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Niagara History

Muster role of the American fleet - Battle of Lake Erie

 (names on report of the prize money agent)

W= wounded, X=killed

names appearing in parentheses represent alternative spellings

Sources: EMM Hall of Honor muster listing
Deep Water Sailors, Shallow Water Soldiers by Gerard Altoff

Many thanks to EMM intern Dan Quiggle for his efforts in  compiling this listing


Brig LAWRENCE

Oliver H. Perry, Commander

John J. Yarnall, Lieutenant (middle name Joliffe) W

Dulaney Forrest, Lieutenant W

Samuel Hambleton, Purser W

Samuel Horseley, Surgeon

William V. Taylor, Sailing Master W

Thomas Breese, Chaplain

Usher Parsons, Acting Surgeon

Thomas Claxton, Acting Master's Mate W

Midshipmen

Augustus Swartwout  W,   Henry Laub X

Peleg K. Dunham    James Alexander Perry

John Fox, Gunner

Joseph Cheeves, Boatswain

Jonas Stone, Carpenter W

William Steers, Pilot

Thomas Hammond, Armorer W

William C. Keene (Keen) , Master-at-Arms W

John O. Vose, Steward

Thomas Hill, Cook W

John Newen, Quartermaster's Mate W

Ezekiel Fowler, Quartermaster's Mate W

Francis Mason (Masson), Quartermaster's Mate W

John E. Brown, Quarter Gunner W

Henry Barker, Quarter Gunner

William Lawson, Gunner's Mate

John Williams, Boatswain's Mate

James Healan, Boatswain's Mate W

William Johnson, Boatswain's Mate W

Wilson Mays, Carpenter's Mate X

Joseph Southwick, Carpenter's Mate

Daniel A. Brown, Carpenter's Mate

John Lawton, Carpenter's Mate

George Cornell, Carpenter's Mate W

Seamen

Domingo Alvarez

James Jackson

John Bordain

Daniel Johnson

John Brown

Joseph Jockins

John Burnham W

Peter Kinsley W

Samuel Brotherton

Andrew  Matteson (Mattison) W

John Barnes

John Mullen

John Clay W

James Moses W

Nathan Chapman W

Barney McCain W

Joseph Demming (Denning) W

Charles Pohig X

William Daring W

Benoni Price W

William Dawson W

William Rowe W

Stephen Fairfield W

Thomas Robinson W

James Green

Richard Smith

John Hoffman X

Samuel Spywood W

James D. Hammond

John Schroeder W

Daniel Harris

William Thompson W

Lannon Huse W

Cyrus Tiffany

Robert Hill W

George Varnum W

David Wilson

Ordinary Seamen

James W. Allen X

Joseph Harcum

Henry W. Brown

James Hadley W

William Cranston X

Westal Johnson (Westerly) W

Benjamin Dring

John M. Packett

John H. Easterbrook W

Thomas Reed W

Abraham Fish

Hezekiah Sanford

Newport Hazard W

Henry Stephens

William Simpson W

Nathaniel Wade W

Charles VanDyke W

George Williams W

James Waddington W

Jesse Williams W

John Adams, Landsman W

Elijah Parlin, Landsman W

Samuel Lord, Boy

Thomas Ford, Boy

William Almy, Boy

Jack Russell, Boy

John Bodge, Boy

Daniel Hull, Boy

Anthony Johnson, Coxswain

United States Infantry and Marines

John Brooks, Lieutenant (Marines) X

James Tull, Sergeant

William S. Johnson, Sergeant

James McClure, Corporal

Matthew Lynch, Corporal

Philip Sharpley, Corporal X

Jehu Marsh, Corporal

Joseph Mecias, Fifer

George Gordon, Drummer

Privates

William Baggs (Bags) W

Charles Harrington W

William Burnett W

William Insell

Solomon Bardwell

Richard Johnson

James Burd (Bird) W

John Kennedy

David Christie (Cristie) W

John Ludd

Eben Cunningham

