Edward Tyng
Edward Tyng | |
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| Born | 1683 |
| Died | 7 September 1755 (aged 71–72) Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Allegiance | Massachusetts |
Service years | 1740–1755 |
Rank | Commodore |
| Commands | Prince of Orange |
Conflicts | King George's War |
Commodore Edward Tyng (1683 – 7 September 1755) was an American sea captain and naval officer. He was appointed as captain of the batteries and fortifications of Boston and in 1740 made the commander of the Province of Massachusetts Bay's first warship, Prince of Orange. Tyng was the son-in-law of Cyprian Southack[1] and the son of Edward Tyng, who, during King William's War, was the commander of Fort Loyal, Fort William Henry and later became Governor of Acadia, only to be taken prisoner in the Naval battle off St. John (1691).[2]
During King George's War Tyng defeated the Mi'kmaq militia, French and Acadian sieges of Annapolis Royal in 1744 and again the following year (1745). As commodore of the fleet, Tyng led 13 armed vessels and about 90 transports in the successful Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He participated in the Capture of the Vigilant and the destruction of Port Dauphin (Englishtown, Nova Scotia) in June 1745.[3]
His son was Col William Tyng who was a soldier in the British army.[4][5]
Gallery
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Silver Cup presented to Edward Tyng by Boston Merchants for defeating Captain Joannis-Galand d'Olabaratz, the first French privateer off the Boston coast, 24 June 1744[6]
Commanded by Tyng - Massachusetts (frigate), Flagship for Siege of Louisbourg, 1745[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Chapin, Howard M. (1928). Privateering in King George's War, 1739-1748. E.A. Johnson Company. p. 68.
- ↑ "Biography – TYNG, EDWARD (fl. 1680-91) – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca.
- ↑ Chapin, Howard M. (1928). Privateering in King Georges̕ War, 1739-1748. E.A. Johnson Company. p. 79.
- ↑ Goold, William (29 January 1886). "Portland in the past;". Portland, Me. : Printed for the author by B. Thurston & company – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Sabine, Lorenzo (29 January 1847). "The American loyalists : or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution, alphabetically arranged, with a preliminary historical essay". Boston : Little and J. Brown – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Edward Tyng (1683-1755)". ns1763.ca. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ↑ Chapin, Howard M. (1928). Privateering in King Georges̕ War, 1739-1748. E.A. Johnson Company. p. 84.
Sources
[edit]- Canadian Biography - Edward Tyng
- Memoirs of Edward Tyng, Esquire ... and of Hon. William Tyng ... By Edward Tyng, William Tyng, Timothy Alden
- The Province Snow, "Prince of Orange." (1901)
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