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John Paul Jones. Father of the US Navy. Family. He was born July 6, 1747 in Kirkbean, Scotland. His father was also named John Paul and was a gardener. His family was working class. He had six siblings named William, Elizabeth, Janet, Mary Ann & two others that died as a baby.
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John Paul Jones Father of the US Navy
Family • He was born July 6, 1747 in Kirkbean, Scotland. • His father was also named John Paul and was a gardener. His family was working class. • He had six siblings named William, Elizabeth, Janet, Mary Ann & two others that died as a baby. • John Paul Jones was the youngest of the children.
Education/Training • John Paul had very little education. • At the age of 13, he became an apprentice seaman and served on many ships in the West Indies trade including the slave trade. • He quit the slave trade because he thought it was not nice and returned home on a ship named John. • In1768, the captain of the ship died and John Paul took over command of the ship. He was a captain from that time forward. He was only 21.
Coming to America • While Captain of the Betsy, he killed a man in self-defense. • To avoid trial, he left and came to the America colonies in 1775. • He changed his name to John Paul Jones. • He inherited his brother’s, William, property in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
War Achievements • In 1775 he offered his services to the new Continental Navy and became a First Lieutenant. • In 1776 he was the first to raise the national flag on a ship of war, the Alfred. This was one month before General Washington raised the national flag. • In 1778 John Paul Jones was in command of the Ranger when the French was the first to recognize the American flag with a 9 gun salute.
War Achievements • John Paul Jones had a bold strategy to take the fight to the British coast so the British could not send as many ships to the colonies. He won many battles. • On September 23, 1779, the most famous sea battle began. The Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis fought. The Bon Homme Richard had much damage. • The Captain of the Serapis asked John Paul Jones if he was ready to surrender. • John Paul Jones gave his famous quote. “I have not yet begun to fight.” • John Paul Jones and the Bon Homme Richard went on to win the battle.
After the War • John Paul Jones was awarded the gold medal, the only naval officer from the Continental Navy. • John Paul Jones was appointed as a diplomat to negotiate and settle the prize money claims from the War. • He was invited to enter the Russian military in their fight against the Turks.
Death • In 1792, President George Washington signed a petition to grant John Paul Jones American citizenship. Jones did not know this because he died in 1792 in Paris, France. • His body was preserved in an alcohol filled lead casket and buried in Paris. • In 1899 our French Ambassador started looking for his forgotten grave. In 1905 they found his grave. • In 1906, services were held to rebury John Paul Jones in the US Naval Cemetery.
Father of the US Navy • John Paul Jones knew how to build a strong naval force. • He set high standards and developed solid training for his seaman. • He never quit when things got tough. • He took the fight to the enemy. • His determination and unwillingness to surrender has set the standard for today’s Navy.
Bibliography • "John Paul Jones." Patriots from American Revolution. n.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. <http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/patriots/john-paul-jones.htm>. • "John Paul Jones." bio true story. n.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. <http://www.biography.com/people/john-paul-jones-9357409>. • Conrad, Dennis M. "John Paul Jones." Biographies in Naval History. n.p., n.d. Web. 5 Feb. 2012. <http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/jones_jp_conrad.htm>. • Bradford, James C. "John Paul Jones." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2009. • Tibbits, Alison D. John Paul Jones Father of the American Navy. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2002. Print.
