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John Brown

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1751 - Stowe, BuckinghamshireTRN3
First Known Service1772TRN3
FatherLancelot ‘Capability’ Brownref:676
MotherBridget Wayetref:676
WifeMary Lintonref:676
BrotherRev Thomas Brownref:676
BrotherLancelot Brown, M.P. ref:676
Last Known Service28.4.1808TRN3
Date of Death2.5.1808 - BathTRN3

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1772 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/87/21RNLPC
1.9.1772 LieutenantCSORN
30.12.177510.3.1777
Tryal (Unknown) 1775-1776
British Unknown Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/182
Issued by
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1802
, North America
Confirmed 27.12.1783		ADM 6/23
2.7.17764.7.1776Staten Island Landings 
10.3.17771.12.1777
Cornwallis (5) 1777-1782
British 5 Gun
Unrated Galley
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/365
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
, North America
Confirmed 1.11.1786		BWAS-1714
1.12.1777 CommanderCSORN
1.12.177725.1.1778
Thunder (8) 1757-1778
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1775 Renamed "Thunder"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/361
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
, North America 		ADM 6/21
4.2.177813.10.1778
Swift (14) 1777-1778
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/362		BWAS-1714
13.10.177825.3.1779
Leviathan (30) 1750-1780
British 30 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1777 Renamed "Leviathan"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/354		ADM 6/22
25.3.1779 CaptainCSORN
25.3.177911.2.1780
Leviathan (30) 1750-1780
British 30 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1777 Renamed "Leviathan"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/529		BWAS-1714
12.2.178013.12.1780
Niger (32) 1759-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1813 Renamed "Negro"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/351
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados
Confirmed 12.10.1781		BWAS-1714
20.3.1780 1st Action off Monti Christi 
20.6.1780 Action off Monti Christi 
27.1.178110.4.1783
Proselyte (32) 1780-1785
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/240		BWAS-1714
1783 Married Mary at Stoweref:676
14.7.17861.12.1788
Amphion (32) 1780-1796
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/346		BWAS-1714
10.12.17889.9.1789
Expedition (44) 1784-1817
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/5
Issued by
Alan GardnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1808
, Jamaica
Confirmed 30.9.1789		BWAS-1714
18.5.179330.7.1794
Asia (64) 1764-1804
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/239		BWAS-1714
30.7.17941800
Victorious (74) 1785-1803
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/68		BWAS-1714
1.6.1795 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
9.9.1796 Action off Sumatra 
14.2.1799 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
1.1.1801 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
23.4.1804 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
9.11.1805 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN
28.4.1808 Admiral of the BlueCSORN
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Posted by Phil Brown on Wednesday 7th of January 2015 10:33

I am looking for more genealogical information on John Brown (1751 to 1808) to prove one way or another if he is an ancestor of mine. Does anyone have details of place of birth, parents, siblings, children etc or a trusted source I can go to ? Phil Brown

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