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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Layton, Buxton

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​LAYTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 32)
Buxton Layton entered the Navy, 27 May, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ethalion frigate, Capts. Chas. Stuart and Joseph Spear, employed at first in the North Sea, and then in the West Indies, where, in March, 1806, he became Midshipman of the Amelia 38, Capt. Wm. Champain. From the following Aug. until Dec. 1810, he appears to have been again stationed in the North Sea, as also in the Baltic, on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Edgar 74, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, and Stately 64, Capt. R. Campbell. While in the Nassau, which ship was for a long time employed in blockading the Texel, and formed part of the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, Mr. Layton (on her being extricated from a mass of ice in which she had been blocked up during the whole winter) assisted, 22 March, 1808, in company with the Stately 64, at the capture and destruction, on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic, after a running fight of great length and obstinacy, in which the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16 wounded. In Dec. 1810 he accompanied Capt. Campbell into the Tremendous 74, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where he remained with that officer until May, 1815, participating intermediately in a variety of important services. He then took up a commission dated 10 Feb. 1815, and has since been on half-pay.
# A Short Account of the Family of Ormsby of Pittsburgh/Errata

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# A Short Account of the Family of Ormsby of Pittsburgh

A SHORT ACCOUNT
OF THE
FAMILY OF ORMSBY
OF
PITTSBURGH
BY
OLIVER ORMSBY PAGE
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.—Chinese Maxim.
ALBANY, N. Y.
JOEL MUNSELL'S SONS, Publishers
1892
To the Revered Memory of my Father, Benjamin Page, Junr.
PREFACE.
Acknowledgment is gratefully rendered to Mrs. Oliveretta O. Wharton, Dr. Joseph A. Phillips and others of the family for assistance rendered in the preparation of this volume. The brief statement concerning the Mahon family is based, largely, on a more extended account written a number of years ago, loaned to the author by David W. Mahon, Esq., of Washington, D. C. The facts given in regard to the McAllister family have, as their main authority, old family letters loaned by F. A. Mitchel, Esq., of East Orange, N. J., corroborated by information furnished by Dr. Francis H. Orme, of Atlanta, Ga.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, George (b)

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​WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
George Wilson (b) entered the Navy, 18 March, 1807, as A.B., on board the Texel 64, Capts. Donald Campbell and Jas. Giles Vashon, stationed in the North Sea; where he attained the rating of Master’s Mate in the following June, and became, in Oct. of the same year, Acting-Master of the Childers sloop of 14 12-pounder carronades and 65 men, Capts.Thos. Innes, Wm. Henry Dillon, Fras. John Nott, and Joseph Packwood. Under Capt. Dillon he assisted, 14 March, 1808, in driving on shore, after a gallant action, continued with intervals for six hours, the ​Danish man-of-war brig Lougen, of 20 guns and 160 men; so battered however was the Childers, that she narrowly escaped foundering: her loss amounted to 2 men killed and 8 wounded. For his conduct Capt. Dillon was advanced to Post-rank. On 19 Oct. following Mr. Wilson, then under the command of Capt. Packwood, contributed to the capture of the Frenskernsten Danish privateer of 4 guns, 2 swivels, and 21 men. In Jan. 1811 he removed as Master’s Mate to the Mermaid 32, Capts. Hon. Wm. Henry Percy and David Dunn; and while in that ship, in which he remained until Nov. 1814, he was employed in conveying troops to Portugal and Spain, and was present, in 1813, at the siege of Trieste and in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn. On leaving her he was received as a Supernumerary on board the Prince Frederick, Capt. Rich. Pridham, stationed at Plymouth. H e was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Feb. 1815; and has since been on half-pay.
He is now a Collector of Customs in Upper Canada.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, George Knyvett

