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1. James Nicholson, 6 June 1776 2. John Manley, 17 Apri.1776 3. Hector McNeill, 15 June 1776 4. Dudley Saltonstall, 22 Dec. 1775 5. Nicholas Biddle, 22 Dec. 1775 6. Thomas Thompson, 6 June 1776 7. John Barry, 6 June 1776 8. Thomas Read, 6 June 1776 9. Thomas Grinnell, 15 June 1776 10. Charles Alexander, 18 Apr. 1776 11. Lambert Wickes 12. Abraham Whipple, 22 Dec.1775 13. John Burrows Hopkins, 22 Dec.1775 14. John Hodge, 22 Aug.1776 15. William Hallock, 18 Apr.1776 |
16. Hoysted Hacker John Nicholson, 19 Nov. 1776 |
Samuel Tucker, 15 Mar.1777 Daniel Waters, 17 Mar.1777 John Green, 11 Feb. 1778 William Burke, 1 May 1778 Pierre Landais, 18 June 1778 Seth Harding, 23 Sept. 1778 Silas Talbot, 17 Sept. 1779 John Ayres Peter Brewster Samuel Chew Benjamin Dunn John Hazard William Pickles Thomas Simpson John Skinner William Stone |
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1. Peter Shores, 22 July 1776 Rhodes Arnold, 22 Dec. 1775 |
Joseph Adams Robert Adamson John Angus James Armitage Josiah Audibert Benjamin Barron William Barron George Batson Daniel Bears John Bellenger Christopher Bradley Jacob Brooks Philip Brown Isaac Buck Charles Bulkley Edward Burke George Champlin John Channing Seth Clarke David Cullam James Degge William Dennis Marie Seval Dorie William Dunlap William Dupar Joshua Fanning Wilford Fisher William Gamble Nicholas E. Gardner William Grinnell James Grinwell William Ham James Handy Abraham Hawkins John Hennessey Stephen Hill Christopher Hawkins Esek Hopkins Jr. William Hopkins Robert Hume Aquilla Johns |
John Kemp John Kerr Benjamin Knight William Leeds Edward Leger John Lewis George Lovie Cutting Lent Henry Lunt John McIvers John Margisson Richard Marvin John Moran William Moran William Morrison Isaac Olney James Pine Robert Pomeroy David Porter William Potts Benjamin Reed Peter Richards James Robertson John Robinson Peter Rosseau Robert Saunders John Scott Robert Scott John Scranton Nicholas Scull James Sellers Daniel Starr James Stephens John Stevens David Welch Jacob White Richard Wickes James Wilson Robert Wilson Samuel York |
| Note: The names of lieutenants which are numbered were those appointed 12 Oct. 1776 in order of rank. Many held earlier commissions, which are noted. | ||
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Major Captains |
Lieutenants William Barney |
Thomas Fitzgerald John Fitzpatrick Samuel Gamage John Guignace Roger Haddock James Hamilton Jonas Hamilton William Hamilton John Harris Samuel Hempstead Samuel Holt Benjamin Huddle William Huddle Robert Hunter Hugh Kirkpatrick Daniel Longstreet Eugene McCarthy Richard McClure Charles McHarron Robert McNeal Peter Manifold Jonathan Mix William Morris Alexander Neilson James Gerald O'Kelly Avery Parker Samuel Powars Samuel Pritchard William Radford Jerry Reed Nathaniel Richards Jabez Smith Walter Spooner Edmund Stack Daniel Starr I. M. Strobach George Trumbull Thomas Turner Louis de la Valette Zebulon Varnam ----- Wadsworth Samuel Wallingford James Warren John H. Wilson Jonathan Woodworth |
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Captains Isaac Cazneau, 17 Apr. 1776 Samuel Tompkins, 6 Jun. 1776 Christopher Miller, 6 Jun. 1776 Henry Skinner John Roach Ralph Moor Denis Nicolas Cottineau Joseph Varage Phillippe Nicolas Ricot |
Lieutenants Eli Stansbury, 22 Dec. 1775 Israel Turner, 6 Jun. 1776 Mark Dennet, 6 Jun. 1776 ----- Plunkett, 20 July 1781 Peter Amiel Robert Robinson John Buckley James Linds Henri le Meignen Pierre Magonet Beninge Mischateau Armand la Coudrais Pierre de Nantes Nicolas de St. Valery |
Captains of Marines Lieutenants of Marines |
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Sources for Information on Continental Navy and Marine Corps Officers
There is no single official list of all officers who served in the Continental Navy and Marine Corps. This list, published in Gardner W. Allen's A Naval History of the American Revolution, is still the most complete list available. It was based on two lists compiled by the Continental Congress, one in September 1781 and a more complete list dated 18 March 1794.
Additional information on officers of the Continental Navy and Marine Corps can be found in the following sources:
Allen, Gardner W. A Naval History of the American Revolution. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. 2 vols.
Callahan, Edward W. List of officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, from 1775 to 1900. New York: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1901.
Clark, William Bell, et. al, editors. Naval Documents of the American Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1964 --. 10 vols. to date.
Related resources:
Bibliography on the American Revolution
Bibliography on Naval Officers of the American Revolution