William Crispin (1627-1682)

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William Crispin

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1627ref:1787
Baptism3.10.1627 - Kingston upon Hull CSORN
First Known Service1649CSORN
FatherADM 6/5
WifeRebecca Bradshaw - Married 28.9.1652 - St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex ref:1787
WifeJane Chudleigh - Married 1665ref:1787
SonWilliam (1653-?)ref:1787
Last Known Service1681CSORN
Date of Death1682ref:1787
Will Probated7.7.1682

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1649		Recovery (20) 1646-1655 British 20 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Purser	SPD-1649
3.4.1649	30.8.1650	Truelove (14) 1647-1673 British 14 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Purser	ref:1787
11.1650	19.6.1652	Centurion (34) 1650-1689 British 34 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Purser	ref:1787
19.5.1652		Battle of Dover
11.1652		Fairfax (52) 1650-1653 British 52 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Purser	ref:1787
30.11.1652		Battle of Dungeness
14.12.1652		Action of 1652-12-14
1653		Captain	BWAS-1603
4.1653	1654	Assistance (40) 1650-1687 British 40 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
2.6.1653	3.6.1653	Battle of the Gabbard
31.7.1653		Battle of Scheveningen
bef.12.1654	1655	Laurel (46) 1651-1657 British 46 Gun 4th Rate Ship , Rear-Admiral, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
7.1656		Boston Merchant (Unknown) 1656-1656 British Unknown Gun Merchant Unknown , Captain, and Commanding Officer	ref:1787
26.6.1676	1682	Warranted Clerk of the Cheque at Kinsale Dockyard	ref:1787
bef.4.3.1677/78	1681	Appointed Muster Master at Kinsale Dockyard	ref:1787
18.8.1681		Commissioned as 'Chief Justice of Pennsylvania' by William Penn.	ref:1787

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/5 Archive

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

SPD-1649Mary Anne Everett Green, Book

ref:1787M. Jackson Crispin, Periodical

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