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​WILSON. (Captain, 1848. f-p., 25; h-p., 10.)
George Knyvett Wilson entered the Navy, in July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, with whom (deducting a few weeks passed at Portsmouth, in the early part of 1814, in the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Edw. Hawker) he continued employed as Midshipman in the Illustrious 74, and in the Tonnant 80 and Asia 74, on the East India, North American, and Mediterranean stations, until Feb. 1816. He was present, we believe, in the attack upon New Orleans. From 1 April, 1816, until 28 July, 1817, he cruized on the coast of Ireland in the Pandora sloop, Capts. Hon. Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones; from 4 Aug. 1818 until 31 Oct. 1821 he was employed in the East Indies and at Halifax in the Phaeton 46, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm. Augustus Montagu; and from 1 Nov. 1821 until 21 Feb. 1824 he served at Portsmouth, at Plymouth, and on the coast of Africa, the latter part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant in the Icarus 10, Capt. Thos. Herbert, Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Owen Glendower 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, and Bann 20, Capts. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay and Geo. Woolcombe. He was officially promoted 25 March, 1824; and was appointed next – 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 28 Sept. following, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained until the close of 1828, and was at the battle of Navarin, the capitulation of Patras, and the reduction of Morea Castle – 10 March, 1830, to the Scylla 18, Capts. John Hindmarsh and Hon. Geo. Grey, again in the Mediterranean – 3 April, 1834, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt., now Sir Thos., Hastings – 29 Aug. 1835, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, with whom he returned to the Mediterranean – and 1 Aug. 1838, after nearly two years of half-pay, a second time, to the Excellent, Capt. Sir T. Hastings. In the above ships he filled the post, chiefly, of First-Lieutenant. On 3 July, 1840, he was advanced to the rank of Commander. He served as Second-Captain in the Cambridge 78, in the Mediterranean, from 16 Oct. 1841 until Jan. 1843; and commanded the Pilot 16, in the East Indies, from 13 Oct. 1845 until the close of 1847. He attained his present rank 15 Feb. 1848.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilmshurst, Arthur

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​WILMSHURST. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Arthur Wilmshurst passed his examination 5 Aug. 1839; and, after having studied at the Royal Naval College, was appointed Mate, in 1841, of the Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, fitting for the North America and West India station. On his return to England in 1845 he joined in succession, at Portsmouth and Plymouth, the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir John West. He obtained his commission 30 Dec. in the same year; and was appointed next, 10 Jan., 13 May, and 6 Nov. 1846, again to the Excellent, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier in the Channel, and to the Albatross 12, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, now in the East Indies.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, George (a)

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​WILSON. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 24; h-p., 44.)
George Wilson (a) entered the Navy, 27 Feb. 1779, as Lieutenant’s Servant, on board the Fury sloop, Capt. Agnew; in which vessel he was for three years stationed in the North Sea; where we again find him serving, from 29 May, until 22 Dec. 1789, as Gunner’s Mate, in the Expedition cutter, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Younghusband. In the course of 1790 he joined in succession the Goliath and Alcide 74’s, both commanded by Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, Melampus 36, Capt. Chas. Morice Pole, and Druid frigate, Capt. Joseph Ellison; he was again, in April, 1791, placed under the command of Capt. Pole as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) in the Illustrious 74; he went back, in the ensuing Sept., to the Druid; and after serving in her with Capt. Ellison in the Channel and West Indies, he was once more, in Feb. 1793, received by Capt. Pole, who then commanded the Colossus 74. He was present in the same year at the occupation of Toulon; was made Lieutenant, 20 Aug. 1794, into the Blonde 32, Capt. Wm. Luke, stationed in the Channel and on the coast of Spain; and (ill health obliging him to leave the latter ship in June, 1795) was appointed afterwards – 5 Feb. 1796, to the Arethusa of 44 guns, Capt. Thos. Wolley, with whom he continued until 28 Sept. 1797 – next, for about four months, to the command of the Virginia schooner, employed in carrying the despatches of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian and General Sir Ralph Abercromby to the different West India islands – 10 Sept. 1799, to the command, which he retained until Oct. 1801, of the Eleanor hired armed brig in the North Sea – 22 July, 1803, to the Sea Fencibles in Berwickshire – 20 May, 1806, to the Aeolus 32, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, on the coast of Ireland, where he cruized until sickness, in the ensuing Nov., caused him to be superseded – and, 13 June, 1807, to the charge of a Signal-station near Hull. In the Arethusa he accompanied Sir E. Abercromby to the West Indies, assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lueie, co-operated in the suppression of an insurrection among the Caribs in the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, and, besides contributing to the conquest of Trinidad and the destruction there of a Spanish squadron, was present, 10 Aug. 1797, in an action of 30 minutes, which terminated in the surrender of La Gaieté French corvette of 20 long 8-pounders and 186 men. He retained charge of the Signal-station above alluded to until 3 June, 1814; and was placed on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 9 Oct. 1834.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, Henry Smith

