Privateer Bunker Hill, Jacob Lewis and the HMS Belvidera

From "New York City and Vicinity During the War of 1812-15" by Rocellus Sheridan Guernsey.

"On the 22nd of July (1812), a pilot-boat built schooner sailed out of New York as a privateer called the Bunker Hill, in command of Jacob Lewis, who afterwards became known as Commodore Lewis, commander of the gunboats in New York harbor."

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From "A History of American Privateers" by Edgar Stanton Maclay.

"In the earlier part of the war Captain Hewes commanded  the privateer Bunker Hill, a schooner of six guns, which made six prizes.  She was captured while off  our coast, August 21, 1812, by the British frigate Belvidera.  As this occurred shortly after the narrow escape  of this frigate from the Captain Rodgers' squadron, the commander of the Bevidera, Captain Richard  Byron,  undoubtedly congratulated himself on his lucky capture.

"A second Bunker Hill was launched toward the close of the war."

--Brock-Perry