Samuel Nicholson (1743 - 29 December 1811) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. The son of Joseph and Hannah Scott Nicholson, he was born in Chestertown, Maryland. Samuel Nicholson was a Lieutenant in "Bonhomme Richard" under John Paul Jones; then, in command of "Deane", captured three British sloops-of-war. Appointed Captain upon the reorganization of the Navy in 1794, … Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Samuel Nicholson. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Nicholson