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Hector McNeill, the Glossary

Hector McNeill (October 10, 1728 – December 25, 1785) was an Scotch-Irish immigrant to the Province of Massachusetts Bay who became a merchant mariner for the Royal Navy during the North American theater of the Seven Years' War (1756–1763).^[1]

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Continental Navy officers
Merchants from the Thirteen Colonies
Military personnel from County Antrim
People of the French and Indian War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold (Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was an American-born military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War.

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Birth name

A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Public Schools

Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Captain (United States O-6)

In the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps), captain is the senior-most commissioned officer rank below that of flag officer (i.e., admirals).

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Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.

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Continental Navy

The Continental Navy was the navy of the Thirteen Colonies (later the United States) during the American Revolutionary War.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.

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French ship Vestale (1756)

Vestale was a 30-gun frigate of the French Navy.

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George Collier

Vice Admiral Sir George Collier (11 May 1732 – 6 April 1795) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Granary Burying Ground

The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street.

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer, peer and colonial administrator.

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Invasion of Quebec (1775)

The Invasion of Quebec (June 1775 – October 1776, Invasion du Québec) was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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John Manley (naval officer)

John Manley (c.1733–1793) was an officer in the Continental Navy and the United States Navy. Hector McNeill and John Manley (naval officer) are Continental Navy officers.

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Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history.

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Merchant navy

A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.

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Notre Dame, Indiana

Notre Dame is a census-designated place and unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend in St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Passamaquoddy Bay

Passamaquoddy Bay (Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Province of Massachusetts Bay

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Scotch-Irish Americans

Scotch-Irish Americans (or Scots-Irish) Americans are American descendants of primarily Ulster Scots people who emigrated from Ulster (Ireland's northernmost province) to the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. Hector McNeill and Scotch-Irish Americans are American people of Scotch-Irish descent.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_McNeill