Francis Huston of the 28-gun Frigate Boreas, c. 1767
All,
Anyone include the Francis Huston (Houston) detailed below in their family tree? Any connection between this Francis Hustonand Captain Thomas Huston (Pennsylvania Navy)of the Armed Gunned Boat (or Brig. ) "Warren"in the same time period ?
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Entry ADM 106/1155/105of the British National Archives Online Catalogue contains the following text"
"Commissioner Richard Hughes, Portsmouth. Is sending the daily progress and hospital certificates for John Miles of the Superbe and Francis Huston of the Boreas. Yesterday, the Spy Sloop sailed from Spithead and today the Boreas arrived there. 17 April 1767"
The Boreas is apparently a Revolutionary era warship as indicated by this text out of, " Wars of the Americas : A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present - 17 October 1760":
"[17 October 1760]At dawn the 50-gun HMS Hampshire of Capt. Coningsby Norbury, the 28-gun frigate Boreas of Samuel Uvedale -----"
Jim Houston
Fort Worth, Texas