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John Playters

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth13.2.1716/17 - Worlingham, Suffolk ref:1044
First Known Service12.7.1735CSORN
FatherJohn Playtersref:1044
MotherElizabethref:1044
SisterJanePROB11
Last Known Service23.2.1742/43CSORN
Date of Deathc.1743PROB11
Will Probated22.9.1746, PROB 11/729/99

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
12.7.173517.7.1736
Trial (8) 1732-1741
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Able Seaman ADM 107/3/406		ADM 107/3
18.7.173626.7.1740
Squirrel (20) 1727-1749
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman ADM 107/3/406		ADM 107/3
4.17405.7.1740Attack on St. Augustine 
27.7.174020.1.1740/41
Scarborough (20) 1740-1749
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Midshipman ADM 107/3/406		ADM 107/3
20.1.1740/41 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/406RNLPC
19.2.1740/41 LieutenantCSORN
19.2.1740/413.2.1742/43
Pembroke Prize (8) 1740-1744
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/15/382		ADM 6/15
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