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James Johnson; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 14; Rank: Carpenter's...

Catalogue reference: ADM 27/15/128

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This record is about the James Johnson; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 14; Rank: Carpenter's... dating from 1808-1813 in the series Navy Board, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers of Allotments.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ADM 27/15/128
Date
1808-1813
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James Johnson; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 14; Rank: Carpenter's Mate; Relation: Mother Margaret; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: discharged 16 June 1812 to HMS Orpheus.

Meredith Melvin; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 3; Rank: Gunner; Relation: Wife Patience; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: discharged 27 June 1812 to HMS Amaranthe.

James Mearns; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 16; Rank: Clerk; Relation: Wife Lucy; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: discharged (date not stated)

John Hume; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 18; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: deserted 19 November 1809 in Halifax.

William Thompson; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 20; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: Died (date not stated).

John Taylor; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 26; Rank: Quartermaster; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: Died 7 July 1809.

Joseph Hall; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 7; Rank: Steward; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: Died 8 January 1812 in Barbados.

Joseph Miles; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 33; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: discharged (date not stated) to Sherness sick quarters.

John Carty; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 36; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: discharged (date not stated) Unserviceable.

William Kaill; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 25; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: deserted 31 December 1812.

David Stewart; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 42; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: deserted 9 June 1810 in Montserrat.

Thomas Penwick ; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 51; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Jane; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: deserted (date not stated).

James Muir; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 55; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Margaret; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: deserted 11 september 1809.

Thomas Allen; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 9; Rank: Cook; Relation: Wife Philadelphia; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: discharged 19 June 1812 to HMS Amaranthe.

William Ridsdale; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 117; Rank: Yeoman of the Sheets; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1809?; Remarks: blank.

William Ridsdale; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 117; Rank: Boatswain; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1811; Remarks: blank.

Daniel May; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 123; Rank: Midshipman; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1809?; Remarks: Made Acting Purser (date not stated).

Hugh Wintershill or Hugh Winter Hill?; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 119; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Ellen; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged (date not stated) to Plymouth sick quarters.

Patrick Mullin; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 178; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: deserted (date not stated).

Joseph Irvine; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 34; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Sarah; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: discharged 23 October 1814 to HMS duncan.

William Owens; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 174; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: discharged 24 August 1814 Unserviceable.

John Allen; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 170; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: deserted 15 April 1814.

James Henderson; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 162; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: deserted 21 March 1814.

John Ratcliff; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: SB 155; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: discharged 18 August 1815.

James Bedsworth; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: ML 4; Rank: Corporal Royal Marine; Relation: Wife Maria; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: blank.

W Cook; Ship's name: HMS Opossum; Pay book number: ML 20; Rank: Private Royal Marine; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: discharged (date not stated)

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