Obidiah Newell (d.1790)

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Obidiah Newell

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service16.10.1778CSORN
DaughterAugusta JuliaNBD1849
Last Known Service1781CSORN
Date of Death2.6.1790NBD1849

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
16.10.1778 LieutenantCSORN
26.7.1779 
Albion (Unknown) 1779-1783
British Unknown Gun
Hired Tender
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		ADM 106
19.10.1781 
Oiseau (32) 1779-1783
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant ADM 106/22/392
Confirmed 29.12.1781		ADM 106
17.2.1789 Obadiah Newell. His brigantine, the Sampson, is unloading timber at Deptford and offers to carry stores to Portsmouth and Plymouth as he has lost the freight expected because of a difficult journey from Chepstow.ADM 106
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