Major Pierson (1781 ship)

rdf:langString Major Pierson (1781 ship)

rdf:langString Major Pierson

rdf:langString Admiral Zoutman

rdf:langString *Major Pierson: 10 × 4-pounder guns *Admiral Zootman: 8 guns

rdf:langString America

rdf:langString *Major Pearson:13 *Admiral Zoutman: 32

rdf:langString Great Britain

rdf:langString Pennsylvania

rdf:langString Major Pierson

rdf:langString Admiral Zoutman

rdf:langString Admiral Johan Zoutman, commander of the Dutch forces at the battle of Dogger Bank (1781)

rdf:langString Major Francis Peirson, the hero of the Battle of Jersey

rdf:langString Thomas Lempriere, of Jersey and London

rdf:langString Benjamin Davis, Jr., & John Patton, of Philadelphia

rdf:langString Major Pierson was launched in American in 1774 under another name and first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the supplemental pages for 1781. An American privateer captured her in 1781 and she became the Pennsylvania letter of marque Admiral Zoutman. The British Royal Navy recaptured her in 1782. Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 18 December 1781 that Major Pearson, Withall, master, while on a voyage from London to New York, had parted from her convoy in the Western Isles in a gale. She was taken and her captor sent her into Egg Harbour. The next issue of Lloyd's List lists Major Pearson, Withal, master, as one of several vessels that willfully had left their convoy escorts HMS Centurion and Camel on 26 and 27 August off Terceira Island. Her entry in Lloyd's Register for 1782 bears the annotation "taken". Major Pierson was offered for public sale on 25 October 1781 at Little Egg Harbor with her sails and rigging, and her cargo of flour, barley, and hops. Major Pearson became the Pennsylvania letter of marque Admiral Zoutman, commissioned on 14 January 1782 under the command of Captain William McFadden. The frigate captured Admiral Zoutman on 12 March 1782. When captured Admiral Zoutman was carrying 1500 barrels of flour. Garland sent her into New York.

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