American Prisoners of the Revolution: Names of 8000 Men The British used the ships at Wallabout Bay, later the site of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, for naval prisoners on this side of the Atlantic. The prisoners included men captured on American privateers, merchant ships, French, Spanish, and Dutch vessels. After April 1780, the Jersey was the receiving ship where names were entered into records. Prison and hospital ships in Wallabout Bay: name, capacity, first year of use Whitby (250) 1776 Kitty and unknown ship (500) 1777 -- burned 1777 and 1778 Unknown ships (500) 1778 Unknown ships (500) 1779 Good Hope (500) 1780 -- burned 1780 Jersey (400) 1780 -- had been used as prison on East River 1779 Falmouth (200) 1780 -- hospital prison ship Hope (200) 1780 -- hospital prison ship used to transport Loyalists to New Brunswick Scorpion (300) 1780 Strombolo (200) 1780 -- sloop of 4 guns, a fire ship [?] Hunter (200) 1780 -- sloop, hospital prison ship Jersey (850) 1781 -- number of prisoners increased. Total on all ships 2,000 Jersey (1,000) 1782 -- number of prisoners increased. Total on all ships 2,000 John (200-300) 1783 Frederick (no data) 1783 -- hospital prison ship Perseverance (no data) 1783 -- hospital prison ship Bristol (no data) 1783 -- hospital prison ship Jersey (1,200) 1783 -- number of prisoners increased. Total on all ships 2,000 List Of 8000 Men Who Were Prisoners On Board The Old Jersey List compiled by 'The Society Of Old Brooklynites' in 1888.* "This list of names was copied from the papers of the British War Department. There is nothing to indicate what became of any of these prisoners, whether they died, escaped, or were exchanged. The list seems to have been carelessly kept, and is full of obvious mistakes in spelling the names. Yet it shall be given just as it is, except that the names are arranged differently, for easier reference. This list of prisoners is the only one that could be found in the British War Department. What became of the lists of prisoners on the many other prison ships, and prisons, used by the English in America, we do not know." *Names marked are not from the list, but correspondence sent by descendants or others. Bartholomew Ford (3) Daniel Ford George Ford (2) John Ford Philip Ford William Ford Jean Le Ford http://www.usmm.net/revdead.html#anchor266842