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DARTMOOR PRISON

American Deaths 1813-1815

American Prisioners of War

The Massacre at Dartmoor


List of Americans at Dartmoor POW Cemetery
Compiled and verified by Ron Joy and Ira Dye

Name POW # Rank Unit / Ship Date of Death State / Hometown
Adam, William4404755SeamanAfrica15 Mar 1815Mass.
Adams, James4404851SeamanGreyhound06 Nov 1814N.C.
Adams, John4405089Sailing
Master		Ida03 Dec 1814Boston, Mass
Adams Robert4405656SeamanHerald05 Feb 1815Not given
Adams, William4404848SeamanHawk24 Apr 1815North Carolina
Addigo, Henry4100739MarineArgus23 Dec 1813N.Y.
Allan, Asha4404956SeamanHerald14 Nov 1814New Bedford, Mass
Allen, Archibald4405706SeamanHarpy03 Mar 1815Mass.
Allen, John Baptist4404967SeamanHerald21 Nov 1814Africa
Almeno, Jose4404825SeamanPresident03 Nov 1814Carthagena
Amos, Peter4403821PassengerInvincible18 Feb 1815Martha's Vineyard, Mass
Anderson, Jacob4202225SeamanHussar26 Jan 1815Portland, Maine
Andrews, Joshua4405108SeamanDavid Porter21 Nov 1814Ipswich, Mass
Appleton, Daniel4302425SeamanFrolic04 Jan 1815Ipswich, Mass
Archer, Daniel4405698Prize
Master		Grand Turk14 Jan 1814Salem, Mass
Aubury, Martin4404826SeamanPresident17 Feb 1815Carthagena
Babb, Benjamin4201922SeamanVictory29 Jan 1815Barrington
Badson, Jacob4201131SeamanYoung Dixon22 Mar 1815Boston, Mass
Bailey, Moses4405819SeamanScorpion17 Feb 1815Penn
Baker, Charles4302942SeamanAtalante30 Jan 1815Virginia
Baldwin, John4201608SeamanFox05 Dec 1814Boston, Mass
Barnett, James4403862MateBusy08 Dec 1814Penn
Baron, Thomas4100587ServantArgus08 Nov 1813Norfolk, VA
Barry, Peter4303222SeamanJalouse26 Nov 1814Salem, Mass
Bateman, John4303459SeamanChasseur23 Nov 1814Baltimore, Md
Bean, William4202096SeamanMalta28 Nov 1814Virginia
Beck, William4201934SeamanRoyal William18 Jan 1815N.H.
Belloa, Darius4302418SeamanFrolic25 Jan 1815R.I.
Birch, Peter4403900SeamanProsperity13 Mar 1815Philadelphia
Bisley, Horace4100202SeamanStar11 Apr 1813Rockhill, N.H.
Blasdon, Philip4405839Soldier4 Regt Rifles17 Jan 1815New Hampshire
Boardby, Samuel4404356SeamanFiere Facia29 Mar 1815Baltimore, Md
Bodge, Daniel4505883MarineHarlequin16 Jan 1815Arundel
Bray, Isacher4405053SeamanIda20 Nov 1814Cape Ann
Brien, Lewis4303549SeamanHawk05 Nov 1814North Carolina
Brissons, John4404231SeamanBunker Hill24 Jan 1815Baltimore, Md
Brown, Charles4201350SeamanPaul Jones17 Feb 1815Virginia
Brown, George4405788SeamanOcean11 Feb 1815Penn
Brown, William4404628SeamanUlysses20 July 1815N.Y.
Burbidge, Henry4303582SeamanGreyhound25 Dec 1814Washington
Burleigh, Henry4302733SeamanBennett02 Dec 1814Newmarket
Butler, John4405626SeamanSemiramis23 Feb 1815Penn
Butts, Joseph4101060SeamanFair America02 Dec 1814N.Y.
