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Census • Person • John Fillmore

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born	active	died
1702	1724 ca	1777

A fisherman of Ipswich. Taken out of the Dolphin when fishing for cod off the Banks of Newfoundland in 1724 by the pirate Captain John Phillips1, and forced to join the pirates. Having no other means of escape he, with two others, suddenly killed Phillips and two more pirates and brought the vessel into Boston Harbour. Millard Fillmore, thirteenth President of the United States, was the great grandson of John Fillmore.

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John Phillips Gang:	Led by John Phillips [1] Archer , John Rose: An English pirate who was a member of both Edward Teach's and John Phillips' crews. Later became an honest fisherman, but turned pirate again.....John Phi... Cheesman , Edward: Taken prisoner out of the Dolphin, on the Banks of Newfoundland, by the Pirate Phillips in 1724. With the help of a fisherman called Fillmor... more	Led by John Phillips [1] Archer , John Rose: An English pirate who was a member of both Edward Teach's and John Phillips' crews. Later became an honest fisherman, but turned pirate again.....John Phi... Cheesman , Edward: Taken prisoner out of the Dolphin, on the Banks of Newfoundland, by the Pirate Phillips in 1724. With the help of a fisherman called Fillmor... Fern , Thomas: A Newfoundland fish-splitter. In August, 1723, joined with John Phillips in stealing a small vessel, which they called the Revenge, and went "on the... Fillmore , John: A fisherman of Ipswich. Taken out of the Dolphin when fishing for cod off the Banks of Newfoundland in 1724 by the pirate Captain John Phillips, and... Nutt , John: a 17th-century English pirate. He was one of the more notorious brigands of his time raiding the coast of southern Canada and western Englan... Sparks , James: A Newfoundland fisherman. In August, 1723, with John Phillips and three others, ran away with a vessel to go "on the account." Sparks was appointed ... Taylor , William: One of Captain Phillips's crew. Wounded in the leg while attempting to desert. There being no surgeon on board, a consultation was held over... White [1], William: A Newfoundland fish-splitter. With John Phillips and three others, he stole a fishing-boat at St. Peter's Harbour in Newfoundland in August, 1723. T... less
The Pirates' Who's Who: (P. Gosse, 1924)	A fisherman of Ipswich. Taken out of the Dolphin when fishing for cod off the Banks of Newfoundland in 1724 by the pirate Captain Phillips, and forced to join the pirates. Having no other means of escape he, with two others, suddenly killed Phillips a... more	A fisherman of Ipswich. Taken out of the Dolphin when fishing for cod off the Banks of Newfoundland in 1724 by the pirate Captain Phillips, and forced to join the pirates. Having no other means of escape he, with two others, suddenly killed Phillips and two more pirates and brought the vessel into Boston Harbour. Millard Fillmore, thirteenth President of the United States, was the great grandson of John Fillmore. less

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	John Fillmore	1702	1724		1724	1777

