Thomas Rathbun
(1695-After 1756)
Lydia Mott
(1697-1747)
Nathaniel Rathbun
(1719-Abt 1750)
Ann Peck
(1723-1753)
Captain John Peck Rathbun
(1746-1781)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Leigh

Captain John Peck Rathbun 2 3 4

  • Born: 23 Mar 1745/46, Exeter, , Rhode Island, United States 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Mary Leigh on 4 May 1775 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 1 2
  • Died: 14 Jun 1781, Plymouth, , Devonshire, England at age 35 2
  • Buried: After 14 Jun 1781, Plymouth, , , Devonshire, England 5

  General Notes:

The American Revolutionary Navy Captain John Peck Rathbun began his career as John Paul Jones' first lieutenant, and then became the most successful captain in the Navy.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Commanded a small schooner in the coastal trade between New England and the maritime provices of Canada, 1773. 4

• Military: Commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the Providence, under the command of Captain John Hazard, 10 Feb 1776. 1

• Military: Commanding Officer of the sloop Providence, 19 Apr 1777. 1 The congress on 18 April 1777, issued John Peck Rathbun a captain's commission and gave him command of the sloop Providence.


John married Mary Leigh on 4 May 1775 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.1 2 (Mary Leigh was born about 1758 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 2 and died on 18 Apr 1782 in South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, USA 2.)

Sources

1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 4, Page 53, October 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 4, Number 2, Page 29, April 1984. Source Medium: Magazine

3 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 3, Page 44, July 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

4 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 4, Page 52, October 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

5 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 Jul 2013), John Peck Rathbun.

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