Speaker 1: Family. For most of us, it's who we grew up
Speaker 1: with and those we visit during the holidays. Others spent
Speaker 1: a bit more time together working day today in a
Speaker 1: family run business. For John and Pierre Lafitte, smuggling and
Speaker 1: piracy made them a tidy fortune in Louisiana and Texas
Speaker 1: while being able to hang out as brothers. And we've
Speaker 1: learned about the O'Malley's successful piracy business in Ireland, but
Speaker 1: neither family were outliers. In the late fifteenth century, three men, Kazir,
Speaker 1: Orick and Ishak, became pirates for the Ottoman Empire. Being Muslim,
Speaker 1: they had grown tired of the harassment and raids from
Speaker 1: the hospitallers, a Christian military order, and other Christian crusaders.
Speaker 1: When the Spanish crowns had taken nearly all land previously
Speaker 1: under Muslim rule, the decision to join bands of privateers
Speaker 1: or pirates for higher was easy. The last stronghold, Granada
Speaker 1: fell in January of four two, causing Jewish and Muslim
Speaker 1: settlers to flee to avoid persecution. Aside from raiding ships
Speaker 1: oric fairy Jewish and Muslim people to North Africa, where
Speaker 1: he hoped that they would find safety. The people he
Speaker 1: transported called him Baba Orik. Europeans thought they said Barbarossa,
Speaker 1: and the name stuck. By fifteen o four, he and
Speaker 1: Kazir operated from the island of Jerba. The brothers asked
Speaker 1: for Abu Abdala Mohammed the Fourth's permission to use the
Speaker 1: port at Latoulette. The ruler agreed in exchange for one
Speaker 1: third of their plunder. They captured a Sicilian warship full
Speaker 1: of Spanish soldiers on their way to Naples, a Spanish
Speaker 1: colony at the time. In fifteen o five, the brothers
Speaker 1: expanded their raids to Spanish and Portuguese shipping operations. Ishak
Speaker 1: joined his brothers in fifteen o nine. After several battles
Speaker 1: and raids, the Barbarossa brothers earned a reputation as fierce warriors,
Speaker 1: taking twenty three ships in a single month. When the
Speaker 1: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire died in fifteen fifteen, the
Speaker 1: trio led the new regime and headed back to North Africa.
Speaker 1: They continued their fights against the Spanish and also fought
Speaker 1: against other Europeans looking to claim coastal territories. The Spanish
Speaker 1: continued to lose land share and fled to Pennan Island
Speaker 1: off the coast of Algiers. Many wrote to Spain's King,
Speaker 1: Charles the Fifth, asking for help removing the Barbarossa brothers
Speaker 1: from North Africa. So the king sent forces to take
Speaker 1: back Algiers. Although the brothers fought valiantly, Oric and Ishak
Speaker 1: both died in battle. Spain reclaimed the land in fifteen eighteen.
Speaker 1: Kazir continued with his brother's mission. His large following of
Speaker 1: pirates called him hey Redden, which meant goodness of the faith.
Speaker 1: It took him another five years to accomplish his brother's work.
Speaker 1: In fifteen twenty three, he and his men drove out
Speaker 1: the hospitallers that harassed and raided Muslim ships. Hey Reddin
Speaker 1: Barbarossa continued his raids against the Spanish for years to come.
Speaker 1: He retired from piracy in fifteen forty five, leaving his
Speaker 1: son to carry on the family business. But family isn't
Speaker 1: relegated to just genetics and blood. Sometimes it's the people
Speaker 1: who enter our lives in any random encounter who change everything.
Speaker 1: We build on the relationship and it weathers a lifetime.
Speaker 1: The bond and connection become so powerful we forge new families.
