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James Scurry was born in [[Devon]]shire, England. His father served in the [[British Army]] and was present at the 1775 [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] early in the [[American Revolutionary War]], where he was promoted to the post of paymaster-sergeant for his bravery. Later, he became the inmate of a [[Greenwich]] [[Psychiatric hospital|mental asylum]] where he died, leaving his widow with James and his sister.<ref name="d">{{harvnb|Scurry|Whiteway|1824|p=[https://archive.org/details/captivitysuffer00whitgoog <!-- quote=The Captivity, Sufferings And Escape of James Scurry Who Was Detained a Prisoner During Ten Years In The Dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippu Saheb. --> 10]|Ref=jam}}</ref> James Scurry went to sea at a very early age. He went on his first voyage when he was nearly seven years old. He spent a considerable time on the American coast and the [[West Indies]] and was employed to carry gunpowder. He was also very good at playing the [[Fife (musical instrument)|fife]].<ref name="d"/>
==Capture by Hyder==
In 1780, when Scurry was 14 years old, he set on a voyage from Plymouth Sound on the [[HMS Hannibal (1779)|Hannibal]].<ref>{{harvnb|Scurry|Whiteway|1824|p=[https://archive.org/details/captivitysuffer00whitgoog <!-- quote=The Captivity, Sufferings And Escape of James Scurry Who Was Detained a Prisoner During Ten Years In The Dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippu Saheb. --> 13]|Ref=jam}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Scurry|Whiteway|1824|p=[https://archive.org/details/captivitysuffer00whitgoog <!-- quote=The Captivity, Sufferings And Escape of James Scurry Who Was Detained a Prisoner During Ten Years In The Dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippu Saheb. --> 14]|Ref=jam}}</ref> However, he, along with his crew, were captured by the French at [[
==Captivity==
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