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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.11.1754 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/286 | RNLPC | |
| 19.2.1756 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 27.11.1763 | 27.11.1765 | , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
707- James. 1747, Captain’s servant, R.N., “Tryal” sloop, “Syren ” and “Eagle”; Ab. and Mid., “Success”. 1754, Nov. 13, passed as Lt., aged 22 (Adm. N. Board Lts. Passing Certif., P.R.O.). 1760 (or earlier) 3rd Lt., “Lynn”; Jun. 12, discharged; Jun. 13, h.p.; Aug. 1, 1st Lt., “Pembroke”. 1761, Mar. 14, discharged; Mar. 15, h.p.; Nov. 18, Comdr., “ Barbadoes ” sloop, Leeward Islands. 1762, Jan. 1, h.p. ; Sep. 27, “Grace” cutter; Dec 8, discharged; Dec. 9, h.p. 1763, Nov. 27, “Alarm” cutter, in which he gave a passage (1764, Aug. 10-29) from Kirkwall to Belfast to Ann Corbet, who was bolting from her husband, James Fea, of Clestrain, cousin of the captor of Gow, the pirate (Fea’s Real Captain Cleveland, p. 217). 1766, Jul. 1, h.p. 1776, Apr. 15, d. ; left a widow Jane (Adm. Half Pay Lists, P.R.O.).