Speaker 1: We often envisioned pirates as ruthless individuals, lone wolves who
Speaker 1: turn their backs on family for a chance at treasure
Speaker 1: and adventure. And while that might be true for a few,
Speaker 1: there are countless stories of those who discovered that love
Speaker 1: ran deeper than the very seas they sailed. I'm Aaron
Speaker 1: Manky and welcome two pirates. When Sam Bellamy left his
Speaker 1: beloved Mary to seek his fortune, we know he didn't
Speaker 1: do it alone. And William Kidd managed to have a
Speaker 1: wife and family while being a pirate. Kid hunted close
Speaker 1: to home, which allowed him to returned frequently and helped
Speaker 1: raise his children. The riches he plundered afforded the family
Speaker 1: a lavish lifestyle in a mansion on what we now
Speaker 1: know as Wall Street. Other pirates weren't as fortunate as Kid, though.
Speaker 1: Captains often forbid women aboard ships, believing in the superstition
Speaker 1: that they brought bad luck. At the very least, they
Speaker 1: considered women a distraction his crew couldn't afford. Not all captains,
Speaker 1: though some brought their wives or mistresses aboard. In the
Speaker 1: British Navy, for example, captain's wives often cared for the
Speaker 1: young sailors acting as nurses or mothers to the men,
Speaker 1: and of course there were women pirates. Often they hid
Speaker 1: their femininity to join a crew. These women had little
Speaker 1: to lose, after all, without a husband or family to
Speaker 1: help support them, many took to a life at sea
Speaker 1: in disguise. Others had no intention of hiding who they were.
Speaker 1: Most pirates, however, were men, and those without families, or
Speaker 1: at least family ties, spent years at sea. While they
Speaker 1: visited brothels at port, they usually didn't bond with the
Speaker 1: women they spent time and money on. Instead, they built
Speaker 1: a bond with their fellow crewmen. In the world of piracy,
Speaker 1: this type of bond was called mate lettage. For some,
Speaker 1: the relationship was intimate and sexual. For others, it was
Speaker 1: purely a fraternal bond. In both cases, though the men
Speaker 1: often built relationships far stronger than those with their wives
Speaker 1: or family back home. Pirates took to the act of
Speaker 1: mate lettage as seriously as any other legal contract too.
Speaker 1: If one of the men died, the surviving sailor inherited
Speaker 1: the prizes and belongings his partner owned. When Francois Lalonious
Speaker 1: attacked Venezuela in sixteen sixty six. His crew suffered heavy casualties,
Speaker 1: but he honored the mate lettage between his men and
Speaker 1: gave his crewmen their deceased partner's share of the bounty. Generally,
Speaker 1: a younger man entered into a legal contract with an
Speaker 1: older crewmatee the allegiance could be advantageous, especially with officers
Speaker 1: on board. For example, privateer commander George Shelvock lobbied for
Speaker 1: his partner's promotion from ship boy to first mate. However,
Speaker 1: the men complained about the new first mate's inability to
Speaker 1: perform his duties, leading to speculation of how he'd gone
Speaker 1: from pouring their wine to becoming an officer in just
Speaker 1: a matter of days. Robert Culifford served with Captain Kidd
Speaker 1: in the late sixteen eighties. Kid eventually became captain and
Speaker 1: Culifford staged a mutiny against him. Needless to say, the
Speaker 1: two parted ways on less than favorable terms. Culifford went
Speaker 1: on to sail with John Swan. The two formed a
Speaker 1: romantic partnership during their time in prison together in sixteen
Speaker 1: two and sixteen ninety six. After they regained their freedom,
Speaker 1: the men lived together on St. Mary Island, just off
Speaker 1: the coast of Madagascar. The relationship ended when Culifford made
Speaker 1: amend's with kid and left to continue raids in the
Speaker 1: Indian Ocean. Swan did not resume piracy and relocated to Madagascar.
Speaker 1: When the men decided to take a part in for piracy,
Speaker 1: the men met once again. There would be no reigniting
Speaker 1: their relationship, though Swan left for Barbados and the two
Speaker 1: never crossed paths again, and in a matte lettage between
Speaker 1: Francis Hood and John Bebis, the agreement state of the
Speaker 1: survivor would become the other's beneficiary in the case of death.
