| Birth: | Jan. 11, 1751
Dighton
Bristol County
Massachusetts, USA | | Death: | Jun. 30, 1813
New York
New York County
New York, USA | 
Revolutionary War Continental Navy Officer, US Congressman. He was appointed a Captain in the Continental Navy in 1779, and commanded the privateer "General Washington" until it was captured by the British. In 1792 he was elected as a Federalist to represent New York's 10th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1793 to 1794. In that year he was commission as a Captain in the newly-established United States Navy, one of six naval men to be so commissioned. He supervised the building of the "USS Constitution" and commanded it from 1798 to 1801. He has a cenotaph in his hometown of Dighton, Massachusetts in the Unitarian Church Cemetery.
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Children:
Elizabeth Talbot Metcalfe (____ - 1826)*
George Washington Talbot (1775 - 1847)*
Theodore Foster Talbot (1779 - 1836)*
Henry Talbot (1791 - 1869)*
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Search Amazon for Silas Talbot | | | Burial:
Trinity Churchyard
Manhattan
New York County
New York, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: May 05, 1998
Find A Grave Memorial# 2868 |
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