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	Thomas Tingey (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tingey was born in London on 11 September 1750.
		In September 1798, Tingey was commissioned a captain in the United States Navy and distinguished himself in the Quasi-War with France, as commander of the man-of-war ''Ganges''.
		Tingey commanded ''Ganges'' as she took four prize s and is known for his bloodless encounter with the British frigate HMS ''Surprise''.
	www.seattleluxury.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/entry/thomas_tingey (340 words)

	Thomas Tingey Craven, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
		Thomas Tingey Craven was born at Washington, D.C., 20 December 1808, the son of Tunis and Hannah (Tingey) Craven.
		Charles Henderson Craven, Naval Officer, son of Thomas Tingey, born in Portland, Maine, 30 November 1843, was graduated at the U. Naval Academy in 1863, promoted to ensign, and served in that capacity in the South Atlantic blockading squadron until 1865.
		Henry Smith, another son of Thomas Tingey, civil engineer, born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, 14 October 1845, studied in St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, and later in the scientific department of Hobart, but was not graduated, as he entered the army shortly before the close of the civil war.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /ttcraven.htm (1830 words)

	Biography - Thomas Tingey
		Thomas Tingey was born in London, England, 11 September 1750, the son of a clergyman of the Church of England.
		On 22 January 1800, Commodore Tingey was appointed to lay out and command the new Navy Yard at Washington, D.C. He was discharged from the Navy under the Peace Establishment Act of 3 March, 1801, but was retained as superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard.
		Commodore Tingey died on 23 February 1829, in Washington, and was buried with "unusual military honors" in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The title of Commodore was a courtesy title, given to a Captain (the highest rank in the Navy until 1862).
	www.history.navy.mil /bios/tingey.htm (673 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Thomas Tingey to James Madison, January 21, 1809.
		Thomas Tingey to Samuel Hanson of Samuel, August 26, 1808.
		Thomas Tingey to William Reed, December 10, 1814.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleT9.html (695 words)

	Thomas Tingey
		TINGEY, Thomas (pronounced with g soft), naval officer, born in London, England, 11 September, 1750; died in Washington, D. C., 23 February, 1829.
		Captain Tingey was discharged under the permanent naval-establishment act, but was reinstated on 23 November, 1804, after which he had command of the navy-yard at Washington until his death.
		When the capital was captured by the British, in the summer of 1814, the secretary of the navy ordered Commander Tingey to fire the navy-yard, which, with the sloop-of-war "Argus," five armed barges, two gunboats, and all the naval stores, was consigned to the flames.
	famousamericans.net /thomastingey (450 words)

	The Tingey family of Cambridgeshire
		Tingey is a relatively rare surname but it features twice in my family tree; once as an ancestral name and the other as the married name of a Great Aunt.
		A fellow researcher has located part of her Tingey ancestor line living in the neighbouring county of Bedfordshire, whilst a few lived in London in the early 19th Century.
		My earliest known Tingey ancestor was an Ann Tingey who gave birth to her illegitimate son, Thomas Tingey of Witcham, Cambridgeshire.
	www.familytreeuk.co.uk /Tingey (208 words)

	Maryland Historical Society Library: Thomas Law Family Papers 1791-1834, MS. 2386 - Finding Aid
		Thomas Law's papers include both incoming and outgoing correspondence dating from 1791-1834, and essays and opinions written by Law on a variety of philosophic, economic, and political topics.
		Little is known of Thomas Law's earliest years or of his educational background, but in 1773 at the age of seventeen he travelled to India in the capacity of writer, an office introductory to employment in the civil service of the East India Company.
		Thomas Law, by modifying the tax structure and lowering taxes, increased the number of pilgrims travelling to Gya, thus increasing the revenues.
	www.mdhs.org /library/mss/ms002386.html (1996 words)

	TB-34 DANFS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first Tingey (Torpedo Boat No. 34) was laid down on 29 March 1899 at Baltimore, Md., by the Columbian Iron Works, launched on 26 March 1901, sponsored by Miss Anna T. Craven, the great-great granddaughter of Commodore Thomas Tingey; and commissioned at Norfolk, Va., on 7 January 1904, Lt. John F. Marshall in command.
		Tingey then joined the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at its base at the Norfolk Navy Yard and remained there for the first third of her Navy career.
		In 1917, Tingey moved north to the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she was placed out of commission on 8 March 1917.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/tb34.htm (300 words)

