A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Spurin, John
SPURIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 24; h-p., 23.)
John Spurin entered the Navy, in March, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, attached to the Channel fleet. That ship being paid off in April, 1802, he joined next, 24 Aug. 1804, the Mediator frigate, Capts. Sir Thos. Livingstone, John Seater, Wm. Furlong Wise, Jas. Rich. Dacres, and Geo. Reynolds, employed on the Home and West India stations, where he served, from Dec. 1807 until Feb. 1813, in the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bertie, Racoon sloop, Capts. Jas. Welsh and Wm. Black, and Lyra 10, Capt. Robt. Bloye. In the Mediator he assisted in taking, in the early part of 1807, the fort of Samana, St. Domingo, a notorious nest for privateers; and in the Lyra he actively co-operated, in the capacity of Master’s Mate, with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. From Feb. 1813 until April, 1814, he served in the Mediterranean in the Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court; and from the latter period until presented, in Oct. 1815, with a commission bearing date 10 of the preceding March, he was again employed in the Channel in the Goldfinch and Pheasant sloops, both commanded by Capt. Edm. Waller. Since 7 Sept. 1836, he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard, he is married, and has issue.