Campbell, Henry4506504Seamangave himself up22 Mar 1815Delaware
Campbell, James4302647SeamanVolontaire07 Apr 1815N.Y.
Compichi, St Yago4404820SeamanPresident16 Jan 1815Carthagena
Carson, John4404326SeamanFiere Facia16 Oct 1814New Orleans
Carter, Daniel4201395SeamanZebra06 Oct 1814Virginia
Cateret, James4403901SeamanMary11 Nov 1814Maryland
Chandler, Simon4201523SeamanEssex25 Oct 1814Mass
Chult, David4302740SeamanSalvador03 Mar 1815Mass
Clark, Simon4202367SeamanSnapdragon24 Jan 1815N.C.
Clerk, William4100191SeamanStar21 Oct 1813Newport, R.I.
Coffee, Ramos4405118SeamanPortsmouth04 Dec 1814N.Y.
Cole, John4201253SeamanAdeline26 Nov 1814Baltimore, Md
Coleman, William4303547SeamanHawk05 Nov 1814N.C.
Collins, John4303103SeamanMonmouth08 Oct 1814Philadelphia, Penn
Congdon, James4404893SeamanGoren11 Nov 1814R.I.
Conklin, Ventus4405657SeamanHerald23 June 1815New York
Cook, Benjamin4100840SeamanChesapeake06 Apr 1814Baltimore, Md
Coombes, James4100635SeamanArgus20 Mar 1814Wiscasset
Cooper, Thomas44045492nd MateUnion08 Nov 1814Mass
Cornish, Charles4100838SeamanChesapeake10 Jan 1814Maryland
Curren, Nathaniel4403733GunnerLizard01 June 1815Salem, Mass
Cussar, James O.4404705SeamanVolunteer07 Dec 1814New York
Davenport, John4303522SeamanSabine10 June 1815Easthaven
Davis, James4405240SeamanYorktown26 Feb 1814Savanna, GA
Debates, Amos4405063SeamanIda18 Nov 1814Hamburg
Denham, Sylas4405074SeamanIda14 Nov 1814Boston, Mass
Denning, Joseph4405744SeamanOhio12 Apr 1815Mass
Devinas, John4405743SeamanOhio12 Apr 1815Salem
Diamond, William4201140SeamanMary
Blockhead		23 Jan 1815R.I.
Dillain, William4100599MarineArgus10 May 1814New Guernsey
Dilno, Benjamn4201522SeamanEssex30 Mar 1815Mass
Dyer, Jonathan4100788SeamanTrue Blooded
Yankeee		11 Mar 1815Cape Cod, Mass
Edgar, William4100816SeamanHepas28 Jan 1814New Jersey
Erwin, William4100182HospitalStar14 Mar 1815Cumberland
Evans, Edward4404853SeamanNorth Star05 Jan 1815Virginia
Fernald, William4506112Prize
Master		Harpy23 Jan 1815Kiny (?) Maine
Fisher, Charles4404886SeamanSaratoga06 Apr 1815Delaware
Fletcher, William B.4100069SeamanSpitfire16 Jul 1813Marblehead, Mass
Flowers, John4506169SeamanLion06 May 1815Boston
Fogerty, Archibald4202027SeamanHoratio18 Mar 1815Mass.
Fowler, Joshua4404730SeamanCarnation30 Jan 1815Boston, Mass
Francis, John4202018SeamanRoyal William15 Apr 1815N.H.
Freely, Henry4100555SeamanPompee20 Jan 1814Penn
Fulford, Joseph4202354SeamanSnapdragon27 Jan 1815N.C.
Gardner, Jeremiah 4404739SeamanA Brig01 Mar 1815 R.I.
Gardner, Timothy4403953SeamanRolla15 Jan 1815R.I.
Gatwood, James4201113SeamanBunker Hill17 Feb 1815N.H.
Gayler, James4302541SeamanAmerica03 Dec 1814North Carolina
Gennifon, Michael4405025SeamanSyren12 Nov 1814Baltimore
Gibson, William4403981SeamanRattlesnake22 Oct 1815N.Y.
