Loss Of Boat "Detroit"

British Military and Naval Records...Microform: c-11837:

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McCrea, Alexander, Seamen, "Detroit" Prov'l Marine, L. Erie.

His evidence at Court of Inquiry re loss of the "Detroit"

A. Ormsby, Major 49th Regt.

Fort Erie. 27 - 10 - 1812

S. Powers On The Albion

Surgeons at Sea - Royal Navy Medical Officers' journals

ADM 101/1/9 (Page 9 of 62)
Medical journal of the Albion, male convict ship 1828

Vertigo  55. S.L. Powers, Convict

Ann Howard Died In Montreal In 1782

British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY
Microform: c-11823 (1927):

Lewis Howard, POW

British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY
Microform: c-11823
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Private Lewis Howard of Phillips, Mass., taken prisoner, 28th May 1813.

Maria Howard

British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY
Microform: c-11823

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[Probably Not From Our Howard Family]

Clan Wars In The Old Highlands

Transactions...

Corporal William Howard

British Military and Naval Records [Microform: c-11823]:

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Our William Howard? Do not know.

Sophia Howard

British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - [Index]

Sophia Howard

[Image 2088]

Microform: c-11823

Margaret Howard In Montreal

British Military and Naval Records...
Microform: c-11823 [Image 2057]

Margaret Howard

All On Board Perished Except The Surgeon

Not The Firefly

The naval gazetteer, biographer, and chronologist; containing a history of ...,  By John William Norie:

FIREFLY (sch) Lieut. Thomas Price,  12, T. 1805; lost in a hurricane off Curacoa, November 17, by striking on a sunken rock. All on board perished except the surgeon.

Daniel McDonald At Put-In-Bay

Put-In-Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio, USA

British Military and Naval Records (Index Cards):

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Microform: c-11837

McDonald, Daniel.

Sergt. Royal Nfld.  Regt., H. M. S.

"Queen Charlotte"

Prov'l Marine, L. Erie

Slightly wounded at Put In Bay, L. Erie

10 Sept. 1812

Capt. R. E. Barclay, Com'dr.d late Senr. Officer

Impressed In 1795

From The New England Historical And Genealogical Register:


LETTER OF WILLIAM STEVENS, 1795, A SEAMAN IMPRESSED BY THE BRITISH.


At a Court Held for Norfolk County April the 20th, 1795

Present:  Robert Boush, Samuel Davis, James Harper and Thomas Brent

A Letter from William Stevens, a native of Boston and a Citizen of the United States now detained on board the British frigate Huzza... [Original spelling]

To Aney Justice of the peace in Virginia

hampton Roades apriel 18 th 1795

Good Sir
Your petitioner is at present on Board the British manawar hussah
I am a Native of New York and a Citizen and Freeholder of Boston I have a wife at Boston who Entierley Depends upon my Labour for her support...

I wass pressed on the 10 th of apriel frome on Board the Bark peggy of george town Cap henry Lunt in the employ of Co william Deakens of georgetown Maryland

Good sir I Rernane with Due Respect yours

William Stevens
on Board the hussah hampton Roads 

British Troops Evacuating Boston

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The American Revolution commenced in Boston. Its port was closed in 1774, by order of the British Government, and a garrison placed there to control the town. It was, in consequence, besieged by the American army under General Washington, who compelled the British troops to evacuate it.  

Evidence That William Howard Is Ours

William Howard's 1843 obituary in Death Notices of Ontario...

On the 23rd of January,  William Howard, of the township of Grimsby, in the 67th year of his age. He was brought from England to America at the time of the Revolution, by his father [Abraham?], who was a Surgeon, in the Royal Navy and who was slain in the commencement of the war.  His mother was afterwards married to a Lieutenant McDonald, with whom he removed to Upper Canada when but a boy. He leaves a widow and seven children.

Martha Howard's story dovetails nicely with the details found in William Howard's obituary.

In 1817 William Howard was granted property in Grimsby.  He was already cited as a resident of Grimsby (and was identified as a "hatter").  In 1863 the widow Mary Howard granted the same property to Isaac Brock Howard [ her son].  This transaction should prove that Mary was William's widow.

22 June 1820 William Howard, hatter, of Grimsby, witnessed a deed in Hastings County
19 December 1820 "   "

A census transcription listed William Howard as a resident in 1828, with a total of 8 persons in the household.  There was only one family with the Howard surname listed in Grimsby.