Speaker 1: Nearing the end of his pirating career, Bartholomew Roberts worked
Speaker 1: his way down to the west coast of Africa. He
Speaker 1: and George Wilson, a young surgeon aboard one of his ships,
Speaker 1: engaged in an intense and profoundly intimate relationship, even pledging
Speaker 1: a suicide pact together in the event of capture. I
Speaker 1: suppose my point is this true to their rebel nature.
Speaker 1: Pirates made families and created bonds in ways that pushed
Speaker 1: the boundaries of their social climate. But when it comes
Speaker 1: to family and bonds created at sea, there was one
Speaker 1: trio in particular who were practically legendary. Given her escapades
Speaker 1: as a pirate, it comes as no surprise, and Cormick's
Speaker 1: entire life was nothing short of scandalous. Her father, William,
Speaker 1: was a successful lawyer, and his wife came from an
Speaker 1: affluent family. Ann's mother, Mary Brennan, served as the couple's
Speaker 1: hired help. In the seventeenth century, society had two acceptable
Speaker 1: courses for women who became pregnant by their married employer,
Speaker 1: give the child away and fire the maid, or raised
Speaker 1: the child and fire the maid. William, however, did neither. Instead,
Speaker 1: the Cormicks divorced, and William earned a generous allowance from
Speaker 1: his ex wife, well until she found out that he
Speaker 1: had moved in with his mistress and their child without funds,
Speaker 1: and with his reputation ruined, he relocated his new family
Speaker 1: to Charleston, which back then was called Charles Town. There,
Speaker 1: William established a successful trading business. He made enough to
Speaker 1: buy a plantation and afford an equality education designed to
Speaker 1: teach her how to marry well and fit into upper
Speaker 1: class society. Ann's mother caught typhoid and died just after
Speaker 1: Anne turned thirteen. The family dynamics changed after that, and
Speaker 1: father and daughter rarely saw I to ie by all account,
Speaker 1: and had a temper once she set a fire on
Speaker 1: the plantation. Stories circulate that she may have also stabbed
Speaker 1: a servant and beat a would be rapist so severely
Speaker 1: that he required hospitalization. William betrothed his young and troublesome
Speaker 1: daughter to a wealthy merchant and refused, choosing to run
Speaker 1: off and marry James Bonnie, a poor sailor and occasional pirate.
Speaker 1: William allegedly disowned his daughter for the disobedience. In seventeen eighteen,
Speaker 1: the newly weds moved to Nassau, exposing and to the
Speaker 1: pirate life in all its glory. That same year, Governor
Speaker 1: Woods Rogers arrived and James began working with him as
Speaker 1: an informant. And disapproved of her husband's new career, and
Speaker 1: spent her time in the local pubs with the very
Speaker 1: pirates that her husband sought to turn in. Reportedly and
Speaker 1: seduced many pirates, but of all the men who caught
Speaker 1: her eye, one in particular was her favorite. Accounts say
Speaker 1: that sparks flew when she met Captain Jack Rackham. Most
Speaker 1: knew him simply as Calico Jack for the colorful clothing
Speaker 1: that had become his calling card. He had been one
Speaker 1: of the pirates who had taken the governor's pardon. He
Speaker 1: fell deeply in love with Anne and wanted her to
Speaker 1: leave James and sail away with him. He had gladly
Speaker 1: returned piracy if she joined him. Calico Jack even offered
Speaker 1: James money to divorce her. The offer didn't sit well
Speaker 1: with James, though, and he threatened to beat the pirates
Speaker 1: if he ever came near his wife again. But it
Speaker 1: would take more than a beating or mere threat to
Speaker 1: keep Calico Jack in an apart. The affair continued, and
Speaker 1: in seventeen twenty, and agreed to leave Nassau, choosing to
Speaker 1: live a life at sea with a pirate, then stay
Speaker 1: with a man who hunted them, and began her pirate
Speaker 1: life helping Jack raid merchant vessels off the coast of Jamaica.
