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Old Photograph John Paul Jones Cottage Scotland
Old photograph of the cottage birthplace of John Paul Jones by Kirkbean near the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. John Paul Jones, the founder of the United States Navy, was born in Arbigland, Kirkbean on July the 6th, 1747. A memorial font exists in the church, by sculptor George Henry Paulin. Jones was born John Paul, he added Jones later, his father, John Paul was a gardener at Arbigland, and his mother was named Jean McDuff. His parents married on November 29, 1733 in New Abbey, Kirkcudbright. John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 13, sailing out of Whitehaven in the northern English county of Cumberland, as apprentice aboard the Friendship under Captain Benson. Paul's older brother William Paul had married and settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the destination of many of the youngster's early voyages.
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