20 April 1832 - Petition Of William Howard

• British-born subject
• Received his Majesty's donation of land many years ago
• Has A Wife And 7 Children, two of whom being nearly of adult age
• Petitioner purchased a lot 3 years ago [Circa 1829] in the 6th Concession, Twp. of Grimsby
• Believed that he could hold, by virtue of his purchase, all the land, lying between the fifth concession and the gore

What is (and is not) in the census:

Grimsby is not listed as an available census for 1842, so could not be checked for any Howards in that township.

The widowed Mary Howard was living in Grimsby in 1851 with her daughter, Caroline Godden:

1851 Ontario Census, Grimsby

GODDEN, Job, 33, b. England

  "  , Caroline, 30, b. Canada

HOWARD, Mary, 64

KENNEDY, Julia, 17

In 1861 Mary Howard was still in Grimsby, living with her daughter Ann [Kennedy, enumerated as Canada]:

1861 Ontario Census - Grimsby

Ann Canada, b. Upper Can., rel., W/M, 52 yrs, widow

Melissa Canada, 21 yrs, single

Eliza (Jane) Canada, 18 yrs, single

? Canada, 11 yrs, 

Howard Canada, 9 yrs

Mary HOWARD, b. Upper Canada, rel. W/M, 66 yrs, widow

Mary Howard was also living with her daughter, Ann Kennedy, in 1871.

Five of the seven(?) children of William and Mary Howard:

[Clara] Ann (Howard) Kennedy 

Melissa (Howard) Terryberry

Isaac Brock Howard

Caroline (Howard) Godden

Maria (Howard) Holden

My 2nd great-grandmother was Mary Agnes (Kennedy) Powers.  Her parents were David Kennedy and Ann Howard per her Michigan death record.

Peter Heywood And The Crew Of The Bounty

Not The Bounty

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"This officer is a son of the late Peter John Heywood, Esq. a Deemster [Judge] of the Isle of Man, and Seneschal to his Grace the Duke of Athol, by Elizabeth, daughter of James Spedding, of Whitehaven, co. Cumberland, Esq.; and was born at his father's residence, the Nunnery, near Douglas, June 6, 1773."

"He entered the naval service as a Midshipman, Oct. 11, 1786; and made his first voyage in the Bounty, a ship of about two hundred and fifteen tons, which had been purchased by government and fitted up for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit and other plants from Otaheite to the West India islands...". [Source]

Enticing William Howard

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"Thomas Buck, Boatswain of the Ship Rose, tried by the above Court Martial for enticing William Howard, Mariner, on board His Majesty's Ship of War Zebra, who deserted His Majesty's Service, is found guilty."

New Song Called The Gaspee

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The Gaspee Affair and a Richmond descendant who may have participated.

William McCormick

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McCormick, William, A seaman in the Naval Dept. at Detroit, 1779.

C. 722 A., p. 70

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Same guy?

McCormick, William, et al, Lieut., 1st Essex Mil. to Lt. Col. Warburton.  Camp at Miami.  6  -  5  -1813

Present circumstances of the Militiamen and of the district in general; to prevent famine, necessary that the Militiamen should be allowed to return home to attend to their crops.
C. 1219, pp. 68 & 61-67

The Death Of Captain Nicholas Biddle

Songs, Odes, and Other Poems..... was dedicated to Captain Biddle's memory.

A poem about Captain Biddle was included in the volume:

Captain Biddle died on the Randolph frigate.

Close Call -- Washington Almost In The Royal Navy

A post in the Tales Of The New World blog speculated that Washington Might Have Been British Admiral.

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From the Magazine Of American History....

It is probable that the ensign's commission in the British navy procured for George in 1746 was obtained through Major Lawrence Washington and his friends [perhaps Admiral Edward Vernon]...and would have gone into navy service had not his mother objected. Washington was already an advanced pupil in the school of self-control, and gave no outward evidence of disappointment at his mother's decision. No sulks or poutings; no attempts to run away from home and go to sea in defiance of maternal authority, but for another year or more he continued at school under the immediate influence of his mother and his elder brothers.

[George Washington] about fifteen and eager to enter upon the career of a seaman. When ready to leave home he was dissuaded from going by his mother, a decision that entirely changed the course, it may be, of his after life. Her opinion was strengthened by a letter of advice from her brother in the old country, who thought his nephew's chances of rising in the King's Navy were very slight.  [Source]