Anne Bonny	1702, Mar 8	1714	1725	1782, Apr 22
an Irish woman who became a famous pirate, operating in the Caribbean.While in the Bahamas, Bonny...
Captain Brigstock Weaver	1686	1720	1725	1767
Of Hereford, England. One of Captain Anstis's crew in the Good Fortune when he took the Mornin...
Captain Francis Farrington Spriggs	unknown	1721	1725	1725
a British pirate who, associated with George Lowther and Edward Low, was active in the Caribbean...
James Plantain	unknown	1715	1728	unknown
a Jamaican-born English pirate and leader in Madagascar. In 1715, Plantain established a base of ...
Jonas Berntsson Lambert-Wenman	1665 ca	1680	1729	1732
Jonas Berntsson Lambert-Wenman was born in Ume, Vsterbotten, Sweden in approximately 1665. He was...
Conajee Angria	1669, Aug	1698	1729	1729, Jul 4
the first notable chief of the Maratha Navy in 18th century India. He fought against the British,...
John Rose Archer	1697	1710	1729	1724, Jun 2
An English pirate who was a member of both John Phillips's and Edward Teach' crews. Later became...
Captain William Lewis	unknown	1710	1729	unknown
from Nassau. Lewis lasted longer than most pirates; his career went on at least from 1717 to 1726...
David Rice [1]	unknown	1710	1729	unknown
Welsh pirate. Of Bristol. Taken out of the Cornwall galley by Captain Bartholomew Roberts, ...
Christopher Winter	unknown	1716	1729	unknown
Of New Providence Island. He took a sloop off the coast of Jamaica, the mate on board which was o...
"Admiral" Ainsley	unknown	1720	1729	1731
Ainsley was an Irish pirate.
Henry Barnes	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Of Barbadoes. Tried for piracy at Newport in 1723, but found to be not guilty.
James Barrow	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Taken by Captain Roberts out of the Martha snow (Captain Lady). Turned pirate and served in the R...
James Belvin	unknown	1720	1729	1725, Jun 11
Bo'son on the Revenge, commanded by John Gow. Said to be a good sailor but somewhat bloodthirsty....
George Bradley	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Master of Captain Fenn's ship, the Morning Star, wrecked on the Grand Caymans in August, 1722. Th...
John Brown [2]	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Of Liverpool. One of Captain Harris's crew. Found guilty of piracy at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1...
Ralph Candor	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Tried for piracy with the rest of Captain Lowther's crew at St. Kitts in March, 1723, and acquitted.
Edward Cheesman	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Taken prisoner out of the Dolphin, on the Banks of Newfoundland, by the Pirate Phillips in 1724. ...
Pierce Cullen	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Member of Phillip Roche's gang.
Thomas Fern	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
A Newfoundland fish-splitter. In August, 1723, joined with John Phillips in stealing a small vess...
John Fletcher [2]	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Of Edinburgh. Tried at Newport, Rhode Island, for piracy in 1723, found "not guilty." His age was...
Cuthbert Goss	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Born at Topsham in Devon. The compiler of these biographies regrets to have to record that this p...
Roger Grange	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Member of Captain George Lowther’s crew in the Happy Delivery. Tried for piracy at St. Kitts in...
Richard Hains	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
One of Captain Low's crew. When Low took a Portuguese ship at St. Michael's in the Azores in 1723...
Captain John Haman	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
He lived all alone with his wife and family on a small and otherwise uninhabited island in the Ba...
Abraham Harper	1699 ca	1720	1729	1722
Born at Bristol. He was cooper on board Captain Bartholomew Roberts' Royal Fortune. When the p...
Hugh Harris	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Of Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire. One of Roberts's crew; tried and condemned to be hanged in 1722,...
William Harvey [2]	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Tried for piracy with the rest of Gow's crew at Newgate in 1725, and acquitted.
Daniel Hide	unknown	1720	1729	1723, Jul
Of Virginia. One of the crew of Captain Charles Harris, who, with Captain Low, played havoc on th...
Captain Richard Holland	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Commanded a Spanish pirate vessel in the West Indies in 1724. The crew consisted of sixty Spaniar...
Thomas Jones [2]	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Found to be "not guilty" at a trial for piracy at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1723. One of Captain ...
William Jones [2]	1695 ca	1720	1729	1723
Of London. Age 28. Hanged at Rhode Island, 1723.
Abraham Lacy	1702 ca	1720	1729	1723
From Devonshire, England. Hanged at Rhode Island in 1723, age 21.
Captain Lane	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
In 1720 Lane was one of Captain England's crew when he took the Mercury off the coast of West Afr...
Edward Lawson	1703 ca	1720	1729	1723, July
Born in the Isle of Man. One of Captain Harris's crew. Hanged at Newport, Rhode Island, in July, ...
Sam Levercott	unknown	1720	1729	1722, Mar 11
Member of Captain George Lowther’s crew. Hanged with the rest of Lowther’s crew on the island...
Nicholas Lewis	unknown	1720	1729	1722, Mar 11
Member of Captain George Lowther’s crew. Hanged on the island of St. Kitts, March 11, 1722.
John Lopez [2]	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Captain Lowe's quartermaster
Daniel Machauly	unknown	1720	1729	1725, Jun 11
Pirate from Scotland. Crew member of the Revenge, commanded by John Gow. Captured, tried, and han...
William Mackintosh	1701 ca	1720	1729	1722
Of Canterbury in Kent. One of Captain Roberts's crew. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle in 1722 at t...
William Main [1]	1694 ca	1720	1729	1722, Apr
One of Captain Roberts's crew. Hanged in April, 1722, at the age of 28 years.
William Main [2]	unknown	1720	1729	1722
Boatswain to Captain Bartholomew Roberts in the Royal Fortune. Was blown up, the explosion being ...
Captain John Massey	unknown	1720	1729	1723, Jul 26
As a lieutenant, he "served with great applause" in the army in Flanders, under the command of th...
William Melvin	unknown	1720	1729	1725
This Scotch pirate was hanged, with other members of Gow's crew, at Wapping in June, 1725.
Stephen Mundon	1703 ca	1720	1729	1723, Jul 19
Of London. Hanged for piracy at Newport, Rhode Island, on July 19th, 1723, at the age of 20.
Neale	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Member of Phillip Roche's gang.
John Peterson	unknown	1720	1729	1725, Jun
A Swedish pirate, one of Gow's crew. He was hanged at Wapping in June, 1725.
James Philips	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Formerly of the Revenge, and afterwards in the Royal Fortune (Captain Bartholomew Roberts). When ...
Captain Phillips	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
In 1723 this noted pirate took a sloop, the Dolphin, of Cape Ann, on the Banks of Newfoundland. T...
Thomas Powell	1702 ca	1720	1729	1723, Jul 19
Of Connecticut, New England. One of Captain Charles Harris's crew. Hanged at Newport, Rhode Is...
Robert Read	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Tried for piracy with Gow's crew at Newgate in 1725, and acquitted.
Salomon Reynders	unknown	1720	1729	1724
18th century Dutch privateer who was born in Bergen (Norway). He died in 1724 at the Cape of Good...
Alexander Rob	unknown	1720	1729	1724, Jun
One of Captain Gow's crew. Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping, in June, 1724. He was not one of th...
Peter Rollson	unknown	1720	1729	1725, Jun
Captain Gow's gunner in the Revenge. Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping, in June, 1725.
Robert Sample	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Ship: Flying King, (formerly Mercury) sloop 4 Gunsn
Roger Scot	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Born at Bristol. One of Captain Roberts\' crew. Tried for piracy in April, 1722, at Cape Coast Ca...
Peter Scudamore	unknown	1720	1729	unknown

