuries of Shipbuilding & Seafaring. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1948. Sea Chest: The Journal of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. Seattle, 1967-. [NB: This index only covers ships mentioned in volumes 21 (1987) through 32 (1998). Numbers in bold indicate the volume number. The following legend identifies qualifier abbreviations: FISH = Fishing vessel, any rig or propulsion; HMCS = Her Majesty's Canadian Ship; HMS = Her Majesty's Ship; MS = Motor ship, oceangoing; MV = Motor vessel, inland; NOAA = National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration; Sail = Sail powered vessels, all rigs; SDWHL = Side paddle wheel; STWHL = Stern paddle wheel; SS = Steamship, oceangoing; STR = Steamer, inland; Tug = Towboats, steam or diesel; USAT = US Army Transport; USC&GS = US Coast & Geodetic Survey; USCG = US Coast Guard; USCS = US Coast Survey; USLHS = US Light House Service; USPHS = US Public Health Service; USRCS = US Revenue Cutter Service. Special thanks go to Hal Will for creating and providing this index, and to Gil Joynt and John Carver for assistance in obtaining the Sea Chest index for use in this database. - PMc] Sontag, Sherry, and Christopher Drew. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York: Public Affairs, 1998. Starbuck, Alexander. History of the American Whale Fishery, From its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876. 2 vol. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964. Note: This book was first published in part IV of the report of the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries, Washington, 1878, and also issued privately by the author in 1878. Entries for this title are taken not from Starbuck's work, but from Reginald Hegarty's Addendum to "Starbuck" and "Whaling Masters" (New Bedford: New Bedford Free Public Library, 1964), in which Hegarty compiled an index to Starbuck, and also included an addendum with further information on some vessels. Hegarty's addendum is also included in the Index to Ships in Books. Wall, Robert. Ocean Liners. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1977. "Figures in italics refer to illustrations." Rhonda Houston

The British ship "Margaretta" was reportedly engaged and captured by locals in what is now Maine June 12, 1775 and was supposedly the first Naval action of the war. Is there a list of the indivduals or militia units involved? thanks, Charles

Hello, Need help finding George W. Hooke b. 1750 d. 1835 Father Lt. James Hooke b. 1726 d. 9/1783 Thanks! phyllis

Bruce, I have a copy of the book THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF'S GUARD by Carlos Godfrey who did an awful lot of research on Washington's Guard. I have to go to work right now and don't have alot of time, but he pretty well list just about anyone who was in the "Guard" with exception to one year that was missing from the very beginning. I find no reference to Zepheniah Williams. I did find this for Nathan Pushee: Enlisted, Lunenburg, Mass. June 27, 1775, for eight months, a private, Captain Phineas Cook's Company, Thirty-Seventh Regiment, Continental Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel William Bond: re-enlisted, Newtoon, Pa., January 1, 1777, for three years, a trumpeter, Captain George Lewis's Troop, Third Regiment, Continental Dragoons, commanded byu Colonel George Baylor; assigned to the Cavalry of the commanded in Chief's Guard, commanded by Captain George Lewis, may 1, 1777; at battle of Brandywine, Del., Sept 11, 1777; battle of Germantown, Pa., October 4, 1777; battle of Monmouth, N.J., June 28, 1778; rejoined regiment, September 26, 1778; at skirmish of Tappan, N.Y., September 28, 1778; discharged, Schuykill Barracks, Philadelphia, Pa., December 13, 1779/ Hope this helps. Carole Pacific NW jhollin@pacifier.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce & Nancy Creighton (by way of John Robertson <jr@jrshelby.com>) <bcreighton@accesswave.ca> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:58 AM Subject: [A-REV] re: Zepheniah Williams and Nathan Pushee/Pushie > Hi. > > I am wondering if you can lead me in the right direction. I have tried > Ancestry.com mad the Olive Tree (this is where I got your mailing address), > but no luck. > > I am looking for military/war records of 2 gentlemen. > > 1. Zepheniah Williams who enlisted into the Revolutionary war in Maryland > (approx. 1778). He fought under Gen. Washington (as most probably did). He > became a prisoner of war in Charleston, South Carolina. Sent to Jamaica > (West Indies) approx. 1783. Then he was taken by the British to Nova Scotia > in 1788 where he settled and married and had children. There is no > indication of him or his children returning to the US. There is mention of > his grandchildren returning, though (dates unknown). > > 2. Nathan Pushie who enlisted into the Revolutionary War (approx. 1776). He > fought under Gen. Washington, also. But, in his obituary it says that he > personally saved Gen. Washington's life, awarded the medal of bravery and > became his personal bodyguard until Nathan became prisoner of war (unknown > dates at this time) and sent to Prince Edward Island (approx. 1783), then > settled in Nova Scotia. > > > I have documents that say both Zepheniah and Nathan were Gen. George > Washington's bodyguards until the battle in Charleston, SC. How can I find > out if this is true or not? Is there any documentation of awards of bravery > at that time or any personal records of Gen. Washington that may state > information on these 2 people? > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks for your time > Bruce Creighton > > ______________________________

