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Census • Person • William Petty

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Born at Deptford. A sailmaker in Captain Bartholomew Roberts' Royal Fortune when the King Solomon was taken and plundered in West Africa. Petty, as sailmaker, had to see that all the sails and canvas aboard the prizes were removed to the pirate ship. Hanged at the age of 30.

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Crew of Bartholomew Roberts:	Led by Bartholomew Roberts Anstis , Thomas: an early 18th-century pirate, who served under Captain Howell Davis and Captain Bartholomew Roberts, 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	Led by Bartholomew Roberts Anstis , Thomas: an early 18th-century pirate, who served under Captain Howell Davis and Captain Bartholomew Roberts, 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 Howell Davis, and later with Bartholomew Roberts. 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 Bartholomew Roberts and later had a brief partnership with Thomas Anstis. Although much of h... Hardy , Richard: One of Captain Bartholomew Roberts' 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 Bartholomew Roberts' 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 Howell Davis. After Davis' murder in Ju... Magnes , William: Born at Minehead in Somersetshire in 1687. Quartermaster of the Royal Fortune (Captain Bartholomew Roberts). 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 Bartholomew Roberts 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 Bartholomew Roberts' 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 Bartholomew Roberts). 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 Bartholomew Roberts, he served in the Royal Fortune. Tried and found guilty o... Scudamore , Peter: 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 Bartholomew Roberts, he willingly joined th... Watts [1], William: An Irishman. Hanged, at the age of 23, along with the rest of Roberts's crew. less
The Pirates' Who's Who: (P. Gosse, 1924)	Born at Deptford. A sailmaker in Captain Roberts's Royal Fortune when the King Solomon was taken and plundered in West Africa. Petty, as sailmaker, had to see that all the sails and canvas aboard the prizes were removed to the pirate ship. Hang... more	Born at Deptford. A sailmaker in Captain Roberts's Royal Fortune when the King Solomon was taken and plundered in West Africa. Petty, as sailmaker, had to see that all the sails and canvas aboard the prizes were removed to the pirate ship. Hanged at the age of 30. less