William Jumper

[1] His date of birth is unknown, but he was baptised on 8 January 1660 as the second son of William and Elizabeth Jumper of Weybridge in Surrey.Jumper spent ten years working for the Royal African Company off the coast of Africa, as an apprentice to John Love, one of their captains.The following year Jumper obtained a commission as a first lieutenant and is thought to have travelled to the Mediterranean with Vice-Admiral Henry Killigrew.[2] The Battle of Barfleur took place on 19 May 1692 and Jumper was there as the captain of the fireship HMS Hopewell as part of an Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford.[5] Jumper went out to the Mediterranean again in 1707, and narrowly avoided the fate of Sir Cloudesley Shovel and almost 2,000 of his men on their return home, when a substantial part of the fleet was shipwrecked on the Scilly Isles.
WeybridgePlymouthSt Andrew's Church, PlymouthKingdom of Great BritainRoyal NavyCaptainHMS SaudadoesHMS AdventureHMS WeymouthHMS SwiftsureHMS LenoxNine Years' WarBattle of BarfleurWar of the Spanish SuccessionBattle of CádizCapture of GibraltarBattle of MálagaJumper's BastionGibraltarBandonCounty CorkRoyal African Companymaster's mateHMS ResolutionGeorge Legge, Baron Dartmouthcommissionfirst lieutenantHenry KilligrewHMS DukefireshipEdward Russell, 1st Earl of Orfordflag captainSir Cloudesley Shovellthird rateSir George Rooke'sattack on CadizEdward WhitakerYelstedesquiresubstantial part of the fleet was shipwrecked on the Scilly IslesFalmouthChatham Dockyard