Speaker 1: They weren't picky about the nationality of the ships they attacked,
Speaker 1: and not only created ingenious plans for raids, but she
Speaker 1: also fought alongside the rest of the crew on board
Speaker 1: and lived very much like a woman during raids, though
Speaker 1: she dressed like the men, with her red hair pulled
Speaker 1: back and tucked under a hat, she wielded a sword
Speaker 1: and carried pistols in a sash. She could fight and
Speaker 1: swear as well as any man on the ship. Some
Speaker 1: of the crew have voiced their displeasure with Ann's presence,
Speaker 1: despite her worth, women on boats were bad luck after all,
Speaker 1: and in this instance the superstition proved true for one
Speaker 1: of the crew and stabbed a man who voiced his
Speaker 1: displeasure right through the heart. Not one of the crew
Speaker 1: objected after that. Raid after raid, and stood by Jack's side,
Speaker 1: and word of a female pirate reached the colonies. By
Speaker 1: the summer of seventeen twenty, the Boston Gazette warned the
Speaker 1: readers that Anne Bonnie and the crew aboard the William
Speaker 1: were incredibly violent, as you might imagine. News of her
Speaker 1: escapades reached Nassau as well. Woods Rogers took note of
Speaker 1: his friend James's humiliation and declared Anne and Calico Jack
Speaker 1: enemies of Britain. But at that time the governor and
Speaker 1: his informant were unaware of a third notorious pirate aboard
Speaker 1: the William. In fact, even Calico Jack had no idea
Speaker 1: of the interlopers existence. Sources vary on how Mary Reid
Speaker 1: became part of the Williams crew. We know that Mary
Speaker 1: Reid's mother married a sailor and the two had a son.
Speaker 1: When the sailor disappeared at sea, he left his wife
Speaker 1: and child without a means to support themselves. The sailor's
Speaker 1: family had some money and at least a place to stay.
Speaker 1: Things took a turn there, however. She became pregnant during
Speaker 1: a brief love affair and went to live with friends
Speaker 1: until she gave birth. Tragedy struck when Mary's brother died,
Speaker 1: leaving her mother with a problem. She disguised Mary as
Speaker 1: the son for a while, effectively fooling her late husband's family.
Speaker 1: The plan worked, and the mother in law was none
Speaker 1: the wiser. Mary's grandmother left everything to them when she died.
Speaker 1: The inheritance didn't last though. To earn money, Mary continued
Speaker 1: dressing as a boy to secure work. At thirteen, she
Speaker 1: found work on a British man o war. During her service,
Speaker 1: she fell in love with the Flemish soldier. The two
Speaker 1: married and moved to the Netherlands and bought an inn.
Speaker 1: Mary soon became a widow, though she returned to disguising
Speaker 1: herself as a man and working on merchant ships, eventually
Speaker 1: finding her way to the West Indies. Pirates attacked the
Speaker 1: ship and gave the crew a choice become one of
Speaker 1: them or die. Mary, who went by the name Mark Reid,
Speaker 1: chose piracy. When Wood's rogers offered a pardon, she accepted
Speaker 1: it and then became a privateer. Life as a privateer
Speaker 1: didn't suit her, though, and so in seventeen twenty she
Speaker 1: joined the crew aboard the William. Anne befriended the new
Speaker 1: pirates and, as the story goes, tried to seduce him.
Speaker 1: Mary had little choice except to let Anne in on
Speaker 1: her secret. Instead of turning her in, Anne kept quiet,
Speaker 1: and their friendship only deepened. The two became inseparable, and
Speaker 1: Calico Jack noticed the bond. In a fit of jealousy,
Speaker 1: he threatened to cut Mark's throat. Anne stepped in and
Speaker 1: told him the truth. Mark was actually Mary. Now there
Speaker 1: were two women on board the William. On raids, they
Speaker 1: fought side by side, cursing and swinging a sword or
Speaker 1: firing pistols, as well as any of the other crew.
