Williams, David: 164, 183
Williams, George (Capt.): 134, 885
Williams, H. (Capt.): 446 (Alexander)
Williams, James (merchant at Annapolis): peti-

tions for letter of marque for Beggars Bennison,

236

Williams, James (Pvt., Continental Marines): 1011
Williams, Sir John (Surveyor of the Royal Navy):

680

Williams, John (Quartermaster, Massachusetts
Navy): 913

Williams, John (Capt.): 947n (Betsey)
Williams, John Foster (Capt., Massachusetts
Navy): 710-11, 711n (Wilkes)

Williams, Jonathan, Sr.: from: Jonathan Williams,
Jr., 369-70; mentioned, 369, 370n

Williams, Jonathan, Jr. (Continental Commer-
cial Agent, Nantes, France): appointed by
American Commissioners to handle all official
dispatches, 368, 845; to obtain cargo for
Anonyme, 368, 369-70; sends dispatches to
United States by packet Mère Bobie, 368-69,
369, 370-71; ships cargo belonging to Le Ray
de Chaumont in Mère Bobie, 369-70; issues
orders for packet boats carrying dispatches for
Congress, 370-71; proposes fitting out priva-
teers at Nantes, 414; receives account of
Wickes's cruise in Irish Sea, 436, 452, 474;
appointed by American Commissioners with
Thomas Morris to handle prizes of American
vessels at Nantes, 447-48, 448; reports arrival
of Wickes's prizes at Paimboeuf, France, 451-
52; reports on Wickes's cruise to Robert Morris,
461; ordered by American Commissioners to
handle prizes of Wickes's squadron, 464-65,
465, 490, 495; relinquishes control over prizes
to Thomas Morris, 467; examines Duc de Char-
tres with Hynson, 467, 468n; reports that
Wickes and Nicholson are satisfied with De
Segray Beaugeard Fils & Co., 467-68; pro-
poses building a new vessel to replace Dolphin,
468; informs Thomas Morris that prizes of
Wickes's squadron are under his sole direction,
482; notifies De Segray Beaugeard Fils & Co.
of the American Commissioners' approval that
they resupply Reprisal and Dolphin, 489; sug-
gests selling Dolphin at St. Malo, 489; attempts
to purchase Duc de Chartres, 526, 527, 546-47,
547n, 549; purchases frigate building at Nantes
to be named Deane, 549, 549n; gives account
of Wickes's cruise to Committee for Foreign
Affairs, 561; advises Nicholson to come to
Nantes to supervise the construction of Deane,
565; shows Van Zandt arms destined for
United States, 582; supplies Johnson with
funds, 586; instructed by Wickes not to pay
prize shares to deserters, 594-95; recom-
mended by Wickes and Johnson to settle prize
monies for their ships, 629, 658; Nicholson to
deliver accounts of Dolphin to, 641; re-
places Thomas Morris as commercial agent,

655

448, 451-52, 467-68, 526-27, 546-47, 549,
549n; De Segray Beaugeard Fils & Co., 489;
Committee for Foreign Affairs, 560-61; Com-
mittee of Correspondence in Any State, 368-
69; Gléyo La Chesnaye, 370-71; Henry
Lawrence, 490; Thomas Morris, 482; Prize
Master at St. Malo, 447-48; Robert Morris,
461; Jonathan Williams, Sr., 369-70

from: Silas Deane, 464-65; Gléyo La
Chesnaye, 37ln; Samuel Nicholson, 436; Lam-
bert Wickes, 594-95

mentioned, 622, 631, 648, 653, 676
Williams, Lemuel: 280

Williams, Nehemiah (Steward's Mate, Continen-
tal Navy): 855

Williams, Richard (Seaman, Connecticut Navy):

117

Wilson, Thomas (Capt.): 538 (Harriot)
Winchelsea, HMS: Journal: 766-67; at Port Royal,
Jamaica, 121; on a cruise, 243, 329; officer
appointment, 894; returns to Port Royal, 895
(Nathaniel Bateman)
Windham, Conn.: 289
Windsor, Nova Scotia: 273

Windsor, Thomas (Lt., RN): appointment to com-

mand Falcon disallowed by Lord Howe, 54,
323, 324; appointed to command Beaver's Prize,
323; returns to England, 801; mentioned, 6
(Falcon; Beaver's Prize)

Windward Passage, Cuba/Hispaniola: 672
Wing, Joshua (Capt.): from: John Bradford,
724-25, 725n (Marisheete)

Winyah Bar, S.C.: 745

Wiscasset, Me.: Boston off, 259, 282, 304, 330-31,

382, 700, 790n; British attack on, 910-11,949
Wiser, Michael (Coxswain, Continental Navy):
249, 832

