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LIST OF PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE BRIGANTINE DOLTON, AND COMMITTED TO MILL PRISON, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, JUNE, 1777.

The following marks denote (*) dead - (+) escaped - (++) joined English men-of-war - (§) died or escaped before any were committed to prison - (P. J.) means with Paul Jones - (A.) in the Alliance.

From Newburyport, Mass.:
Captain Eleazer Johnston +
1st Lieut. Anthony Knapp +
2d Lieut. John Buntin
Daniel Lunt +
Alexander Ross
Offin Boardman +
Moses Cross
Thomas Cluston +
Cutting Lunt (P. J.)
Wym'd. Bradbury
Henry Lunt (P. J.)
Samuel Cutler +
Francis Little
Joseph Asulier +
Joseph Brewster (P. J.)
Nathaniel Wyer +
John Knowlton §
Joseph Racklief
William Shackford (A.)
John Key +
John Barrenger +
- Stickney
Joseph Poor (A.)
Nathaniel Warner
Josiah George +
Moses Merrill
Jacob True (P. J.)
John George
Richard Lunt (A.)
Ebenezer Brown (A.)
Paul Noyes (A.)
Joseph Plummer (A.)
Reuben Tucker
John Smith (A.)
Charles Herbert (A.)
Joseph Choate (A.)
Thomas Bayley (A.)
Nathaniel Bayley (P. J.)
Benjamin Carr (A.)
Samuel Woodbridge
Henry Smith
Ebenzer Edwards (A.)
Jonathan Whitmore++
Edward Spooner++
Daniel Cottle *
Ebenezer Hunt
From New Gloucester
Asa Witham *
Zebulon Davis
Daniel Lane +
Benjamin Yolin (A.)
From Portsmouth
Nathaniel Marshall
Benjamin C. Stubbs
Jacob Nutter
George Triffering
Benjamin Babb +
John Abbott ++
Joseph Shilaby (A.)
Guppy Studley
From Kittery, N. H.
Samuel Stacey (P. J.)
Joshua Casual
John Foster *
Hugh Kenniston +
Peter Tobey
John Perkins
William Lewis
Richard Sowards
Nathaniel Kennard (P. J.)
Stephen Lawley
Samuel Fletcher (P. J.)
Thomas Mahoney (P. J.)
Winthrop Willey
Jacob Brewer
Daniel Knight (A.)
Nathaniel Staples
George Fernel
Ephraim Clark (A.)
John Gunnison (P. J.)
Samuel Scriggins *
From Berwick, N. H.
Tobias Weymouth
Gideon Warren *
Thomas Hammet (P. J.)
Thomas Rines *
Ebenezer Libbey
Ichabod Lord (P. J.)
Aaron Goodwin
John Higgins
Andrew Whittam
From Old York, N H.
James Sellers
Tobias Sellers
Timothy Harris
John Downs (P. J.)
From Windham
John Simpson (A.)
Andrew Templeton
From Cape Porpoise
John Burbank (P. J.)
Israel Lasedel
From Block Point
William Maxwell
Samuel Carroll (A.)
John Maddon (P. J.)
Joseph Burnham
Samuel Smith
From Boston, Mass
Joseph Clark, ++
John Bass ++
Robert Burgoyne +
Joseph Hatch *
From Cape Pursue
Nathaniel Porter
Jacob Wyman
From Hampton
Dr. Samuel Smith, +
Elisha Johnston
Ichabod Shaw
From Salem
James Lawrence,
From Ireland
Henry Barrett +
William Smith ++
William Horner ++
From Scotland
Adam Ladley +
From England
Clement Woodhouse +
From Virginia
William Ford ++
From Casco Bay
John McCoffrey
Isaac Leajor
From Marblehead
Bonner Darling *

 

ROLL OF MILL PRISON, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, FEBRUARY 7, 1779.

