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TYNG, Edward, naval officer, born in Massachusetts in 1683; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 8 September, 1755. His father, Edward, a councillor, was appointed governor of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, but was captured by the French on his passage and taken to France, where he died. The son was commissioned captain of the south and north batteries and fortifications in Boston on 16 April, 1740, and, succeeding Captain Southac as commander of the vessel " Prince of Orange," he took the first privateer on this coast, 24 June, 1744. He commanded the frigate "Massachusetts" in the expedition against Cape Breton in 1745, and was made commodore of the provincial fleet. He also captured the "Vigilante," a French man-of-war of sixty-four guns.
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