John Shaw	unknown	1720	1729	1722, Mar 11
Member of George Lowther’s crew. Hanged at St. Kitts, March 11, 1722.
William Shutfield	1683 ca	1720	1729	1723, Jul
Of Lancaster. Hanged at Rhode Island in July, 1723, at the age of 40.
Joseph Sound	1695 ca	1720	1729	1723
Of the city of Westminster. Hanged, at the age of 28, at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1723.
James Sparks	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
A Newfoundland fisherman. In August, 1723, with John Phillips and three others, ran away with a v...
Robert Teague	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
A Scotch pirate, one of Captain Gow's crew. On May 26th, 1725, the crew were tried in London and ...
John Tomkins	1700 ca	1720	1729	1723
Of Gloucestershire. Hanged at the age of 23 at Rhode Island in 1723. One of Charles Harris's c...
William White [1]	unknown	1720	1729	1724, Jun 2
A Newfoundland fish-splitter. With John Phillips and three others, he stole a fishing-boat at St....
Francis Wife	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Member of Phillip Roche's gang.
George Wilson	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Surgeon and pirate. Originally he sailed as surgeon in a Liverpool ship, the Tarlton, which was t...
John Wilson [2]	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Of New London County, CT. Tried for piracy in 1723 at Newport, Rhode Island, and acquitted.
John Winter	unknown	1720	1729	1725
One of Gow's crew in the Revenge. Hanged in 1725 at Wapping.
William Wood	1695 ca	1720	1729	1722, Apr
One of Captain Roberts's crew. Hanged in April, 1722, at the age of 27.
Daniel Wormall	unknown	1720	1729	unknown
Master of The Charles, commanded by John Quelch. Attempted to escape from Gloucester, Massachuset...
John Upton	1679	1723	1729	1729
Born in 1679 of honest parents at Deptford. Apprenticed to a waterman, he afterwards went to sea,...
George Pierse	1670 ca	1703	1730	1730 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Olivier Levasseur	1680	1716	1730	1730
a pirate, nicknamed La Buse (The Buzzard) or La Bouche (The Mouth) in his early days, called thus...
Benjamin Perkins	1670 ca	1703	1731/4	1710/1731/4 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship Th...
James Parrot	1670 ca	1703	1732	1732 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Woodes Rogers	1679 ca	1705	1732	1732, Jul 15
an English sea captain, privateer, and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is kno...
Captain Miguel Henriquez	1674-80	1700	1735	1743
a privateer from San Juan, Puerto Rico who operated during the early 18th century. A mulatto born...
Erasmus Peterson	1670 ca	1703	1735	1735 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Réné Duguay-Trouin	1673, Jun 10	1690	1736	1736
Privateer......This Breton corsair from St. Malo became so famous for his attacks on British ship...
John Pitman	1670 ca	1703	1736	1736 ca
An English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Matthew Pimer	1670 ca	1703	1737	1737 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
John Quittance	1670 ca	1703	1738	1738 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Captain Rayner	unknown	1703	1739	unknown
Although there is no direct evidence that Rayner ever sailed the Carolina coast, he did sail with...
Peter Roach	1670 ca	1703	1741	1741 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Captain Balestrier	unknown	1709	1742	1742 ca
Although Captain Balestrier had a fairly successful and lengthy career (active from 1709 to 1742)...
Lancelot Blackburne	1658, Dec 10	1680	1743	1743, Mar 23
an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate. He w...
John Templeton	1691 ca	1703	1743	1750 ca
an English cabin boy and worked pirate in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirat...
Richard Thurbar	1670 ca	1703	1744	1744 ca
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Eric Cobham	1700	1720	1749	1760+
a pirate in the early 18th century who with his wife, Maria Lindsey, practiced piracy in the Gulf...
Jean Francois Chambray	unknown	1687	1756	unknown
Knight of Malta
La Marquise de Fresne	unknown	1680	178	unknown
Female pirate. Active late 1600's, Mediterranean Pirate
Captain James Misson	unknown	1690	178	1694
The account of Captain Misson is highly disputed by historians. He is described in the 2nd volume...
Jan Lens	unknown	1700	179	unknown
Dutch privateer in the 18th century. Sold one of the prizes he captured, together with Erasmus Mu...
Erasmus Muller	unknown	1700	179	unknown
Dutch privateer in the 18th century. Sold one of the prizes he captured, together with Jan Lens, ...
George Lowther	unknown	1720	181	1723
an 18th-century English pirate who, although little is known of his life, was active in the Carib...
Maria Lindsey	1700 ca	1720	183	1760+
a pirate in the early 18th century who with her husband, Eric Cobham, practiced piracy in the Gul...