Sloop Charming Sally, taken January 16th, 1777.
From New Haven
Captain Francis Brown +
Refiter Griffin
Jonathan Hodgcare
William Woodward,+
From Long Island
Anthony Shomaker +
William Keys
From Millbury
Benjamin Powers
Arthur Bennett
Isaac George
From Gilford
Kirtland Griffin
From Dartmouth
Henry Wrightinton
Samuel Knast
John Hathaway
James Bounds
William Cuff
Prince Hall ++
Humphry Potter ++
Ebenezer Willis*
Absalom Nero *
Thomas Brightman
Silas Hathaway
From Martha's Vineyard
Joseph Fredrick
Thomas Chase
Jeremiah Luce
Thomas Luce
Abisha Rogers
Barzilla Crowell
Samuel Lambert
Manuel Swasey
John Lot*
Cuff Scott ++
William Harden §
Eliphalet Rogers
From Hartford
James Dean, ++
From Carolina
Jacob Norris
From New York
Alexander Frazier ++
William Black
Henry Sheaf +
Phineas Smith +
William Vanderson ++
From Ireland
William Andrews ++
Thomas Welch ++
Bartley Barrell ++
From England
Benjamin Shakle *
William Creper ++
Francis Kirtland ++
William Carpenter ++
William Asburn ++
From Holland
John George Stamfield ++
John Daghan ++
From Scotland
Robert Richey ++
James Judson *

Lexington Prize, taken April, 1777. - Committed to prison June, 1777.
From Jersey
Nicholas Simpkin *
From Maryland
William Stearns
From England
Thomas Haley
Benjamin Lockett ++
From Philadelphia
William Lane
From Ireland
John Gordon ++

Brigantine Fancy, taken August 7th, 1777.
From Newburyport
Captain John Lee +
Daniel Lane
John Bickford
William White
From Marblehead
Francis Salter +
William Laskey
Joseph Barker +
Thomas Barker +
Richard Goss
Nicholas Thorn
Samuel Beal
John Lio
James Fox
Thomas Mack +
Robert Swan +
John Swan +
Jonathan Bartlett
Samuel Hawley
Jacob Vickery
Nicholas Gardner
James Valentine *
John Crow
Elias Hart *
William Pickett
Robert Pierce
Robert Brown
Skillings Brooks
Thomas Horton
William Cole
Jacob Vickery, Jr
John Adams
Edmund Baden
Samuel Whitrong
Benjamin Masten
Michael Treffrey
Andrew Slyfield +
From Ipswich
Caesar Bartlett
Samuel Treadwell
Nathaniel Jones
Samuel Harris
Samuel Latham,
William Longfellow
Adams Choate
Daniel Goodhue
John Fowler *
Charles Barnes,
Joseph Fisher, Doct., +
From Sweden
William Lir
From England
Alex. Baxter
Luke Larcomb
Israel Matthews
Wm. Skinner +
Martin Shaw
From Scotland
Robert Stevenson
Thomas Salter

Brigantine Freedom's Prize, taken April 27th, 1777.
From Marblehead
John Demond
Stephen Demise
Thomas Brown +
Joseph Striker
Joseph Magery
Elias Vickery
William Brown
Nathaniel Stacey +
James Lyon
Jacob Lord +
Christian Codrer

Ship Reprisal's Prize, taken June 29th, 1777. Committed in August.
From Bristol
Thomas Norwood
Samuel Ross
From Virginia
Stafford Badan
Alex. Knell ++
From Ireland
Thomas Driver
From Baltimore
Charles Kneet
Thomas Runnells ++
From Philadelphia
Edwin Lewis ++
From Virginia
Daniel Acham +
From Ireland
Joseph McMullen

Sloop Hawk's Prize, taken April 13th, 1778. - Committed in October, 1778.
From Salem
John Picknall
John Haynes
John Deadman
John Foy
Wood Abrahams
From Boston
English Thomas

Schooner Hawk's Prize, taken September 18th, 1777. - Committed October 16th.
From Manchester
Benjamin Leech
Abial Lee
From Marblehead
Moses Stacey
Thomas Wigger
Thomas Knowlton
Amherst Weight