WATERMAN - worked with or on boats usually on rivers http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html The following is a list of occupations of which many are archaic. These are useful to genealogists since surnames usually originated from someone's occupation. They also are useful to historians in general. The list is by no means complete. I thank all of those who have contributed to the list. If you know of any not included in this list or have corrections, please let me know. Webmaster's E-mail: jlacombe@cpcug.org Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: dmstreet45@aol.com [mailto:dmstreet45@aol.com] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:09 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Re: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D Digest V02 #31 Can anyone tell me what a "waterman" in Philadelphia was? My great great great great grandfather was one, according to an 1850 census and I noticed it mentioned in the recent Am Rev.-D VO2 #31 Thanks Dawn ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

February 2, 2002 Founding Fathers given new life in New Jersey By Ellen Sorokin THE WASHINGTON TIMES The New Jersey state Department of Education has decided to add the names of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin to the state's proposed history standards after coming under fire for omitting the Founding Fathers from the original revisions drafted last month State Board Commissioner William L. Librera, who took office last month, had the proposed standards changed Thursday to include the Founding Fathers as well as major U.S. presidents. The decision to include the names came less than two days after state legislators and members of the public learned from a report in The Washington Times that the original draft left out the Founding Fathers. Several state lawmakers even proposed legislation to "encourage" the state board to include the Founding Fathers in the history standards. The original revisions included only a requirement that students "recognize the names of some major figures in American history." The revisions now require fourth-grade students to identify Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and other Revolutionary leaders "who fought for independence from England." "The names of these individuals must remain in the curriculum," Mr. Librera said in a written statement. "We have an obligation to make sure that our schools are helping our young people understand the critical role these leaders have played in our state's and our nation's history." The Times first reported Monday that the names of the Founding Fathers and other significant historical figures were excluded in the state's revised history standards. The Times also reported that the Pilgrims and the Mayflower were left out of the original draft, as was the word "war," which has been replaced with "conflict," in lessons about the early settlers, colonization and expansion. Also gone were most references to the inhumane treatment many American soldiers endured in wars overseas during the 20th century. As of yesterday, the wording in those lessons was not changed, according to a copy of the latest revised history standards. The article quoted state board officials who said they didn't think they needed to list all the well-known historical figures because teachers will know they have to talk about the Founding Fathers when the lesson on the American Revolution comes up. After reading The Times story, state Sen. Gerald Cardinale and state Assemblyman Joseph Pennacchio, both Republicans, sponsored several bills, demanding that the Education Department refrain from implementing the first set of proposed standards. One bill — sponsored by Mr. Cardinale — proposes that the state dismiss any school official who does not teach about the Founding Fathers. Mr. Cardinale said yesterday he was pleased with Mr. Librera's revision that includes Washington and Jefferson. But he said the battle is not over yet. Mr. Librera's revisions now have to undergo at least 20 public hearings this month and next and be approved by the board. "If we maintain our vigilance, then I don't think they have the nerve to defy the new revisions," Mr. Cardinale said. "But if we go to sleep, God knows what will happen. It's unconscionable that some politically correct bureaucrats in the state Education Department are trying to hijack the history of the United States of America." For the past 13 years, Mr. Cardinale has pushed for a measure that would require public school students to recite a passage from the Declaration of Independence. The measure was rejected by the state legislature last summer. Mr. Pennacchio said yesterday that he was pleased with the latest revision and is prepared for what he calls the long fight ahead. "This whole thing struck me as dumb from the beginning," Mr. Pennacchio said. "I didn't care for the excuses the board officials gave that teachers will know to teach about Washington and so forth. Then why bother in having a commission in the first place? Why bother having standards?" School board officials told The Times last week the state board does not set a state curriculum but rather a general guideline, which local school districts then use to come up with their own lesson plans. In addition to learning about the Founding Fathers, fourth graders under Mr. Librera's revisions would be expected to understand the background, major issues and personalities of the American Revolution. Mr. Librera also added the names of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King, all of whom were missing from the original revised version of the standards.