Speaker 1: The women's ferocity in battle became legendary. All that summer,
Speaker 1: the crew raided ships earning them a sizeable profit. A
Speaker 1: short time afterward, they came across the schooner. The crew
Speaker 1: screamed and waved their weapons to intimidate their victims into
Speaker 1: a quick surrender. When the other crew refused, though, Calico
Speaker 1: Jack ordered an attack. Ann and Mary led the crew
Speaker 1: as they boarded the schooner. The raid knighted the pirates
Speaker 1: fifty rolls of tobacco. Two days later, they released the
Speaker 1: schooner's crew barely scathed. The crew felt invincible with so
Speaker 1: many profitable raids, and a celebration was in order. The
Speaker 1: festivities began on October twenty two. By nightfall, most of
Speaker 1: the crew became so intoxicated that standing upright proved the challenge.
Speaker 1: And and Mary, however, remained sober. The idea that the
Speaker 1: entire might be too drunk to stand watch and defend
Speaker 1: the ship made them nervous. Over the past several months,
Speaker 1: their raids meant that they had a high bounty on
Speaker 1: their heads. While the rest of the crew retired below
Speaker 1: to sleep off the alcohol, the women stood watch on deck.
Speaker 1: Around midnight, a sloop sailed toward them, And and Mary
Speaker 1: recognized the ship as one of the Governor's vessels. They
Speaker 1: shouted for the crew below. Although drunk, Caligo Jack and
Speaker 1: a few others managed to make it to the deck.
Speaker 1: The captain aboard the sloop fired at the William, damaging it. Outgunned, outmanned,
Speaker 1: and taking damage. Calico Jack surrendered, and and Mary, though
Speaker 1: refused to do the same. Covering each other's backs and
Speaker 1: firing off the governor's men, They managed to injure quite
Speaker 1: a few of them before ultimately being overpowered. After their
Speaker 1: guilty verdicts, the crew awaited sentencing behind bars. One by one,
Speaker 1: the men were hanged, and and Mary, both pregnant at
Speaker 1: the time, had a stay of execution until they gave birth.
Speaker 1: Mary died of a fever, probably during child birth. What
Speaker 1: happened to Anne is still a mystery. Some say that
Speaker 1: she died on the island, while others claim that her
Speaker 1: father came to her rescue. But one rumor, and probably
Speaker 1: the most popular of the bunch, is that Anne managed
Speaker 1: to escape and went on to find yet another family
Speaker 1: within the colonies. There she settled down, married and had children,
Speaker 1: and lived out the rest of her days. Tortuga's governor,
Speaker 1: Jean Levasseur, had a problem shared with every New World
Speaker 1: colony in North and South America. The lack of women
Speaker 1: throughout many colonies. Early years, the most initial expeditions and
Speaker 1: settlements consisted of men and boys. New worlds could be dangerous,
Speaker 1: and the men thought fragile women should stay behind until
Speaker 1: the colony proved safe. They believe women couldn't survive in
Speaker 1: a harsh new environment, at least no respectable women. Of course,
Speaker 1: they couldn't grow a population without them, though. Between sixteen
Speaker 1: sixty three and sixteen seventy three, King Louis the fourteenth
Speaker 1: put out a call for women who might be willing
Speaker 1: to relocate to the colonies. He referred to those who
Speaker 1: accepted the offer as fielduis or the King's daughters. Sponsorship
Speaker 1: included clothing, travel, recruitment fees, and a small allowance. All told,
Speaker 1: the money wasn't much. Poor women and orphaned girls were
Speaker 1: the most likely to apply. Years later, Bessieur followed the
Speaker 1: same path as King Louis, but not for the same reasons.
Speaker 1: Growing the population didn't matter as much to the governor
Speaker 1: as ridding the island of pirates. Blatant display of mate lettage.
Speaker 1: Tortuga openly welcomed pirates, most of which belonged to the
Speaker 1: Brethren of the coast. Pirates offered protection from Spain in
Speaker 1: exchange for a percentage of their bounty and the use
Speaker 1: of the port. The French and Spanish had fought over
Speaker 1: the island for years, primarily due to the port's location.
