In a message dated 2/12/2007 5:59:25 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > s that is where the > "John Younger "who changed his name to "John Paul Jones" Sorry? Not so. John Paul Jones was originally John Paul: Wikipedia says: John Paul Jones was born "John Paul" in 1747. Paul was his surname. "Kelsick Younger" was actually "Younger Kelsick." Last name "Kelsick." Well...if I'm wrong, give me your sources. My source for the first thing I said is Wikipedia. Source for second is in a file somewhere, which I can probably pull up if you need it. John Paul adopted the alias John Jones when he fled to his brother's home in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1773 in order to avoid the hangman's noose in Tobago after an incident when he was accused of murdering a sailor under his command. He began using the name John Paul Jones as his brother suggested during the start of the American Revolution. Again, the above is from Wikipedia.
You are of course correct, "Younger Kelsick" NOT Kelsick Younger. (Chalk it up to old age??) Sorry, says John Paul Jones was "apprenticed" to Mr Younger of Whitehaven" not his son. See the URL for more. http://www.whitehaven.arnit.net/history/john_paul_jones.htm ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHARACTERS associated with Whitehaven is John Paul Jones. John Paul Jones was born at Kirkbean in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, in 1747. He was the ninth child of a gardener for the Earl of Selkirk. At age 12, he was sent across the Solway to Whitehaven where he became an apprentice to Mr Younger of Whitehaven, a respective merchant. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] transported felons from London > In a message dated 2/12/2007 5:59:25 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: >> s that is where the >> "John Younger "who changed his name to "John Paul Jones" > > Sorry? Not so. John Paul Jones was originally John Paul: Wikipedia > says: > John Paul Jones was born "John Paul" in 1747. Paul was his surname. > > "Kelsick Younger" was actually "Younger Kelsick." Last name "Kelsick." > > Well...if I'm wrong, give me your sources. My source for the first thing > I > said is Wikipedia. Source for second is in a file somewhere, which I can > probably pull up if you need it. > > John Paul adopted the alias John Jones when he fled to his brother's home > in > Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1773 in order to avoid the hangman's noose in > Tobago after an incident when he was accused of murdering a sailor under > his > command. He began using the name John Paul Jones as his brother suggested > during > the start of the American Revolution. > > Again, the above is from Wikipedia. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message