biography of Thomas TINGEY (1750-1829)

Birth place: London, England

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Philadelphia, PA (1783); Kingston, NJ (1797); Wash., DC (1804-on)

Profession: Marine painter

Work: Mariners Mus., Newport News, VA; Peabody Mus., Salem, MA

Comments: He served in the Royal Navy (1771) and by 1781 was on merchant ships. After the Revolution he was a commander of American merchant ships, and finally settled in Wash., DC, where he was Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard. When the British invaded Washington in 1814, he ordered the Navy Yard burned.

Sources: Brewington, 382