the reverend
Landlubber
Thought id pop this down to explain why since ive been here my pirating has not been of the highest quality!
My mothers side of the family includes some seriously heavy duty sea faring stock which for modesty's sake i will not go into. I have recently been doing some research into a few of these characters and the family tree in general and have found that i have pirates in the family!
In 1757 three brothers joined with HMS Lennox (i assume they were pressed but records are so sketchy i cant be sure, havent even checked whether pressgangs were operating at the time...). They were from an area of the Yorkshire coast notorious for smuggling and were ostensibly fishermen, but were soon whisked away on HMS Lennox to the caribbean where one died from fever, one was discharged dead (no further details presumably an accident) and the third survived to return home. With his aledged smuggling career in ruins and a good deal of naval experience under his belt he set off overland for the west coast. He joined up with several other malcontents and a few months later on their first foray into piracy tried to board a small ship in the Irish Sea. Said ship turned out to be a revenue cutter and the gang were immediately clapped in irons and promptly strung up as a warning to others.
So far my piracy is about as good.
My mothers side of the family includes some seriously heavy duty sea faring stock which for modesty's sake i will not go into. I have recently been doing some research into a few of these characters and the family tree in general and have found that i have pirates in the family!
In 1757 three brothers joined with HMS Lennox (i assume they were pressed but records are so sketchy i cant be sure, havent even checked whether pressgangs were operating at the time...). They were from an area of the Yorkshire coast notorious for smuggling and were ostensibly fishermen, but were soon whisked away on HMS Lennox to the caribbean where one died from fever, one was discharged dead (no further details presumably an accident) and the third survived to return home. With his aledged smuggling career in ruins and a good deal of naval experience under his belt he set off overland for the west coast. He joined up with several other malcontents and a few months later on their first foray into piracy tried to board a small ship in the Irish Sea. Said ship turned out to be a revenue cutter and the gang were immediately clapped in irons and promptly strung up as a warning to others.
So far my piracy is about as good.