John Dennis, Master Shipbuilder-- Part 1: Took British Side in the Revolution

From the Geni. site

John Dennis  Born c. 1758 in Philadelphia.  Died August 25, 1832, Toronto York, Ontario, Canada.

Born to Henry Dennis, a prosperous Quaker in Philadelphia.  During the American Revolution, the Dennis family sided with the British.  When the British evacuated Philadelphia in 1778, the family fled to New York City where both Henry and John found work refitting and re-equipping British ships.

The younger John Dennis wanted to see more action than working on ships and joined the British Army and saw action at St. Lucia in December 1778.  While there, he contracted fever which left him incapable of doing any more hard service and he returned to New York City and shipbuilding.

--Brock-Perry