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3. He was a hyperkinetic. He reacted quickly and vigorously. Herein lay 

 his power with men who respect bravery, dash, and vigor. Like most hyper- 

 kinetics, he showed at times a violent temper, a fierce and vehement reaction. 

 He spoke rapidly, but, when speaking vehemently, sometimes had difficulty in 

 expressing himself. He inspired confidence and courage in others. 



FAMILY HISTORY OF WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE. 



I 1 (MF), John Taylor, of Monmouth county, New Jersey, 



a citizen of wealth and respectability, much interested in the , 

 education of his grandson. 



II 1 (F), Absalom Bainbridge, a physician who practiced in 

 Princeton, New Jersey; later he removed to New York City, rj 

 where he died in 1807. II 3 (consort's F), John Hyleger, of 

 Holland, for many years governor of St. Eustatius, West Indies. 



III 1 (Propositus), William Bainbridge. Ill 2 (consort), m. 

 Susan Hyleger. 



Children of Propositus: IV 1, Bainbridge, was ad- ^ p -^ ^- . 



mitted to the bar at Philadelphia; later he removed to Pittsburgh; rvr] (VQ OO-Q () 

 he died young, in 1831. IV 3, Captain Thomas Hayes, of the 

 navy. IV 6, Ashbel G. Jaudon, a merchant of Philadelphia. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



HARRIS, T. 1837. The Life and Services of Commodore William Bainbridge. Philadelphia: 

 C. Lea and Blanchard. xvi + 254 pp. 



2. JOSHUA BARNEY. 



JOSHUA BARNEY was born at Baltimore, Maryland, July 6, 1759. At the 

 age of 13 he left his father's farm and became an apprentice on a small brig going 

 to Liverpool and made numerous other voyages on her. Three years later, the 

 captain having died on board and the first mate having abandoned the vessel, 

 the 16-year-old lad assumed command, made Gibraltar with his sinking ship, 

 sold his cargo, and brought the vessel safely back to Baltimore. On the breaking- 

 out of the Revolution he was taken as master's mate on the sloop-of-war Hornet, 

 later was transferred to the Wasp, and in a fight with a British brig so distin- 

 guished himself that he was appointed lieutenant in the navy. Later, he was 

 captured by the British and confined for five months in a prison ship, exchanged, 

 and again captured and again exchanged. As an officer of the Saratoga he led in 

 the boarding of three British vessels, but these were recaptured the next day and 

 he was put in prison at Plymouth, England, for nearly a year. He escaped twice 

 and made his way to Philadelphia. In 1782 he took command of a gunboat and 

 captured a war vessel of greater armament than his own. He engaged in busi- 

 ness at the close of the war, going frequently on trading voyages. In 1795 he 

 entered the French navy with a rank corresponding to commodore, but he resigned 

 in 1800. On the outbreak of the War of 1812 he offered his services, was commis- 

 sioned captain in the navy, and given command of a flotilla for the defense of 

 Chesapeake bay. Here he received a wound in the leg, from the effects of which 

 he died four years later. 



The traits of Joshua Barney that determined his success were, first, a strong 

 nomadic tendency. At 10 years he was through with school and wanted to go to 

 sea; indeed, "long before this period he had wearied his father by continued 

 entreaties to be a sailor." In his twelfth year he was entered on a pilot-boat, and 