	CHRIST CHURCH+WASHINGTON PARISH
		Thomas John Claggett, the first Episcopal bishop to be ordained on American soil, consecrated Christ Church in 1809, two years after its completion.
		Thomas Jefferson came to the log tobacco barn that was Christ Church's first house of prayer; it was located on New Jersey Avenue near D Street Southeast, not far from what is now the Capitol South metro station.
		Captain Tingey was a devoted and dynamic church vestryman for decades.
	www.washingtonparish.org /history.htm (3017 words)

	Turnbull Clan Genealogy Collection - Person Page 195 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She was the daughter of Thomas Cory and Ann Lindsay.
		Thomas Cory was a Shepherd on 10 August 1862.
		She was the daughter of Thomas Theodore Cotterill and Sarah Jones.
	www.turnbullclan.com /tca_genealogy/tca_all-p/p195.htm (1188 words)

	ganges
		The incident occasioned the following passage from Tingey's letter of concern to Benjamin Stoddert, the Secretary of the Navy: "There is one kind of business carried on here at present, which I conceive behoves us much to suppress.
		Tingey firmly replied: "A public ship carries no protection but her flag.
		In July she captured the small Eliza; on 5 August La Rabateuse, a French "letter of marque" laden with sugar and cotton; and on 16 August retook American schooner John from the French.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/sail/ganges.htm (838 words)

	History of the Washington Navy Yard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thomas Tingey ordered to the command of the Washington yard--"Peace establishment" act of Congress reducing the Navy--Bad results--Supplementary amendment act--Activity of the yard Improvements--Regulations--Jefferson's gunboats--The old navy.
		Thomas Tingey ordered to the command of the Washington yard--"Peace establishment" act of Congress reducing the Navy--Bad results--Supplementary amendment act--Activity of the yard--Improvements--Regulations--Jefferson's gunboats--The old navy.
		On the 22d of January, 1800, Capt. Thomas Tingey, of Kingston, N. J., was appointed as superintendent of the yard.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/NHC/wash_navyyard.htm (14271 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		The current museum is not the first to occupy property within the yard's brick walls.
		Thomas Tingey, the yard's first commandant, may lay a reasonable claim to the title of the Navy's first curator.
		Tingey acquired a gun for display that had been cast at Lyons in 1793 and was captured during the Quasi-War with France.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/jun_03_38.php (646 words)

	The Capture And Burning Of Washington
		The American fleet consisted of ten gunboats and four larger vessels, under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Macdonough.
		Commodore Thomas Tingey was in command of the navyyard, and, before the battle, had received orders to set fire to the public property there in the event of the British gaining a victory, so as to prevent its falling into the hands of the invaders.
		Tingey delayed the execution of the order for four hours after the contingency had occurred.
	www.history1700s.com /articles/article1089.shtml (3170 words)

	Macdonough, Thomas - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MACDONOUGH, THOMAS [Macdonough, Thomas], 1783-1825, American naval officer, b.
		New Castle co., Del. In the Tripolitan War he took part in the burning of the captured Philadelphia and the attack on the Tripolitan gunboats.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Macdonough, Thomas" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-macdonou.html (305 words)

	The Lucky Bag (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Navy, Robert Smith, experimented with substituting native rye whiskey for the imported rum concoction, and finding the American sailors preferred it, made the change permanent.
		First recipient of a congressional gold medal was Captain Thomas Truxtun for his battle with FNS L'Insurgent in February 1799.
		Just how swiftly he moved can be appreciated by the fact that a year after taking office he wrote to Commodore Thomas Macdonough, then about to depart for the Mediterranean Squadron, forwarding him forms to be submitted monthly on: officers and crew embarked, persons discharged, deserters, and deaths on board each ship in the squadron.
	www.polkcounty.org.cob-web.org:8888 /timonier/luckey%20bag/bag.html (8990 words)