Speaker 1: The French found Tortuga invaluable in gaining a foothold in Hispaniola.
Speaker 1: Buccaneers and those pirates belonging to the Brea They're another
Speaker 1: coast weren't fond of the Spanish, which made the deal
Speaker 1: beneficial for the French and the pirates. Though the offer
Speaker 1: extended to the buccaneers, best Your opened the warm welcome
Speaker 1: to pirates from any nation. Knowing that pirates spent most
Speaker 1: of their time at sea, he figured the type of
Speaker 1: women needed wouldn't be someone looking to settle down and
Speaker 1: raised children. Best Your requested that France sent him two
Speaker 1: thousand women willing to work in the sex trade. The
Speaker 1: women arrived and quickly set up shop. Surely, Vasseur thought
Speaker 1: to himself, the men's affections and bonds with each other
Speaker 1: would end now that they had an abundance of available women,
Speaker 1: and to an extent, the plan worked. Some of the
Speaker 1: pirates even married the women, creating a traditional family unit.
Speaker 1: But then Vasser learned those pirates had opened their marriage
Speaker 1: to include their partners from their time at sea. Each
Speaker 1: woman enjoyed the love and affection along with all the
Speaker 1: other marital benefits with both men, and those men continued
Speaker 1: to enjoy each other as well, just as they had before.
Speaker 1: They had in fact formed a polyamorous relationship, which meant
Speaker 1: that Vasseur's attempt to quell their matallettage had backfired rather spectacularly.
Speaker 1: If you came into today's episode thinking of pirates as
Speaker 1: loveless adventurers who needed no one but the sea, I
Speaker 1: hope our journey today helped you learn some new valuable lessons. Clearly,
Speaker 1: even pirates need love, and family was often at the
Speaker 1: core of their life at sea, which is why it
Speaker 1: was easy to track down one more tale of pirate love.
Speaker 1: My crewmate Ali Steed is ready to tell you all
Speaker 1: about it right after this brief sponsor break. Well, we've
Speaker 1: mainly focused on romantic relationships. Bonds between pirates were frequently
Speaker 1: platonic and brotherly, such was the case with Paul's Grave
Speaker 1: Williams and Sam Bellamy, who we heard about in an
Speaker 1: earlier episode, mostly focusing on Bellamy's history. The two seemed
Speaker 1: an odd parrot. First. Williams came from a wealthy and
Speaker 1: very influential Boston family. They owned a mansion and several
Speaker 1: other estates in Newport, Rhode Island, and Block Island. His
Speaker 1: father worked as a prominent lawyer and successful merchant, while
Speaker 1: his mother came from a wealthy Harvard trained physicians family.
Speaker 1: Her lineage could be traced back to the Plantagenets, a
Speaker 1: dynasty that ruled England before the Wars of the Roses.
Speaker 1: Williams was just eleven when his father died, hardly penniless,
Speaker 1: most of life went on as usual. His mother even
Speaker 1: remarried a family friend two years later, and they moved
Speaker 1: to Block Island permanently. Robert Guthrie, Williams's new stepfather, had
Speaker 1: ties to smugglers and money launderers within the New England's
Speaker 1: black market. His sister even went on to marry a
Speaker 1: friend of Captain Kidd and occasionally brought home various contraband
Speaker 1: Their lifestyle allowed Williams to gain valuable insight into moving
Speaker 1: and selling stolen goods while collecting the highest profit. Williams
Speaker 1: lived with his wife, Elizabeth and their three children, ranging
Speaker 1: from ages eight to seventeen, in a lovely home in Newburyport.
Speaker 1: He had done well for himself, and yet he wanted more.
Speaker 1: In contrast, the younger Bellamy was a poor sailor without
Speaker 1: a wife or any other family to speak of. Though
Speaker 1: there were stark differences between them, the men shared a
Speaker 1: strong desire for success and wealth for their own reasons.