Brigantine Lexington, taken September 19th, 1779.
From Boston
Captain Henry Johnston +
From Ireland
David Welch +
Arthur Kirk +
John Kennedy ++
Thos. Choulston ++
John Hopes
William Lee
Robert Ford
William Riley
Phil. McLoughlan
James Haze ++
Thomas Bradley
John Barry +
James Dick
Joseph Coulston ++
John Howard ++
Thomas Welch ++
Nicholas Chaise ++
Thomas Marley ++
Nath'I. Brennon ++
From Philadelphia
Andrew Grace ++
James Shields ++
Daniel Fagan ++
Jacob Crawford
Thomas Harvey
Francis Colburn ++
David Clark ++
Henry Bakeley ++
From Virginia
Richard Deal +
Henry Lawrence
From Providence
George Thayer
From England
John Chester
Thomas Lines ++
Matthew Clear ++
John Videan ++
Samuel Williams ++
John Davis ++
Joseph Wolt ++
Benj'n. Richardson ++
Edward Hart ++
From Scotland
George Morrison
Joseph Kennigton *
John Stewart ++
From New London
Samuel Hobble
From New Jersey
Aaron Twigley ++

Schooner Warren, taken December 29th, 1777. - Committed June, 1778.
From Salem
Captain John Ravel +
Samuel Foote
John Battan
- Smith
- Lander
Benjamin Bickett
Thomas Manning
Joseph Lambert
Stephen Waters
Jonathan Archer
John Jones
William Bright ++
Josiah Jordon
Clifford Crowningfield
Edward Yoling
Peter Harris
Thomas Majory
Samuel Townsend
Daniel Chubb
Richard Crispin
Samuel Knapp
John Underwood
Nathaniel Ward
John Batten, Jr.
Thomas Stephens
William Archer ++
From Beverly
Benjamin Chipman
From Haverhill
John Cushing, Doct.
From Bristol
Eben Bosworth
Sampson Simms
From Rhode Island
Thomas Austin
Samuel Harris
William Clark
Edward Sisal
From Philadelphia
William Race ++
John Phillips +
Peter Merry
From Cape Ann
Joseph Ingersoll ++
From Boston
Robert McCleary ++
From Carolina
Ezekiel Canny ++

Schooner Black Snake, taken August 16th, 1777. - Committed March 12th, 1778.
From Marblehead
Captain William Lucran
From Rhode Island
John Wheeler
From North Carolina
John Buckley

Ship Oliver Cromwell, taken May 19th, 1777. - Committed October 18th, 1777.
From Ireland
Patrick McCann
John Dority
James Lawny ++
John Adair
From Maryland
Richard Price
From New Jersey
William Hall +
From England
George Still +

Letter of Marque Janey, taken May 24th. - Committed August 19th.
From Virginia
Captain George Rolls +
George Watkins

Brigantine Cabots Prize, taken October 24th, 1776. - Committed June, 1777.
From Philadelphia
Peter Cassenbury
From Rhode Island
Paul Magee
From Virginia
David Covel

True Blue, taken January 3d. - Committed August 20th, 1778.
From Marblehead
Peter Janes

Brigantine Ranger's Prize, taken August 23d, 1778.
From Rhode Island
Charles Sherman

Merchantman Sweet Lucretia, taken July 5th. - Committed October 16th, 1778.
From Casco Bay
James Horton
From Boston
Samuel Lewis

Schooner Musquito, taken and committed.
From St. Martin's
William Dayton ++
From England
Captain John Martin ++
William Morris +

Sturdy Beggars Prize, taken October, 1776. - Committed June, 1777.
From Salem
George Southard
From Marblehead
Philip Misseroy
James Richardson

Revenge's Prize, taken August 2d.
From Philadelphia
William Hessam
From Casco Bay
William Fowler
From Newport
Daniel Willet

Number taken . . . . . . . . .380.
Number committed . . . . . . . . .364.

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