John Raysden is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Raysden
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4403795
Unit:
Merchant Ship Pike
Date of Death:
1815-02-14
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Raysden was a 32-year-old seaman from New York who served aboard the merchant ship Pike. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Raysden died on February 14, 1815, with enteritis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.