Speaker 1: Of course, Ever, the businessman Williams carefully plotted out a
Speaker 1: scheme to meet his lofty goals. He could front the
Speaker 1: money now. All he needed was a partner who knew
Speaker 1: the seas. Bellamy's tenacity, charm, and intelligence ticked all the boxes.
Speaker 1: The two started off hunting for gold from a wrecked
Speaker 1: Spanish vessel off the Florida coast that had been carrying
Speaker 1: unimaginable treasure. While Bellamy and Williams didn't find the riches
Speaker 1: they initially sought, they embarked on a journey worth much more.
Speaker 1: Along the way, the two formed a close bond as
Speaker 1: strong as any brothers. The men went on to raid
Speaker 1: other ships. As we've already learned, Williams may have had
Speaker 1: the business sense and the money to front their adventure,
Speaker 1: but Bellamy took it to the next level, raiding small
Speaker 1: ships and eventually forging an alliance with the formidable captain
Speaker 1: Benjamin Hornegold. The older Williams followed Bellamy's lead in just
Speaker 1: about everything, including stripping naked with the other crew members
Speaker 1: and waving their weapons at targeted ships. When Bellamy became
Speaker 1: the captain, Williams became his trusted quartermaster, and when Bellamy
Speaker 1: moved on to larger vessels, he made Williams a captain
Speaker 1: and gave him his first ship. The two made every
Speaker 1: decision together. After taking in one of the most successful
Speaker 1: bounties of their career, they decided to return home briefly.
Speaker 1: Williams would sell off their bounty and see his family,
Speaker 1: while Bellamy would wed marry the girl he'd left behind
Speaker 1: to earn his fortune. With the Marian and the wide
Speaker 1: a loaded with treasure, the men sat together one last time.
Speaker 1: They agreed to meet on Block Island if they became
Speaker 1: separated during their journey. Of course, as we know, the
Speaker 1: two men lost sight of each other pretty quickly. Williams
Speaker 1: arrived days later, unaware of his partner and friend's demise
Speaker 1: off the cape. When Bellamy didn't show. With the predetermined
Speaker 1: to look cation, Williams headed to Block Island as planned.
Speaker 1: While there, he visited his sisters and mother, and he
Speaker 1: likely sent for his wife and children in Newburyport. A
Speaker 1: month passed before he heard the news of his friend's death.
Speaker 1: Williams arrived at the location where the Wida went down.
Speaker 1: Maybe he'd come to salvage what he could from their
Speaker 1: spectacular hall, but perhaps he had made the journey to
Speaker 1: say goodbye to his pirate brother before leaving for Nassau
Speaker 1: once more. Months later, the Marian shambled into the harbor,
Speaker 1: looking worse for where. Fellow pirates gathered around the port,
Speaker 1: waiting for Bellamy and Williams to appear. They were inseparable
Speaker 1: after all, but only Williams emerged. He related the story
Speaker 1: of the Wida and his friend's demise, and how the
Speaker 1: only two survivors of the wreckage were sat in jail
Speaker 1: awaiting sentencing. Bellamy had been well liked and the news
Speaker 1: hit the pirates hard. However, Williams hadn't just come to
Speaker 1: inform them of his friend's death. He had also come
Speaker 1: to warn them the governors of New England had ships
Speaker 1: hunting Pirates up and down their coastlines. Williams's return to
Speaker 1: Nassau made him a wanted man. Now he could no
Speaker 1: longer return to New England. He had made his choice
Speaker 1: on which family to return to Paul's grave. Williams never
Speaker 1: saw his sisters, mother, wife, or children again. Pirates was
Speaker 1: executive produced by Aaron Manky and narrated by Aaron Manky
Speaker 1: and Alexandra Steid. Writing for this season was provided by
Speaker 1: Michelle Mudo, with research by Alexandra Steed and Sam Alberty.
Speaker 1: Production assistance was provided by Josh Than, Jesse Funk, Alex Williams,
Speaker 1: and Matt Frederick. To learn more about this and other
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