A Biographical and Historical Sketch of Captain William Crispin of the British Navy : Together with Portraits and Sketches of Many of His Descendants and of Representatives of Some Families of English Crispins; Also an Historical Research Concerning the Re

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William Crispin was a soldier under Cromwell and rose to be Captain of the Guard; he went to sea with Admiral Penn and was engaged in opera tions in the West Indies and was in command of the ship Laurel. He was at the attack on Hispaniola, which failed in consequence of a lack of proper co-operation of the land forces under General Venables. Penn then with his fleet attacked Jamaica. On that occasion, St. Jago being bombarded, Captain Crispin fired the first and third shots, the last one bringing down the flagstaff. This event was held by tradition as the origin of the three balls in the Pennsylvania coat of arms, but the College of Heraldry de clares them to be three plates.

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