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Captain Daniel Fones (born 9 March 1713, 
After the war he commanded the privateer Prince Frederick, the Defiance and Success.
After he retired from the sea, he represented North Kingstown in the General Assembly. Then in 1770, he opened David Fones Tavern at 126 Main St., North Kingstown. His father Jeremiah Fones was buried at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island.
Chapin, Howard M., The Tartar: The Armed Sloop of the Colony of Rhode Island (The Society of Colonial Wars in Rhode Island, 1922)
* ttp://www.colonialnavy.org/ships/ship_type_brig/index.html Colonial Navy {{DEFAULTSORT:Fones, Daniel History of Nova Scotia 1713 births 1790 deaths People from Jamestown, Rhode Island Military personnel from Rhode Island Members of the Rhode Island General Assembly
Captain Daniel Fones (born 9 March 1713, Conanicut Island
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, Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jamestown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island in the United States. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census. Jamestown is situated almost entirely on Conanicut Island, the second largest island in Narragansett Bay. It also includes the u ...
– , North Kingstown
North Kingstown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, and is part of the Providence metropolitan area. The population was 27,732 in the 2020 census. North Kingstown is home to the birthplace of American portraitist Gilbe ...
, Washington, Rhode Island
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Background
The village was first settled in the 1670s around the time of King Philip's War. It was re-settled after the ...
) was the leading military commander for Rhode Island in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He was the captain of ''Tartar'', the privateer vessel was the Rhode Island contribution to the victory in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Suc ...
(the 150 soldiers from Rhode Island arrived after the Siege).
Fones took command of ''Tartar'' at the outbreak of King Georges War. In April 1745, Fones successfully escorted the 500 soldiers in seven transports to Canso, Nova Scotia. During the voyage he drew fire from the French 32-gun frigate ''Renommée'', under Kersaint-Coëtnempren, in an eight-hour engagement. In May 1745, participating in the blockade of Louisbourg, Fones captured the French merchant ship ''Deux Amies''. In June he participated in the Naval battle off Tatamagouche
The action of 15 June 1745 (also known as the Battle of Famme Goose Bay) was a naval encounter between three New England vessels and a French and native relief convoy en route to relieve the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) during King George's War. ...
. In the battle, Fones rescued the Connecticut warship Resolution and crushed the French and Indian expedition en route to save Louisbourg.
After the war he commanded the privateer Prince Frederick, the Defiance and Success.
After he retired from the sea, he represented North Kingstown in the General Assembly. Then in 1770, he opened David Fones Tavern at 126 Main St., North Kingstown. His father Jeremiah Fones was buried at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island.
References
TextsChapin, Howard M., The Tartar: The Armed Sloop of the Colony of Rhode Island (The Society of Colonial Wars in Rhode Island, 1922)
* ttp://www.colonialnavy.org/ships/ship_type_brig/index.html Colonial Navy {{DEFAULTSORT:Fones, Daniel History of Nova Scotia 1713 births 1790 deaths People from Jamestown, Rhode Island Military personnel from Rhode Island Members of the Rhode Island General Assembly