| The Mustin Family | |
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 Mustin Family at Mustin beach on November 3, 1989 | |
| Place of origin | United States |
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| Connected families | Barnett, Howard, Kennon, Morton, Montague Murray, Sinclair, House of Windsor |
| Distinctions | Five Wars in 100 Years |
| Traditions | US Navy |
The Mustin family has recorded a tradition of service in the United States Navy extending from 1896 to the present. Their naval roots trace back to the first Arthur Sinclair, of Scalloway, in Shetland, father of Commodore Arthur Sinclair, who as a boy seaman sailed with Commodore George Anson in 1740, on a British mission to capture Spanish possessions in the Pacific, during the War of Jenkins' Ear. He later settled in Colonial Virginia and served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolution.[citation needed] Probably the most famous member was Henry Croskey Mustin, a pioneering naval aviator who was designated Navy Air Pilot No. 3 and later Naval Aviator No. 11. Two U.S. Navy destroyers have borne the name Mustin in honor of members of the family, U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mustin (DD-413) and the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89).[1]