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Capt. Edward Yard
Details of his life in the Marine services before, during and after the Revolutionary War.
"Edward Yard was apprenticed to a merchant's counting house in
Philadelphia while he was a boy. He requested to go to sea on one of
his employer's merchant vessels, and the request was granted. On the
return voyage from his second excursion at sea, their vessel was
captured by a British frigate, as the Revolution had begun while they
were at sea. He was forced to serve on a British man-o-war for two
years, and then was detained in a prison in England.
One of young
Edward's aunts in Trenton was married to a British officer, who returned
to England when the war broke out in the colonies. With their aid,
young Edward managed to escape from prison. He sailed from London back
to New York on board a British transport in the convoy of Admiral Digby.
He escaped from the transport in the outer bay of New York, and made
his way home to Trenton, having been gone for almost seven years!
When
the war ended in 1784, Edward's father, along with two other merchants,
arranged for Edward to serve as first mate on a vessel carrying produce
to Madeira. After successful completion of the voyage, Edward was
given command of a vessel in Perth Amboy. He captained merchant ships
sailing from Philadelphia after that, fostering trade between the United
States and San Domingo.
Edward was in Haiti during the insurrection and
escaped unharmed.
By 1795, he was captaining trade voyages to
Calcutta, and by 1800 was among the first to engage in trade with
Canton.
He retired in 1808, and married his wife, Abigail Phillips, in
New Jersey."
Additional details provided by The Lott Family in America:
"Capt. Edward Yard was captured by the British Maidstone Frigate, during a voyage from Philadelphia to Maderia, and was detained a prisoner till 1782, when he escaped from Plymouth to London, and came over in the fleet of Admiral Digby."
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