Gladding, William4404011GunnerRattlesnake14 Mar 1815New Jersey
Glodding, Joseph4302957SeamanRattlesnake14 Mar 1815R.I.
Greaves, Thomas4404785SeamanPort Mahon23 Feb 1815Boston, Mass
Grey, John4100094SeamanPaul Jones26 Apr 1815Richmond, VA
Gwynn, Josh4404930SeamanHerald22 Feb 1815Salem, Mass
Hall, Thomas4201708Prize
Master		Surprize18 Apr 1815Maryland
Harman, Isaac4404423Quarter-
master		Elbridge Gerry09 Nov 1814Mass
Harris, Lamen4100443SeamanMagdalen05 Mar 1814Mass
Harris, William4405116SeamanPortsmouth24 Nov 1814N.H.
Harrison, Samuel4303571SeamanHawk06 Jan 1815N.C.
Hart, James4201508SeamanCourier08 Jul 1814Conn
Hawley, Frederick4302848SeamanRoyal William05 Feb 1815Wilmington
Haycock, Joseph4506371GunnerSyren20 Mar 1815Portland
Haywood, John4303134SeamanSciPion06 Apr 1815Maryland
Henderson, Alexander4201780SeamanCriterion27 Dec 1814Conn
Henry, James4100572SeamanArgus03 Jul 1814N.Y.
Hentey, Jacob4506451SeamanJemmett16 Apr 1815Salem, Mass.
Heny, Daniel4303595Prize
Master		Frolic25 Jan 1815Salem, Mass
Hobday, Francis4404041MarineRattlesnake24 Feb 1814Gloster, Mass
Holbrook, Ebenezer4405793SeamanDerby09 Mar 1815Mass
Holding, Henry4303054SeamanSultan06 Mar 1815Boston, Mass
Holford, Elisha4405853SeamanBarfleur05 Jan 1815N.Y.
Holstein, Richard4405144SeamanBaroness
Longerville		25 May 1814Virginia
Hopson, John4202337SeamanSnapdragon14 Mar 1815N.C.
Jack, John4506514SeamanOrontes14 Mar 1815Baltimore
Jackson, Thomas4201162CookHebrus06 Jun 1814N.Y.
Jackson, Thomas4506520Seaman Orontes07 Apr 1815N.Y.
Jarvis, Thomas4405321SeamanIndustry25 Jan 1815Marblehead
Jenkins, Nathaniel4201636SeamanTom21 Feb 1815Baltimore, Md
Jennings, John4404846SeamanHawke22 Feb 1815Martha's Vineyard
Johannes, John4404836SeamanPresident08 Jan 1815St. Thomas
Johnson, John4100132BoatswainCriterion01 Feb 1815Rhode Island
Johnson, Joseph 4201347SeamanPaul Jones06 Apr 1815Conn
Johnson, William4201920SeamanAntelope09 Mar 1815Philadelphia, Penn
Johnson, Wm Alexan.4303574SeamanWilliam02 Nov 1814Charleston, N.C.
Jones, George4100430SeamanViper30 Apr 1814New Orleans
Jones, Isaac4404556SeamanHussar23 Jan 1815Boston, Mass
Jones, James4404718SeamanHussar27 May 1815N.Y.
Jones, Stephen4404707SeamanVolunteer04 Nov 1814N.Y.
