John Paul Jones

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my essay is about John paul jones, he was a Scottish American sailor and the United States first well known naval fighter in America,He was sometimes known as the “Father of the americans navy” .Jones was born on the estate of Arbigland near kirkbean in the Stewatarty of Kirkbean on the southwest of Scotland. His dad was a gardener at Arbigland, His mother was named Jean McDuff she died at the age of 57,ANd John started his maritime at the age of 13.Paul's older brother William Paul had married and settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the destination of many of the younger Jones' voyages.

His actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists this day. for several years he sailed aboard a

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