These men are listed alphabetically by their last names. The full citations are given for their "position" on board the frigate South Carolina as found in Dr. Lewis's work, Neptune's Militia, "Appendix: Crew and Marines of South Carolina", pages 135-170:
Edward Armstrong British
William Armstrong British
Andre Brangswig Danish captain of cutter captured by the S. Car.
John Burrell French?
-------- Gamindez Spaniard
Thomas Hammond Commanded tender Surprise
-------- Merlin German?, sailor
Antonio Ortiz Spanish?, sailor
Jeremy Parse Prizemaster
John (the Swede) Swedish?
-------- Thomas Fifer
Seven of these men are listed only by their nationality. They are as follows:
Edward Armstrong British
William Armstrong British
John Burrell French?
------- Gamindez Spaniard
------- Merlin German?, sailor
Antonio Ortiz Spanish?, sailor
John (the Swede) Swedish?
Two of these individuals, ------ Merlin and Antonio Ortiz, have been addressed in the earlier post of "Sailors of non-French Ethnicity on board the Frigate South Carolina", entry dated "02/26/15". The solitary individual listed simply as "Spaniard",
------ Gamindez, has also been addressed in the earlier post of "The 'Wild Geese' of Spain's Army and the Frigate South Carolina - Commodore Gillon's Recruitment of Irish Soldiers in Corunna, Spain", entry dated "01/15/15". Whereas Antonio Ortiz and ------ Merlin are also listed by their "position" on board the frigate as "sailor", it is most likely safe to assume that these two men signed onto the frigate as mariners. It may also be safe to assume this about ------- Gamindez. Commodore Gillon was constantly on a hunt for crewmen to replace those who had deserted in any of the various different ports the frigate had entered or been placed in the "sick rolls" while at sea and assigned to a hospital when the frigate reached port.
------- Gamindez could have been recruited through the efforts of the Commodore in any of the ports frequented by the frigate South Carolina before she slipped her moorings and began her trans-Atlantic voyage from St. Croix, Tenerife, the Canary Islands on November 24, 1781.
This leaves only four men who have not been addressed at all in any of these posts dealing with the crew men and marines on board the frigate South Carolina during either of her two voyages. These men are as follows:
Andre Brangswig Danish captain of cutter captured by S. Car.
Thomas Hammond Commanded tender Surprise
Jeremy Parse Prizemaster
------- Thomas Fifer
The first individual listed - Andre Brangswig - could have been captured anywhere either on the European side of the Atlantic Ocean or somewhere among the various different islands of the Caribbean Sea. The frigate South Carolina initially cruised in the North Sea, off the British Isles. Later, she spent some time in the Caribbean, mainly in the vicinity of Cuba and the Bahama Islands. Capt. Brangswig's unnamed cutter could have been taken anywhere in these regions. This is purely conjectural because the cutter could have been encountered anywhere at sea by the frigate South Carolina. All we know of him is what is recorded in the section entitled "Appendix: Crew and Marines of the South Carolina" on page 139 of Dr. Lewis's work, Neptune's Militia. This citation is exactly as above.
The second individual listed - Thomas Hammond - has a bit more known about him. This additional information necessitates a bit of explanation. As the frigate South Carolina was on her trans-Atlantic voyage towards South Carolina, she stopped off at the Havana, Cuba. Commodore Gillon had always found Spanish ports to be hospitable places and he had stopped before in the Havana and received a very warm welcome. So, in short, he sailed into the Havana harbor on January 12, 1782 and straight into a planned Spanish invasion of the Bahama Islands. The Spanish had no warships as large as or as heavily gunned as the frigate South Carolina, so they convinced Commodore Gillon to support the invasion effort with the frigate South Carolina leading a contingent of other American vessels from the Havana into the main harbor at New Providence, Bahamas. It is known that when the frigate South Carolina set sail from the Havana, she had a schooner, the Surprise, acting as her tender.
"Tenders" were not specifically-built ships back in the 18th century, Rather, they were ships that were assigned this duty until released to continue on their way. They acted as types of supply and service ships to much larger ships of war, which is certainly what the frigate South Carolina would have been in comparison. These smaller vessels would have carried spare ammunition, food supplies, spare parts, and possibly acted as temporary hospital ships, when necessary. They would have also, by nature of their shallow drafts have acted as ferries for personnel and supplies from the larger ship into a shallow harbor, for instance. So, the Surprise was a schooner that had been assigned as the tender of the much larger frigate South Carolina. The commanding officer of this tender was Captain Thomas Hammond. More than likely, the schooner Surprise did not accompany the frigate South Carolina across the Atlantic Ocean. There is no mention of any ship having accompanied the frigate on her first and only trans-Atlantic voyage. Most probably the schooner Surprise encountered the frigate South Carolina while she herself was in the Havana and was enlisted to act as her tender. In Dr. Lewis's work, Neptune's Militia, page 190, n. 4, the following citation occurs: "The exact size of the convoy and the total number of American ships are not easy to determine, particularly since people on the scene counted differently. The South Carolina, to illustrate one problem, sailed at this time with her own tender, a schooner called The Surprise; some counted both vessels as one ship, others listed them separately." Thus, it would appear that Dr. Lewis, as he lists Thomas Hammond among the "Crew and Marines of the South Carolina" on page 150, counted the schooner/tender, Surprise, as an extension of the frigate South Carolina whereas Captain Thomas Hammond was captain of a separate ship, the schooner Surprise.
The third individual listed - Jeremy Parse - is, again, a mystery. His "position" on board the frigate South Carolina was that of "prizemaster". A "prizemaster" was a skilled, trained individual who was placed in command of recently seized enemy vessels for the express purpose of taking them into the nearest friendly port for the "condemnation" of the ship and its cargo at public auction. Jeremy Parse may have been assigned this duty when he signed onto the frigate South Carolina, whenever that may have been in her career and on whatever side of the Atlantic Ocean it may have occurred. Again, as with Andre Brangswig, nothing more is known of him or his service while on board the frigate South Carolina.
The fourth and last individual - ------ Thomas - is also an enigma. As with two other men listed here, we do not know his first name. His "position" on board the frigate South Carolina is simply listed as "fifer". Whether he was a fifer for the non-Luxembourg marines recruited in Europe and under the command of Captains Michael Kalteissen and John Spencer, or for the second group of marines recruited in Pennsylvania by Lieutenant Edward Scull, or a fifer for the ship's crew on board the frigate South Carolina, we have no indication. Nothing more is known of him or his service on board the frigate South Carolina.