Kevin, Page 151 of "New York in the Revolution" lists the enlisted men in the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia under Colonel Henry Ludenton and Lieutenant Colonel Reuben Ferris. Lynn Brandvold > Hi, Does anyone out there have the book "New York in the Revolution as > Colony and State" Vol. 1, that could PLEASE do a lookup for me? I'm > looking for information givin of Abner Mead on pg. 151. > Thank You Much, > Kevin Mead > >

Are we sure we're talking about General George Washington. Colonel William Washington was captured at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, remained a prisoner in SC for the remainder of the war, married a Charleston lady and stayed there. See Chapter XVI of Volume II of Lossing's "Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution," http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/Lossing1/Chap48.html Bill Carr Town of Malta Saratoga County, NY Lossing's Field Books of the Revolution and War of 1812 at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce & Nancy Creighton (by way of John Robertson <jr@jrshelby.com>)" <bcreighton@accesswave.ca> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: [A-REV] re: Zepheniah Williams and Nathan Pushee/Pushie > Hi. > > I am wondering if you can lead me in the right direction. I have tried > Ancestry.com mad the Olive Tree (this is where I got your mailing address), > but no luck. > > I am looking for military/war records of 2 gentlemen. > > 1. Zepheniah Williams who enlisted into the Revolutionary war in Maryland > (approx. 1778). He fought under Gen. Washington (as most probably did). He > became a prisoner of war in Charleston, South Carolina. Sent to Jamaica > (West Indies) approx. 1783. Then he was taken by the British to Nova Scotia > in 1788 where he settled and married and had children. There is no > indication of him or his children returning to the US. There is mention of > his grandchildren returning, though (dates unknown). > > 2. Nathan Pushie who enlisted into the Revolutionary War (approx. 1776). He > fought under Gen. Washington, also. But, in his obituary it says that he > personally saved Gen. Washington's life, awarded the medal of bravery and > became his personal bodyguard until Nathan became prisoner of war (unknown > dates at this time) and sent to Prince Edward Island (approx. 1783), then > settled in Nova Scotia. > > > I have documents that say both Zepheniah and Nathan were Gen. George > Washington's bodyguards until the battle in Charleston, SC. How can I find > out if this is true or not? Is there any documentation of awards of bravery > at that time or any personal records of Gen. Washington that may state > information on these 2 people? > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks for your time > Bruce Creighton > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi. I am wondering if you can lead me in the right direction. I have tried Ancestry.com mad the Olive Tree (this is where I got your mailing address), but no luck. I am looking for military/war records of 2 gentlemen. 1. Zepheniah Williams who enlisted into the Revolutionary war in Maryland (approx. 1778). He fought under Gen. Washington (as most probably did). He became a prisoner of war in Charleston, South Carolina. Sent to Jamaica (West Indies) approx. 1783. Then he was taken by the British to Nova Scotia in 1788 where he settled and married and had children. There is no indication of him or his children returning to the US. There is mention of his grandchildren returning, though (dates unknown). 2. Nathan Pushie who enlisted into the Revolutionary War (approx. 1776). He fought under Gen. Washington, also. But, in his obituary it says that he personally saved Gen. Washington's life, awarded the medal of bravery and became his personal bodyguard until Nathan became prisoner of war (unknown dates at this time) and sent to Prince Edward Island (approx. 1783), then settled in Nova Scotia. I have documents that say both Zepheniah and Nathan were Gen. George Washington's bodyguards until the battle in Charleston, SC. How can I find out if this is true or not? Is there any documentation of awards of bravery at that time or any personal records of Gen. Washington that may state information on these 2 people? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time Bruce Creighton

