From the Jan. 29, 2015, Wicked Local Marblehead "Marblehead 101: Clover Broughton (1796-1869" by Pam Peterson.
Glover Broughton was the grandson of Captain Nicholson Broughton of the Hannah, the first ship commissioned for general Washington's fleet in the Revolutionary War. Also, his great grandfather, General John Glover, was a hero of the Revolution.
His father enlisted in the Continental Army at age 13 and was a merchant and privateer after the war. He was captured several times by the British and died in Martinique in 1804 at the age 40.
Glover Broughton and his brother John sailed on their father's ships from an early age.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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