Witear, Richard (Capt.): 437 (Vigilant)
Witham,
(Capt.): 800

Wodden, John (Seaman, Massachusetts Navy):

914

Woggs, Samuel (Seaman, Continental Navy): 832
Wolf, HM Sloop: ordered to cruise for American
privateers in Irish Sea, 387, 497; ordered to
convoy linen ships between Ireland and Eng-
land, 587, 588-90 (Arthur Kempe)

Wolfe, sloop: captured by Fanny and General
Mercer, 575, 576n, 592, 593n, 644 (William
Marshall)

Wolf Trap Rock, Chesapeake Bay, Va.: 748
Wolman, Miles (Pvt., Continental Army Row Gal-
ley Lady Washington): 282

Wood, Arthur (Capt.): 704 (Neptune)

Wood, Cuff (Ordinary Seaman, Continental
Navy): 818

Wood, John (Pvt., Continental Marines): 818
Wood, Robert: 986

Wood, Samuel (Pvt., Continental Marines): 832
Woodberry, E. (Capt.): 15 (Swallow)

Woodburry, Lemuel (Able Seaman, Continental
Navy): 818

Woodcock, Barnabas (Lt., Continental Army
Naval Forces at Fort George, N.Y.): 174

Wooden Ball Island, Me.: 20

Woodhouse, James (Capt.): 287 (Chester)
Woodhouse, James (Capt., South Carolina Navy):
844 (Rattle Snake)

Woods, -: 357

Woods, George: 351

Woods, John: 164, 183

Woodsides, John (Cooper, Continental Navy):

505

Woodward, James (Gunner, Rising States): sent
to Forton Prison, 399; escapes and recaptured,

423

Woodward, John (Lt., RN): 535
Woodward, Joseph: 755

Woodwill, Gideon (Carpenter's Mate, Continen-
tal Navy): 818

Woodworth, Jonathan (Midn., Connecticut

Navy): 786, 879, 972, 972n
Woolspring, James (Seaman, RN): 28
Woolwich, Mass.: 941

Worcester, HMS: with Mediterranean convoy, 437,
509 (Mark Robinson)

Worcester County, Md.: Committee of Observa-
tion: to: Thomas Johnson, Jr., 185; mentioned,
84, 216

Workington, England: militia stationed at, 498;
inward-bound vessels, 562; outward-bound
vessels, 429, 432, 639; mentioned, 490

Worth, Andrew (Capt.): from: John Brown and
Nicholas Brown, 81 (Live Oak)

Worth, James (Capt., RN): 371, 372, 415
Worth, Lillibridge (Gunner, Continental Navy):

830

812; impressment practices, 98-99; on illegal
ship seizures, 98-100, 800-801, 937-38; on
condition of Leeward Islands squadron, 100;
reports ships purchased and captured to Ad-
miralty, 100-102, 102-103, 121-22, 323-24,
801; sends prisoners to England, 102, 122;
prizes taken by squadron, 104; states reasons
for capture of Dutch vessels, 122-23; disposi-
tion of squadron, 312-13; orders prizes sur-
veyed and valued, 696, 768; on intelligence
concerning French West Indies, 884, 935, 937

to: Henry Bryne, 91-92; Johannes de
Graaff, 122-23; Lord Macartney, 15n; Thomas
Shirley, 935, 937; Philip Stephens, 98-100, 100,
100-102, 102-103, 103-104, 121-22, 123n,
322-24,800-802

from: William C. Finch, 858-59; Johannes
de Graaff, 104-105; Lord Howe, 54-55; Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, 604; Lord
Macartney, 14-15; Thomas Shirley, 884; Philip
Stephens, 608-609, 641, 672

mentioned, 27, 52, 166, 166n, 188, 268, 295,

607 See also Navy, British
Young, James (Seaman, Connecticut Navy): 117
Young, John (Capt., Continental Navy): from:
Continental Marine Committee, 222-23; men-
tioned, 84n, 91, 158, 159, 656 (Independence)
Young, John (Clerk, Continental Navy): 1007
Young, William (Lt., RN): 101, 313 (Snake)
Yowart, British Navy Victualler: 588 (Henry
Barnes)

Yowart [Yoward], John (Capt.): from: Lambert
Wickes, 422-23; mentioned, 429, 432 (John and
Thomas)

Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico: 241

Zanga, Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine: 909
(Arthur Crawford)

Zante [Zákinthos] Island, Venice: 658
Zebra, HM Sloop: 509, 980 (John Tollemache)
Zeeland, Netherlands: 104

Zephyr, HM Sloop: captured: Betsy, 596 (Robert
Man)