Bruce, Do a search on this lists Archives. We had a big discussion on Washington's Bodyguards several months ago. I'm sure you will find many things of interest to help you. Jan "Bruce & Nancy Creighton (by way of John Robertson )" wrote: > Hi. > > I am wondering if you can lead me in the right direction. I have tried > Ancestry.com mad the Olive Tree (this is where I got your mailing address), > but no luck. > > I am looking for military/war records of 2 gentlemen. > > 1. Zepheniah Williams who enlisted into the Revolutionary war in Maryland > (approx. 1778). He fought under Gen. Washington (as most probably did). He > became a prisoner of war in Charleston, South Carolina. Sent to Jamaica > (West Indies) approx. 1783. Then he was taken by the British to Nova Scotia > in 1788 where he settled and married and had children. There is no > indication of him or his children returning to the US. There is mention of > his grandchildren returning, though (dates unknown). > > 2. Nathan Pushie who enlisted into the Revolutionary War (approx. 1776). He > fought under Gen. Washington, also. But, in his obituary it says that he > personally saved Gen. Washington's life, awarded the medal of bravery and > became his personal bodyguard until Nathan became prisoner of war (unknown > dates at this time) and sent to Prince Edward Island (approx. 1783), then > settled in Nova Scotia. > > I have documents that say both Zepheniah and Nathan were Gen. George > Washington's bodyguards until the battle in Charleston, SC. How can I find > out if this is true or not? Is there any documentation of awards of bravery > at that time or any personal records of Gen. Washington that may state > information on these 2 people? > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks for your time > Bruce Creighton > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

--part1_116.bc89024.29915283_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'd like to know if there are any descendants of the brothers of Alexander Haralson- he is supposed to have fought with them from North Carolina; their names were William, Gideon, John, and Benjamin Ware... all Haralsons. I'm trying to locate some "dangling females" as a friend of mine calls the ancestors who have no known last names and about whose family the male lines don't tell. Dolly --part1_116.bc89024.29915283_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-ye03.mx.aol.com (rly-ye03.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.200]) by air-ye03.mail.aol.com (v83.35) with ESMTP id MAILINYE310-0205083845; Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:38:45 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-ye03.mx.aol.com (v83.35) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYE31-0205083816; Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:38:16 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g15DYW625091; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 06:34:32 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 06:34:32 -0700 X-Original-Sender: krpntrkev60@webtv.net Tue Feb 5 06:34:31 2002 X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhReEvGuK7NaWjJjvTiFgkYp3cUDtAIVAMnO3UwAjOAKgraVDIM+gNX2YleY From: krpntrkev60@webtv.net (KEVIN) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 08:34:32 -0500 (EST) Old-To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <15535-3C5FDF68-3329@storefull-616.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Subject: [A-REV] lookup request Resent-Message-ID: <wi-uI.A.2HG.o99X8@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/8616 X-Loop: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Hi, Does anyone out there have the book "New York in the Revolution as Colony and State" Vol. 1, that could PLEASE do a lookup for me? I'm looking for information givin of Abner Mead on pg. 151. Thank You Much, Kevin Mead ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --part1_116.bc89024.29915283_boundary--

Hi, Does anyone out there have the book "New York in the Revolution as Colony and State" Vol. 1, that could PLEASE do a lookup for me? I'm looking for information givin of Abner Mead on pg. 151. Thank You Much, Kevin Mead

Dear Kevin, I have an ancestor who was listed in class 85. There is a small book in the Culpepper Co library history room that lists the classes and says that the classes were called up by Lafayette for the Battle of Yorktown, and that many of them fought there. I went to the VA Library in Richmond and got a microfilm copy of the actual list but couldn't find out any more info. If you get any responses would you pass them on? Betty