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​WILSON. (Commander, 1821.)
Henry Smith Wilson died 22 Dec. 1844, at Andover.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1793, as a Boy, on board the Concorde 36, Capts. Thos. Wells and Sir Rich. John Strachan; on rejoining the former of whom, as Midshipman, in the Melampus 36, he assisted, when in company with a squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren, at the capture of La Pomone of 44 guns and 341 men, Le Babet of 22 guns and 178 men, and L’Engageante of 38 guns and 300 men. On quitting the Melampus, which frigate had been latterly commanded by Sir R. J. Strachan, he was received, in Oct. 1794, on board the Defence 74, and in that ship he continued employed under the command of Capts. Wells, Wm. Brown, and John Peyton, until nominated, in Nov. 1798, Acting-Lieutenant of the Aboukir 74, Capt. Bowen, off Lisbon. He was in consequence present in Hotham’s second partial action, 13 July, 1795; also at the blockade of the Texel; and as Master’s Mate at the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 9 Sept. 1799, into the Bellona 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson and Thos. Bertie, in which ship he cruized in the Channel, fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and visited the West Indies. He was subsequently (after nine months of half-pay) appointed – 26 April, 1803, to the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, with whom he served in the North Sea, at Newfoundland, and in the West Indies and Rio de la Plata until Oct. 1807 – 16 and 31 Aug. 1808, to the Inflexible 64, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay and Thos. Brown, and Badger sloop, Capt. John Lampen Manley, both lying at Chatham – 23 April, 1810, for about 12 months, to the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope at the Nore – 23 Oct. 1812, to the command of the Bahama prison-ship at Chatham, where he remained exactly two years – and, 7 Nov. 1818, to the command of the Surly cutter of 6 guns, at Sheerness. When Senior of the Unicorn he took command, 6 May, 1805, of the boats belonging to that frigate and effected the capture, near St. Domingo, after a pull of many hours, and in the face of a strong opposition, of the Tape-à-bord French privateer, mounting 4 6-pounders, with a complement of 46 well-armed men. He also assisted at the storming of Monte Video In Feb. 1807. He was promoted from the Surly to the rank of Commander 19 July, 1821; but did not again go afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, Alexander

