Palsgrave
Williams
Born in Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of John Williams
and Anne (Alcock) Guthrie
Husband of
Elizabeth (Unknown) Williams
— married
about 1690 in Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Abigail (Williams) de Courcy and Palgrave Williams Jr.
Died after
after age 48
in Jamaica, West Indies
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Palsgrave Williams (active 1716-1723, first name occasionally Paul, Paulsgrave, or Palgrave) was a pirate who sailed the Caribbean, American eastern seaboard, and off West Africa. He is best known for sailing alongside Samuel Bellamy...
...Williams was soon back at sea, serving first under William Moody and then as quartermaster under his old accomplice Olivier Levasseur in 1720 off the coast of Africa. He was said to be unhappy no longer being in command, and sailors were advised to continue calling him “Captain” to get on his good side. By 1723 he had retired from piracy, settling down with a new wife to start a family again. He died peacefully years later read more at [1]
Sources
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p21909.htm#i219084
- Jessup, Harlan R., The Two Zachariah Whitmans of Milford, Connecticut, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Aug 2008) Vol. 51, No. 1, Page 43.
- He "married Elizabeth Vizard and had three children, Palgrave, John, and Abigail."
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