Joseph Windyer is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Joseph Windyer
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303376
Unit:
Merchant Ship Growler
Date of Death:
1815-01-06
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Joseph Windyer was a 21-year-old seaman from Marblehead who served aboard the merchant ship Growler. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Windyer died on January 6, 1815, with no cause of death recorded. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.