Jones, Thomas4303434CookGrowler23 Feb 1815Baltimore, Md
Jose, Emanuel4405095SeamanDavid Porter25 Nov 1814Portugal
Joseph, Pedro4404810SeamanPresident25 Feb 1815Guadalope
Kelley, John4403756SeamanAlfred29 Mar 1815Marblehead, Mass
King, Uriel4403847SeamanDominique03 Feb 1815Mass
Kitre, Dumpy4100491SeamanPaul Jones23 Dec 1814North Carolina
Knabbs, William4404798SeamanPresident26 Feb 1815Baltimore, Md
Lackey, Joseph4404486SeamanEnterprise04 Feb 1815Mass
Lamb, Anthony4405008SeamanGrand Turk22 Nov 1814Conn
Larkin, Amos4201768SeamanReynard29 Jan 1815Beverly, Mass
Larkin, Louis4202240SeamanYoung Wasp30 Sep 1814Conn
Lawson, James4100210StewardMars05 Jan 1814Africa
Lee, Richard4506126SeamanGrand Turk19 Jun 1815Marblehead
Lee, Richard Robert4405537SeamanAmelia20 Jan 1815Mass
Leman, Ambrose4404824SeamanPresident24 Oct 1814Carthagena
Lilley, Samuel4404030SeamanRattlesnake16 May 1815Boston, Mass
Lippart Thomas D.4100488Prize
Master		Paul Jones09 Mar 1815Penn
Long, Joseph4404460SeamanFame29 May 1815Mass
Louis, John4201739SeamanHugh Jones05 Aug 1814New Orleans
Lovely, Placid4303544SeamanHawk01 Nov 1814New Orleans
Loveridge, William4404884SeamanSaratoga06 Apr 1815New York
Man, Jabez4100970SeamanSiro06 Apr 1815Boston, Mass
March, Jesse4405691SeamanMcDonough05 Feb 1815Mass
Marshall, Benjamin4405245SeamanMinden27 Mar 1815Maine
Marshall, John4201752SeamanAlchinene08 Apr 1815New Bedford, Mass
Marshall, Solomon4405019SeamanMammouth20 Nov 1814Mass
Martin, Manuel4201346SeamanPaul Jones22 Sep 1814New Orleans
Meads, William4303271SeamanSnapdragon24 Jul 1815N.C.
Mendoza, Cesar N4404811SeamanPresident25 Oct 1814Carthagena
Menillo, John4404917SeamanRattlesnake18 Nov 1814Baltimore, Md
Miller, Edward4405014SeamanMammouth23 Feb 1815New Jersey
Miller, Richard4202351SeamanSnapdragon20 Nov 1814Penn
Mills, William4201538SeamanZebra24 Mar 1815N.J.
Mingo, Albert4403827PassengerQuiz25 Oct 1814New Orleans
Mista, William4405247SeamanAtlantic13 Feb 1815Virginia
Mitchell, Ezekiel4100237SeamanCharlotte12 Jan 1815Mass
Mitchell, Reuben4405500GunnerNo. 2 Gunboat11 May 1815Maryland
Monte, Charles4403879SeamanFame21 Feb 1815San Antonio, Tex
Montgomery, John4100754Seamanimpressed24 Feb 1814N.Y.
Moore, George4506068SeamanChasseur29 Mar 1815Boston
More, Henry4100654SeamanMarmion04 Jan 1814N.Y.
Morrell, Jacob4404871SeamanFox27 Arp 1815Mass
Murray, James4100676SeamanMessenger17 Oct 1813Maryland
Nash, Daniel4303485SeamanPrince14 Feb 1815Vermont
Norton, Edward4302495SeamanFrolic29 Sep 1814Mass
Osborne, John L.4506406SeamanPortsmouth24 May 1815Newbury Port
Packer, William4405375SeamanDerby28 Nov 1814Barnstable
Palmer, Joseph4405054SeamanIda17 Nov 1814Portsmouth, N.H.
Parish, Samuel4201507SeamanGrand Napoleon01 Apr 1815Virginia
Parker, Thomas4403842SeamanDomonique05 Nov 1814Del
Pass, Samuel4100892SeamanDart12 Mar 1814Not Given
Paul, Jonathan4201998SeamanHind09 Mar 1815Mass
Peck, Thomas4201332SeamanPaul Jones15 Mar 1815Conn
Perigo, Joel4405064SeamanIda24 Nov 1814Conn
Perkins, John4100946Carpenters
Mate		Siro03 Nov 1814Newhampton
Perkins, Joseph4405553BoyLacey20 Apr 1814Mass
Peters, Aaron4100661SeamanJoel Barlow14 Jan 1815R.I.