Charles Newton

Dennis Doyle

John J. Packer

Jacob Frantz

William B. Perkins W

Samuel Garwood

James Rankin

Jesse Harlan (Harlnad) X

Hosea Sergeant

John Sivers

Henry Vanpool W

Abraham Reeves

Frederich Smitley

Thomas Tuft W

Abner Williams X

Richard Williams

Not Listed

Christopher Mayhew, Quarter Master  X

James Carty, Sailmakers Mate  X

Ethelred Sykes, Landsmen  X

John C Kelly, Private in the regiment  X

Joseph Lewis, Quarter Master  W

Francis Cummings, Ordinary Seamen  W

Seamen

James Brown X

James Jones X

Thomas Butler X

Joseph Kennedy X

Andrew Michael X

John Rose X

Nelson Peters X

John Smith X

John Burdeen   W

 

Brig NIAGARA

Jesse D. Elliot, Master Commandant

John J. Edwards, Lieutenant W

Joseph E. Smith, Lieutenant

Nelson Webster, Acting Sailing Master

Robert R. Barton, Surgeon

Humphrey Magrath, Purser

Richard O'Neil (O'Neill),  Pilot

Midshipmen

John B. Montgomery

Samuel W. Adams

John L. Cummings W

Robert S. Tatem

Charles Smith

Simeon Warn

Edward Bridgeport, Gunner

Peter Barry, Boaswain

George Southwick, Carpenter

William Woodman, Steward

John Coddington, Armorer

John Murray, Coxswain

Lemuel Palmer, Carpenter's Mate

John Donnelly, Carpenter's Mate

William Arnot, Boatswain's Mate

John Felton, Boatswain's Mate W

Edward Coffee, Boatswain's Mate

George Adams, Quartermaster

Jacob Webber, Quartermaster

Charles Squires, Quartermaster

John Gill, Quarter Gunner

William Chapman, Quarter Gunner

Seamen

Hector Holcomb

John Smith

Charles Dossen

John Lilley

Daniel Bennett W

Edward Martin W

Owen Cathcart

Summer Adams

Ebenezer Allen

George Brown

Henry Davidson W

Thomas Justice

George Platt W

James Timmons

David C. Bonnell

George Berry

William D. Edwards

James Matthews

Gabriel Henburgh

James Bowden

Benjamin Fleming

Benjamin Myrick

James H. Lansford W

David Birdsall

John H. Wingate

John Wharfe

William White

John Haggerman

Stephen Stacey

Ordinary Seamen

Reuben Taylor

Bernard Crandle

Japhta Southland

Andrew Norton

Richard Deveaux (DeVore)

Francis Cadans (Cadens)

John Deviney (Deviancy)

Jonathan Ford

John Anthony

Peter Diest

Ethan Bancker (Baneken)

John Roderick

Samuel Poole (Pole)

John M. Strebeck W

John James

John Colston

Moses Amos

John Frank

John Freeman W

Zephta Wood

Edwin Johnson

John Ewen (Wen)

Francis Bogle

Franklin Drew

Nathaniel Sanford

John Bryan

Colin Cobbins

Elias Wiley W

Anthony Levery (Lever)

Henry White

Isaac Johnson

John Starr

John Bellamy

Landsmen

William Robinson

Elijah Burdine

Ansel (Asael) Matthewson

John F. Miller

Roswell Hall W

Israel Bailey

William Snow

John Manuel, Boy

William Newton, Boy

United States Navy and Marines

Henry B. Brevoort, Captain Infantry (Breevoort)

Jonathan Curtis, Sergeant Marines

Sanford A. Mason, Sergeant W

Andrew D. Scott, Corporal W

Ezra Younglove, Second Corporal

Privates

George Scoffield W

Joseph Morris

John Reems

Frederick Miller

Samuel Hadfield

Aaron Coats

William Ellis

Frederick Vantruce

Griffin Burnett

Joshua Trapnell W

John McCoy

John Bromwell

William Hockensmith

John Denton

Henry Tate

John H. George

John B. Duncanson

David Flagg

James Bailey

William Murray

Charles Lyman (Lynam)

