Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772-1851)

== Early Life==

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; 27 Dec 1772 - 3 Feb 1851; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts). His parents were Capt. George Crowninshield (Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; 6 Aug 1733 - 16 Jun 1815; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts) and Mary Derby (Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; 12 Nov 1737 - 26 Nov 1813; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts), who was the siter of Elias Hasket "King" Derby, the first millian air in America.

Secretary of the Navy
Crowninshield was America's 5th United States Secretary of the Navy (26 Jan 1815 - 30 Sep 1818) under Presidents James Madison and Monroe. He helped end the war with Algiers and the War of 1812.

Death
Benjamin died in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts on 3 Feb 1851 and was burried at Mount Aubern Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He was a great, great, great grandson of the immigrant, Dr. Johannes Kasper Richter von Kronenscheldt.