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Nicholson, James 1737- Naval officer; born in Chestertown, Md., in 1737: went to sea early, and was at the capture of Havana by the English in 1762; entered the Continental navy in 1775, and in March, 1776, was in command of the Defence, with which he recaptured several vessels which the British had taken. In January, 1777, he succeeded Esek Hopkins as senior commander in the navy. He served a short time in the army, when he could not get to sea, and was in the battle at Trenton. On June 9, 1780, in command of the Trumbull, he had a severe action with the Wyatt, losing thirty men, with no decisive results. Off the Capes of the Delaware, in August, 1781, his vessel was dismantled by two British cruisers, and he was compelled to surrender. After the war Captain Nicholson resided in New. York, where he died Sept. 2, 1804.