	Fort Warburton
		It was soon discovered that the four acres purchased from Thomas Digges was too small.
		General William Winder sent orders to Captain Samuel Dyson "to advance a guard up to the main road upon all the roads leading to the fort, and in the event of his being taken in the rear of the fort by the enemy, to blow up the fort, and retire across the river.
		" Thomas Tingey, Commander of the Navy Yard proposed placing Marines at Fort Washington but was refused by General Winder who did not consider Fort Washington tenable.
	www.nps.gov /fowa/warburton.htm (1546 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Walter Lord: HUMILIATION and TRIUMPH
		Captain Thomas Tingey at the Navy Yard was another officer whom Winder left in the dark.
		Tingey quickly warned the families still living in the neighborhood that the Navy Yard would go next, the fires might spread, better save what they could.
		That day General Thomas Forman, the commander of Maryland’s ist Brigade, enthusiastically wrote his wife, “We have assembled seven generals: Smith, Winder, Stricker, and Stansbury of Baltimore; Douglass and Singleton of Virginia; and your humble servant.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1972/5/1972_5_50.shtml (16715 words)

	TINGEY: Genealogy Queries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		TINGEY : CRAVEN : TRUXTON : WINGATE : I'm looking for any information on Thomas Tingey Craven and his decendants and ancestors.
		TINGEY : GOSLING : JACKSON : JONES : VENABLES : I am looking for the parents of the following: Elizabeth Jones, wife of John Venables, born abt 1767, of Shoredich, Middlesex, England; married 12 May 1788, of Shoreditch, Middlesex, England A...
		TINGEY search results at Interment.net - Burial records and tombstone inscriptions from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
	www.cousinconnect.com /p/a/0/s/TINGEY (246 words)

	National Park Service - Founders and Frontiersmen (Other sites - District of Columbia)
		In 1801 Thomas Jefferson selected the site of the barracks, and by January 1806 they were occupied.
		He acquired large tracts of real estate, and in 1703, as a reward for his services as an Indian fighter, was granted a large tract of land on Rock Creek.
		Benjamin H. Latrobe, one of the architects of the Capitol, drew up the plans, and Capt. Thomas Tingey supervised construction.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/founders/sitee2.htm (1214 words)

	HistoryForSale - Military Autographs THOMAS TINGEY (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		THOMAS TINGEY (1750-1829) was one of the six captains that were appointed on the organization of the United States Navy on September 3, 1798.
		During July 1799, when the United States and France almost went to war, Captain Tingey captured the French ships Le Vainqueur, Le Rabateuse, L'Eugene and L'Esperance.
		He served as the first commander of the Washington Navy Yard from 1804 until his death in 1829.
	www.historyforsale.com.cob-web.org:8888 /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=24436&start=3&page=90 (241 words)

	DCMilitary.com
		It became clear the Washington Navy Yard could not be defended and Captain Thomas Tingey, the Yard's Commandant, with the concurrence of the President and the Secretary of the Navy, ordered the Yard burned.
		Only the Latrobe gate, Tingey's own quarters, now Quarters A, the home of the second in command, adjoining offices, the barracks, and the small schooner Lynx escaped the fire.
		After the fire, looting by the local populace took its toll and Commodore Tingey recommended that the height of the eastern wall be increased to ten feet.
	www.dcmilitary.com /special_sections/sw/080806b/ss_225729_31941.shtml (1048 words)

	TINGEY family history and genealogy information .. Tingey ancestry links
		OVERVIEW -- As this genealogical help and research area is a new part of our website, and is currently under development..
		genealogy software and family history research database for the Tingey name will likely be included in the updates along with an automated form to submit data for Tingey family history..
		posting surname and ancestry data for Tingey items as well as allowing the public to search for Tingey details will remain free of charge.
	www.museumstuff.com /zg.cgi?w=tingey (193 words)

	JOSEPH COWELL Bombala c1855 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She married JOHN THOMAS ELLIOTT 1872 in Bombala NSW., son of WILLIAM ELLIOTT and MARY FITZGERALD.
		She married THOMAS TINGEY 1876 in Bombala NSW..
		She married JOHN WARBURTON 1881 in Bombala NSW., son of THOMAS WARBURTON and MAHALATH BAKER.
	www.cooma.nsw.gov.au /monaropioneers/cowell-j.htm (511 words)

	Working at Washington Navy Yard - Early, Ludwick, Sweeney and Strauss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The land for the Washington Navy Yard (WNY) was purchased under an act of 23 July, 1798, with additional lots being purchased in 1801.
		According to another source, WNY began its operations in 1800 when Captain Thomas Tingey received orders on 22 January.
		When it became clear that WNY could not be defended, Commodore Tingey, with the concurrence of the president and the Secretary of the Navy, ordered it burned.
	www.elslaw.com /jobsites_dc_washingtonnavy.htm (1408 words)

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