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​WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21; h-p., 33.)
Alexander Wilson entered the Navy, 28 July, 1793, as A.B., on board the Blonde 32, Capt. John Markham, stationed in the Channel and West Indies; where he continued chiefly employed, in different capacities, but principally as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, with the same officer and with Capts. Thos. Louis and Edw. Thurlow Smith in the Hannibal and Carnatic 74’s, with Admirals Lord Hugh Seymour and Robt. Montagu in the Sans Pareil so, and with Capt. Chas. Brisbane in the Goliath 74 and Arethusa 38, until Aug. 1808. He co-operated in the Blonde in the reduction of the West India islands in 1794; assisted in the Hannibal at the capture, 11 April, 1795, of La Gentille French frigate of 42 guns; aided in the Goliath, in making prize, 28 June, 1803, of La Mignonne corvette, of 16 guns and 80 men; and in the Arethusa, besides sharing in the brilliant attack upon Curaçoa, took part, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, in a spirited action which terminated in the surrender (with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 32 wounded) of the Pomona Spanish frigate of 38 guns and 347 men laden with specie and merchandize, and defended by a castle mounting 11 36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10-gunboats, all of which were destroyed. On leaving the Arethusa he followed Capt. Brisbane into the Blake 74, commanded next by Capt. Edw. Codrington; under whom we find him, in 1809, accompanying the expedition to the Scheldt. From Jan. 1810 until Nov. 1812 he served again in the West Indies, in the Neptune 98, Statira 38, and Dragon 74, under the flags of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane and Sir Fras. Laforey; and in Nov. 1813 he joined the Hebrus of 42 guns and 284 men, Capt. Edm. Palmer. In that ship it was his fortune, 27 March, 1814, to assist as Master’s Mate, at the capture, under Cape La Hogue, of the French frigate L’Etoile of 44 guns and 315 men, after a close and obstinate engagement of two hours and a quarter, attended with a loss to the British of 13 killed and 25 wounded, and to the enemy of 40 killed and 73 wounded. He sailed subsequently for Halifax, where on 2 July, 1814, about six weeks after he had been ordered to act as Lieutenant, he was under the necessity of being sent to sick quarters. In the course of the same month he was received as a Supernumerary on board his former ship the Dragon, Capt. Robt. Barrie, for the purpose of again joining the Hebrus. From her he was transferred, 23 Oct., to the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Sir A. Cochrane, by whom, having participated in the operations against New Orleans, he was nominated, 15 April, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Lacedaemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson. On his return to Spithead in the ensuing July he was presented with a commission bearing date 2 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay. In addition to the ships above named Mr. Wilson commanded, as an Acting-Lieutenant, the Laura and Ballahou schooners, and served as such in the Arachne brig, Capt. Sam. Chambers, during a period, in the whole, of seven months.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, Edmund

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​WILSON. (Commander, 1845.)
Edmund Wilson entered the Navy 20 Nov. 1816; and was made Lieutenant, 12 Oct. 1824, into the Tribune 42, Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, off Lisbon. He was employed afterwards – from 30 Nov. 1826 until 1830, in the Columbine 18, Capts. Wm. Symonds, Chas. Crole, and John Townshend, on the Home and Halifax stations – from 3 Nov. 1834 until the early part of 1837, in the Vernon 50, Capt. John M‘Kerlie, in the Mediterranean – trom 7 July, 1840, until the close of 1843, in command of the Cygnet brig, on the coast of Africa – and from 7 Sept. 1844 until June, 1846, as Acting-Commander and Commander (commission dated 2 Jan. 1845) in the Pantaloon sloop, on the same station.
Commander Wilson is senior of 1845. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, James