William Blair

Thomas Miller W

William Henry

John Thompson

Freeman West

John Osburn

Samuel Cochran W

William Hocker

London Cochran

Alexander Wright

Samuel McKenney

Henry Webster

Lyman Griswold

Charles Harten

David (Daniel) Maltzbocker

George McManomey (McManomy) W

William Gray

Not Listed

Seamen

Charles Davidson  W     Peter Morel  X

Ordinary Seamen

William Davis W    Thomas Wilson W

Isaac Hardy   X

John Rumas, Marine   W

Brig CALEDONIA

Daniel Turner, Lieutenant Commandant

Jesse Weatherly, Master's Mate

J. E. McDonald, Acting Sailing Master

Benjamin Tolman, Quarter Gunner

Isaac Peckham, Carpenter's Mate

John Rax, Boatswains' Mate

Noah Gates, Steward

James Walker, Cook

John O'Neil, Pilot

Hanson Folks, Boy

Ezekiel Hatch, Boy

Seamen

John Barnes

Thomas Lisco

Benjamin H. Bailey

Lewis Lane

Samuel Cazneau

James Phillips W

Joseph Frost

John McLane

Anthony Hysler

John Saunders

William Treen

Ordinary Seamen

Michael L. Brooks

John Cain

David Rooks

Peter Fisher

Augustus Philips

Peter Williams

Landsmen

Thomas Green

Daniel Switzer

John McNitt

John Hull

William Shuler

George Grady

United States Infantry and Marines

Joseph Beckley, Orderly Sergeant

James Artis, Second Sergeant W

Thornton Tolliver, First Corporal

Privates

David Bryant

Parker Jarvis

McCager Bland

Richard Mitchell

Thomas H. Bradford

John McHowell

Charles Collrick

William Nelson

John R. Cheetwood

John Norris

Joseph Davidson

Garland Parker

David Hickman

Isaac Perkins W

Nathan Holbert

John Tucker

Schooner ARIEL

John Packet, Lieutenant Commandant

Thomas Brownell, Sailing Master

Gamaliel Darling, Masters' Mate

Mark Johnson, Quarter Gunner

John Norton, Steward

Asel Wilkinson, Pilot

Samuel Lloyd, Cook

Edward Storer, Seaman

James Euer, Seaman

George Hutchins, Seaman

John Daniels, Seaman

Ordinary Seamen

Paul C. Benja

Thomas Palmer

Peter Fernandes

James Scrivener (Serivener)

James Jackson

Charles Thompson

George Lewis

Charles Williams

George C. Poole

Samuel Williams

Landsmen

John Beason

Noble Lucas

John Cook

James Mitchell

John Chester

John Shirk

John Lucas W

William Slows W

United States Infantry

Robert Anderson, Lieutenant

Privates

Thomas Anderson

Conrad King

Gilbert Bowman

Richard Norris

Francis Burns

William Smith

Not Listed

John White,   Boatswains Mate   X

Robert Wilson, Ordinary Seamen   W

 

Schooner SCORPION

Stephen Champlin, Sailing Master

John W. Wendell, Midshipman

John Clark, Midshipman X

Abner Enos, Pilot

John Tisfill, Boatswain's Mate

Simeon Price, Quarter Gunner

John Johnson, Carpenter's Mate

James Duncan, Steward

William Jackson, Cook

Anthony Bowne, Ordinary Seaman

James Archer, Boy

Thomas Gurney, Boy

Landsmen

Alexander Matlin (Metlin)

James Sims

James Ross

John Sylhammer (Sylhamer) X

Jacob Toole

Seamen

John Davis

Samuel Parsons

Caleb Diamond

Charles Ray

William Jackson

John Yeokem

Israel Weeks

United States Infantry and Marines<