Peterson, Jacob4303588SeamanJohn M.04 Nov 1814R.I.
Peterson, John4506515SeamanOrontes01 Jun 1815Albany
Peterson, Lawrence4303629SeamanNonsuch08 Jan 1815Not Given
Pettingall, Joshua4303297SeamanEnterprise07 Oct 1815Salem, Mass
Pinkham, Jacob4303100SeamanMonmouth25 Sep 1814Mass
Polland, John4405052SeamanIda23 Nov 1814Brazil
Porter, Gideon4404737SeamanActeon22 Mar 1815Newport
Potter, John4302854Seamanimpressed05 Oct 1815Philadelphia, Penn
Powsland, Edward4302990SeamanFrolic08 Jun 1815Beverly
Queenwell, Peter4405629SeamanWalker27 Jan 1815Dartmouth
Ranson, Joseph4100700SeamanNed01 Mar 1815Philadelphia
Raysden, John4403795SeamanPike14 Feb 1815N.Y.
Read, David4404069SeamanAmerica14 Nov 1814Wiscasset
Read, William4302696SeamanRace Horse03 Jun 1815N.H.
Rennaben, Benjamin4100482SeamanFox16 Nov 1813New Orleans
Ricks, Thomas4201649SeamanBristol (taken in)22 Jan 1815N.Y.
Roberson, James4201578SeamanPrice01 Apr 1815Mass
Roberts, John4100486Seamangave himself up12 May 1815Baltimore, Md
Robinson, Samuel4100298SeamanDucornau15 Feb 1815Boston, Mass
Robinson, William4506264SeamanPlutarch18 Apr 1815Philadelphia
Rogers, Luke4404856SeamanFairy13 Nov 1814N.C.
Romel, Francis4100829SeamanChesapeake07 Feb 1815San Sebastian
Roth, James4405232SeamanMary29 Dec 1814Conn
Rowlinson, Thomas4405137SeamanCalabria26 Nov 1814Virginia
Salisbury, Joseph4506442PassengerJemmett13 Mar 1815Newport
Saul, Francis4202135SeamanMercurious20 Oct 1814cannot decipher
Saunders, William4100218SeamanMars16 Jan 1814Mass
Sawyer, Jacob4404788Seamanimpressed25 Oct 1814Providence, R.I.
Schew, Richard4100851SeamanAmiable08 Feb 1814N.Y.
Seapatch, John4505889Boy
(age 12)		Harlequin07 Feb 1815Mass
Shaw, William4101038SeamanArgus17 Oct 1814Philadelphia, Penn
Sheldon, Smith4405847SoldierMilitia19 Jan 1815R.I.
Sherriden, Henry4303187SeamanSciPion24 Jan 1815N.Y.
Simmons, Thomas4405571SeamanSaratoga20 Jan 1815New Bedford, Mass
Simonds, David4404479SeamanEnterprise22 Jan 1815Mass
Simonds, Ebenezer4404850Seamangave himself up12 Jan1815Newburyport, Mass
Simondson, Isaac4404995SeamanInvincible20 Nov 1814N.Y.
Smart, William4405439SeamanElephant05 Dec 1814Virginia
Smith, Andrew4201624SeamanTom05 Mar 1815Maryland
Smith, Nicholas4404958SeamanHerald09 Jan 1815Richmond, Va
Smith, Richard4404194SeamanGeneral Kempt14 Apr 1815Salem, Mass
Smides, Rich4404333SeamanFlash06 Mar 1815N.Y.
Snell, Shadrach4405842Fifer1st Regt Rifles16 Mar 1815R.I.