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​WILSON. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 20; h-p., 30.)
James Wilson entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Blenheim 98, Capt. ​Robt. Campbell, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick off Cadiz, where he was frequently employed at night in rowing guard. He continued to serve with Capt. Campbell in the Hector 74 and Santa Teresa 36 until 1802. While in the latter ship he witnessed the surrender of Malta; during the siege of which island we again find him engaged in rowing guard. He assisted also in cutting out different vessels from the coast of France; and on 8 and 21 March, 1801, was present at the landing of the troops in Egypt and at the battle fought near Alexandria, in which Sir Ralph Abercromby was mortally wounded. On leaving the Santa Teresa he joined first the Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sutton, and then, as Master’s Mate, the Apollo 36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon; under whom he was wrecked on the coast of Portugal 1 April, 1804. After serving as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant in the Railleur 18, Capt. Valentine Collard, off Boulogne, where he contributed to the capture, 24 April, 1805, of seven schuyts, carrying in the whole 18 guns, 1 brass howitzer, and 168 men, he was nominated, 3 Sept. in the same year, Sub-Lieutenant of the Calypso 18, Capt. Matthew Barton Bradby. He was made full Lieutenant, 22 Jan. 1806, into the Monarch 74, Capt. John Clarke Searle, in the Channel; he invalided from that ship in the following Sept.; and he was appointed subsequently – 13 May, 1807, to the Hercule 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, part of the force employed in the expedition against Copenhagen, where he landed and was one of those selected to construct intrenchments under Sir Home Popham – 14 May, 1808 (after six months of half-pay), to the Majestic 74, Capts. V. Collard, Matthew Forster, and Thos. Harvey, stationed in the North Sea and Baltic, at first under the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell – 3 Feb. 1810, as Senior-Lieutenant (a post he had latterly filled on board the Majestic), to the Vulture 18, Capt. Martin White, off Guernsey – 24 Oct. 1814, in a similar capacity (ill health had obliged him to quit the Vulture in Aug. 1810), to the Apelles 14, Capt. Alex. M‘Vicar, at Leith – 28 Dec. 1815, again as First (the Apelles had been paid off 1 Sept. preceding), to the Towey 24, Capts. Hew Steuart and Wm. Hill, fitting for the East Indies, whence he invalided in Aug. 1818 – 17 Nov. 1823, to the Perseus receiving-ship off the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch – and, 30 July, 1825, to the Sussex Coast Blockade. He remained in the latter service as Supernumerary and First Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until promoted to the rank of Commander 18 Sept. 1828. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, Bosville John

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​WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
Bosville John Wilson entered the Navy 14 Sept. 1814; passed his examination in 1822; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 June, 1832. His appointments have since been – 22 Feb. 1833, as Supernumerary, to the Melville 74, flagship of Sir John Gore in the East Indies – 24 Oct. following, to the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer Lambart Hunter Vassall, on the same station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in July, 1835 – 2 March, 1840, for a brief period, to the Coast Guard – 28 July, 1841, as Additional, to the Iris 26, Capts. Hugh Nurse and Wm. Tucker, on the coast of Africa – 24 Dec. ensuing, to the Persian 16, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, also on the African station, where he was superseded about the close of 1842 – and, 18 July, 1844, to the post, which he still retains, of Admiralty Agent, on board a contract mail steam -vessel. Agent-Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilson, Harry

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​WILSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
Harry Wilson was born 26 Nov. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas, stationed in the West Indies, where he removed, in 1805, to the Circe 32, Capt. Jonas Rose, and became Master’s Mate, in 1806, of the Alligator 28, Capt. Robt. Campbell. In 1804 he assisted in the boats of the Elephant at the cutting-out of a privateer from the neighbourhood of Jacmel, St. Domingo. From 1807 until promoted by the Admiralty 26 April, 1811, he served as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant in the Alfred and Implacable 74’s, Capts. John Bligh, John Hayes, and Joshua Rowley Watson. He commanded a launch in the attack upon Copenhagen in 1807; in 1808 he aided in bringing off the wounded after the battle of Vimiera; he was employed, too, in blockading the Russian fleet in the Tagus; and he commanded a party of seamen on shore, we are told, at the reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He cooperated, in charge of a gun-boat, in the defence of Cadiz, and was engaged while there in keeping up a communication with the army at Barrosa. In the execution of these services he received a musketball in the thigh. His last appointments were, 19 Oct. 1811, 27 Jan. 1814 (and, after some months of half-pay, occasioned by ill health), 4 July, 1815, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, Griffon brig, Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, and Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. In an affair, in the Defiance, with some Danish gun-boats in the Little Belt, he was for a time deprived, by an explosion, of the sight of both eyes. While in the Berwick, of which ship he was Senior Lieutenant, he commanded a gun-boat at Flushing, Ter Ver, and Fort Lillo; and a division of Sicilian gun-boats at Gaeta.