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John Button


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service29.9.1702CSORN
WifeElizabethPROB11
Last Known Service31.1.1725/26CSORN
Date of Death1728CSORN
Will Probated3.6.1728, PROB 11/622/368

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
10.3.1706/7 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/2/127RNLPC
30.7.1710 LieutenantCSORN
30.7.17102.8.1710
Royal Sovereign (100) 1701-1723
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/12/117
Confirmed 3.3.1716/17
ADM 6/12
29.6.171123.8.1711
Blenheim (96) 1709-1763
British 96 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/12/232
Confirmed 25.11.1712
ADM 6/14
24.8.171129.6.1713
Elizabeth (70) 1706-1718
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/12/232
Confirmed 25.11.1712
ADM 6/14
4.3.1714/1527.5.1718
Severn (54) 1695-1734
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/12/31
ADM 6/12
9.2.1718/195.2.1720/21
Dursley Galley (20) 1719-1745
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant ADM 6/12/151
ADM 6/12
6.2.1720/2116.2.1720/21
Chichester (80) 1706-1749
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/13/1
ADM 6/13
17.2.1720/2131.1.1725/26
Sandwich (90) 1715-1755
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Sixth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/13/4
ADM 6/13

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