Squibb, Silus4505976SeamanHarpy18 Mar 1815New London
Stacey, Stephen4405750SeamanOhio16 Mar 1815Marblehead, Mass
Stanwood, Timothy4202145SeamanAlboukir20 Mar 1815Newburyport, Mass
Steel, John4100263SeamanWm. Bayard15 Dec 1814Maryland
Stone, John4505888SeamanHarlequin05 Jan 1815Arundel
Stove, Lewis4403874SeamanTickler21 Nov 1814Conn
Strout, John4100951SeamanSiro20 Jan 1815Portland
Studdy, Richard4303035SeamanAmelia03 Nov 1814Virginia
Sutton, Martin4405647SeamanLion22 Feb 1815New Bedford
Taylor, David4405105SeamanDavid Porter19 Jun 1815Philadelphia, Penn
Thomas, Abraham4201504SeamanPaul Jones23 July 1814Conn
Thomas, John4303656SeamanElbert Gerry25 Oct 1814Not given
Thompson, Henry4303470SeamanPrince21 Feb 1815New York
Thompson, Thomas4405314SeamanThomas16 Jun 1815N.Y.
Thomson, William4100953CookSiro18 Apr 1815Haiti
Timerman, Matthew4100743SeamanTom Thumb26 Sep 1814N.Y.
Toby, Elisha4100794SeamanTrue Blooded
Yankee		09 Mar 1814Mass
Tomkins, Abraham4403896SeamanGovernor Shelby03 Nov 1814N.Y.
Tophouse, Samuel4405604Soldiertaken at
Washington		11 Feb 1815Washington
Tremerin, Joseph 4506149SeamanMars04 Jun 1815Philadelphia
Tucker, James4404219SeamanLiberty28 Apr 1815Long Island
Turner, David4405376SeamanDerby17 Mar 1815Boston, Mass
Turney, John4403985SeamanRattlesnake05 Apr 1815Mass
Tuttle, French4201489SeamanLeo24 Nov 1814Mass
Tyren, William4100412SeamanViper25 Feb 1814North Carolina
Vaughan, Nathaniel4100306SeamanDucornau31 Aug 1814Newport
Washington, John4403936SeamanRolla06 Apr 1815Savanna, Ga
West, George4202094SeamanMalta27 Jan 1815Baltimore, Md
West, George4405140Seamangave himself up27 Jan 1815Delaware
Whittan, John4505895SeamanHarlequin18 Jan 1815Portsmouth
Williams, Charles4404236SeamanPilot09 Mar 1815New London, Conn
Williams, Edward4101054Seamanout of Russian
Ship		21 Mar 1815Virginia
Williams, John4201559SeamanCaroline14 Jan 1815Conn
Williams, Joseph4303442SeamanClorinde01 Feb 1815Martha's Vineyard
Williams, Samuel4405811SeamanScorpion15 Mar 1815Mass
Williams, Thomas4100414SeamanViper20 Mar 1814Conn
Williams, William4303141Seamanimpressed27 Oct 1814Georgetown
Windyer, Joseph4303376SeamanGrowler06 Jan 1815Marblehead, Mass
Young, William4405559SeamanLevant21 Jan 1815Mass

THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF
DARTMOOR PRISON
The world's most famous prison
Written by former Dartmoor Prison Officer
Ron Joy

     
The Massacre of American Prisoners

'Captain Shortland went at the head of the soldiers and ordered all of the prisoners back. They refused and, as the bread wagon was at this moment making a delivery to the stores, there was a fear that the prisoners might attempt to take control. Again the order was given to return while the soldiers fixed bayonets and began to advance. They were about three paces from the prisoners but still the Americans stood firm and refused to back down. The order to charge was given and the prisoners instantly broke and ran as fast as possible to the safety of their prisons. There were thousands of Americans desperately trying to get back into the buildings but they could not do so quickly. The order to fire was given, there is some doubt as to who by, but the Americans later insisted that it was Captain Shortland. The soldiers obeyed and fired a full volley. The volleys were repeated for several rounds with prisoners falling dead and wounded all around.'

THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DARTMOOR PRISON by Ron Joy
2002

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