Crew of Bartholomew Roberts:
| Anstis , Thomas: an early 18th-century pirate, who served under Captain {c684} and Captain {c669}, before setting up on his own account, raiding shipping on ... Armstrong : Born in London. A deserter from the Royal Navy. One of Captain Roberts's crew taken by H.M.S. Swallow, from which ship he had previously des... more | Anstis , Thomas: an early 18th-century pirate, who served under Captain {c684} and Captain {c669}, before setting up on his own account, raiding shipping on ... Armstrong : Born in London. A deserter from the Royal Navy. One of Captain Roberts's crew taken by H.M.S. Swallow, from which ship he had previously des... Ashplant , Valentine: Born in the Minories, London. He served with Captain {c684}, and later with {c669}. He was one of the leading lights of Roberts's crew, a me... Ball , Roger: One of Captain Bartholomew's crew in the Royal Fortune. Captured by H.M.S. Swallow off the West Coast of Africa. He had been terribly burnt ... Bill , Philip: Belonged to the Island of St. Thomas. One of Captain Roberts's crew. Hanged at the age of 27. Fenn , John: an early 17th-century English pirate who sailed with Captain {c669} and later had a brief partnership with Thomas Anstis. Although much of h... Hardy , Richard: One of Captain {c669}' crew. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle, West Coast of Africa, on April 6th, 1722, at the age of 25 years.
Harper , Abraham: Born at Bristol.
He was cooper on board Captain {c669}' Royal Fortune. When the pirates took a prize, it was Harper's duty to see that al... Harris , Hugh: Of Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire.
One of Roberts's crew; tried and condemned to be hanged in 1722, but reprieved and sold to the Royal Africa... Harris , Richard: A Cornishman.
One of Captain Roberts's crew and the oldest, being 45 years of age when he was hanged, an unusually advanced age to reach ... Kennedy [2], Walter: Kennedy was a pickpocket and burglar before sailing from New Providence Island in the Bahamas in 1718 with {c684}. After Davis' murder in Ju... Magnes , William: Born at Minehead in Somersetshire in 1687. Quartermaster of the Royal Fortune (Captain {c669}). Tried for piracy at Cape Coast Castle, and h... Main [1], William: One of Captain Roberts's crew. Hanged in April, 1722, at the age of 28 years. Main [2], William: Boatswain to Captain {c669} in the Royal Fortune. Was blown up, the explosion being caused by one of the crew firing his pistol into some gu... Oughterlauney , Thomas: Acted as pilot in the Royal Fortune. Took an active part in taking and plundering the King Solomon on the West Coast of Africa in 1721.
Was... Petty , William: Born at Deptford.
A sailmaker in Captain {c669}' Royal Fortune when the King Solomon was taken and plundered in West Africa. Petty, as sa... Philips , James: Formerly of the Revenge, and afterwards in the Royal Fortune (Captain {c669}). When the Royal Fortune surrendered in 1722 to H.M.S. Swallow,... Rice [1], David: Welsh pirate.
Of Bristol.
Taken out of the Cornwall galley by Captain {c669}, he served in the Royal Fortune. Tried and found guilty o... Smith , George: Welsh pirate. One of Captain Roberts's pirates. Hanged at the age of 25. Stephenson , John: Sailed as an honest seaman in the Onslow (Captain Gee) from Sestos. Taken in May, 1721, by the pirate Captain {c669}, he willingly joined th... Watts [1], William: An Irishman. Hanged, at the age of 23, along with the rest of Roberts's crew. less |
