History of VA Navy in the Revolution BARTLETT: In April, 1776, John Goodrich, in command of the armed sloop Lilly, seized in Ocracock Inlet a sloop belonging to North Carolina, and afterwards captured a schooner in the Bay. Goodrich had three boats in Dunmore's service at this time. In May Goodrich was taken, and for at least eighteen months held close prisoner in Charlottesville. In May, 1776, Bartlett Goodrich was captured with his vessel mounting four carriage guns and six swivels, on a return voyage from the West Indies. Bartlett was sent to Bedford, and later to Amherst. Both John Goodrich and his son Bartlett escaped before the end of the year 1778, when they are found in active service of the enemy. page 5 Now, in the affair of the gunpowder, William Goodrich's brother Bartlett played a bargaining role. In addition to the gunpowder he had obtained from the Liverpool ship at Antigua British linens, shipped the forbidden goods in his schooner Fanny to St. Eustatius, and having there altered the marks from British to Holland manufacture, expedited the material, in violation of the Act of Importation, to his father John Goodrich, in Virginia, who, on the Potomac River, had them exposed for sale as Dutch goods. page 6 Getting wind of this equivocal transaction, the Isle of Wight Committee of Safety made report to the Convention, and Bartlett was called before the ruling body for question. The altered marks he conceded without hesitation, contending, however, that inasmuch as the Liverpool captain declined to part with the powder, unless the linens were taken as well, he had, for the public good, risked compromising his position in the Colony by yielding to the captain's demand. The goods he had consigned to the master of the Fanny; the powder was turned over to his brother William for immediate transport. page 141 ARCHER, WM. MC III, 179. Heir in 1831, Bartlett Archer. page 148 BARTLETT, JOHN. N, 8, 35. Marine, enlisted Jan. 20, 1783. page 158 BUCKNER, CAPT. WM., of Kingston Parish (later Matthews Co.). Master of a ship before the Revolution. Attended frequently to having the galleys and other vessels rigged. Commanded both in land and naval services. Made a prisoner March 19, 1781, sent to England; returned March 7, 1782. Died last of February, 1804. He married an aunt of Wm. Armistead. Children: Mary md. Thos. M. Norman, of Baltimore; Elizabeth, wife of Francis Armistead, Esq., of Matthews Co.; Dorothy, wife of Dr. Bartlett Gayle, of Matthews Co.; Susan, wife of Ephraim Beazley; and Martha, first wife of Dr. Gayle (children: Alex., Wm., Math., and Joshua). BH, 1400. page 158 BULLY, EDWARD, of Elizabeth City Co. Liberty, Nov., 1779. Boatswain. USP Dr. P. Bartlett. BH, 1225, 1392. page 159 BUSH, WM. Public Negro. Boat Liberty. LBP Dr. P. Bartlett. page 172 COOK, MATHEW. Boat Liberty. LBP Dr. P. Bartlett. page 176 CUFFY (Cuffee). Pilot on Row Galley commanded by Capt. Richard Barron; died from injuries received in service. LBP Dr. Bartlett, testimony of Mary C. Ward, In USP Mrs. Mary C. Graves states that she was owner of Cuffee, died 1781. On the boat Wm. Graves was Lt. and Dr. Philip Bartlett, Surgeon. page 211 in 1781, Galley Henry. According to his eldest surviving child, Jonathan Kay, of Norfolk Co. (aged 84 in 1848), Lt. John Kay was attached to the Nicholson, captured by the enemy. LBP Philip Bartlett. KELLY, JAMES. E 1. page 237 PICKETT, JOHN. Boat Liberty, 1784. LBP Dr. P. Bartlett. page 243 ROGERS, WM., of King George Co. Boat Liberty. LBP Wm. Bartlett. BH, 1206-7. page 243 RUDD, BENJ. Ship Tartar. LBP Dr. P. Bartlett.