Esek Hopkins

Esek Hopkins was an American naval officer, merchant captain, and privateer. Achieving the rank of Commodore, Hopkins was the only Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress commissioned him as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy in December 1775.

26 April 1718

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Born in the same month (April 1718): Benjamin Kennicott • David Brainerd • Hugh Blair • Nathaniel Hone the Elder • Thomas Lewis (Virginia politician)