Category: Privateers

Categories: Military History | Pirates | Occupations by Name

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A privateer or "corsair" was a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign vessels during wartime.

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English Privateers (0, 13, 1)

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Charles Mary Wentworth Privacy Level: Open (White)
Dolphin Privacy Level: Open (White)
Duke of Kent Privacy Level: Open (White)
Liverpool Packet Privacy Level: Open (White)
Lord Spencer Privacy Level: Open (White)
Minerva Privacy Level: Open (White)
Nelson Privacy Level: Open (White)
Retaliation Privacy Level: Open (White)
Rolla Privacy Level: Open (White)
Rover Privacy Level: Open (White)
Sir John Sherbrooke Privacy Level: Open (White)

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A

13 Jun 1753 Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut - 23 Mar 1840
01 Apr 1760 Voluntown, Windham, Connecticut Colony - 26 Feb 1843

B

02 Nov 1740 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
05 Sep 1749 Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 30 Dec 1831
05 Nov 1727 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts - aft 30 Nov 1798
31 Jan 1784 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia Colony - abt 1828
abt 02 Feb 1782 Liverpool, Nova Scotia Colony - 24 Nov 1863
14 Sep 1778 Liverpool, Nova Scotia Colony - 12 May 1851
21 Feb 1776 Liverpool, Nova Scotia - 03 Aug 1824 photo
abt 24 Aug 1786 - bef 15 Nov 1818
19 Sep 1777 Liverpool NS
26 Nov 1750 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts - 11 Aug 1826 photo
abt 1608 London, England - bef 18 Nov 1656 photo
04 Nov 1763 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 07 Mar 1824 photo

C

19 Jun 1757 Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony - 14 Mar 1837
01 Dec 1790 Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 16 Jan 1813
abt 1775 - bef 1813
05 Sep 1774 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia Colony - 18 Nov 1871 photo
26 Oct 1754 Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 24 Apr 1834

D

17 Mar 1744 Coram, Suffolk, New York - 14 Apr 1802
17 Oct 1734 Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay - 27 Jan 1787
1760 Nova Scotia, Canada
14 Sep 1787 Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia Colony - 10 Jun 1855
28 Aug 1736 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 07 Aug 1822
29 Sep 1777 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine - 28 Nov 1850 photo

F

abt 02 Jan 1763 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia - 16 Mar 1801
29 Nov 1765 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia - 08 May 1837 photo
20 Feb 1754 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America - abt 1840
02 May 1774 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia
19 Feb 1770 - 16 Aug 1799
10 Aug 1770 Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia Colony - 15 Feb 1834
15 Apr 1775 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia Colony - 25 Sep 1842

G

13 Apr 1750 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Kingdom of France - 29 Apr 1829 photo
abt 1750 - bef Nov 1799
04 Jul 1761 Dutchess County, New York - 10 Sep 1846 photo

H

14 Feb 1731 Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony - aft Aug 1781
abt 18 Aug 1740 Lincolnshire, England - Jul 1819
abt 1662
abt 1704 Carolina

K

1740 East Harwich, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 12 Dec 1794 photo
abt 1768 - 08 May 1835

L

27 Dec 1750 Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 20 Dec 1838
02 Feb 1755 Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - abt 28 Feb 1822

M

03 Sep 1724 Newport, Rhode Island - 12 Nov 1785
18 Jan 1696 Princess Anne, Virginia - 24 Feb 1768
1735 Newport, Rhode Island - 1795
28 Sep 1742 Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 1793

N

abt 1751 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1834

P

16 May 1760 Yarmouth, Massachusetts - 18 Sep 1843

P cont.

bef 1771 Nova Scotia Colony - 27 Oct 1805
abt 1563 Southampton, Hampshire, England - 24 Sep 1618
abt 1714 England - 1801
24 Feb 1734 Norwich, New London, Connecticut - 09 May 1812 photo
abt 1767 - Jul 1794

R

01 Mar 1755 East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island - 25 May 1841
27 Nov 1787 St. Mary's County, Maryland - 06 Jun 1853 photo
abt 1615 Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland - 1662 photo
24 May 1748 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 07 Mar 1784
14 Feb 1750 Rush, County Dublin, Ireland - 18 Jun 1789

S

18 Nov 1735 Bristol, Rhode Island - 27 Mar 1817
31 Aug 1787 Saint John, New Brunswick - 14 Feb 1869
26 Mar 1739 Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine (Massachusetts Bay), New England - 30 Jan 1832
abt 1736 Newport, Rhode Island - 22 Mar 1781
11 Jul 1762 Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Colony - 13 Nov 1847 photo
12 Dec 1773 Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France - 08 Jul 1827 photo

T

1763 South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island - 11 Apr 1839
02 Aug 1756 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - 28 Mar 1835
11 Aug 1751 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - 20 Sep 1796
24 Dec 1760 Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut - 11 Dec 1836

W

abt 1782
abt 1647 Stepney Parish, London, England - abt 1695
bef 31 Jan 1697 Hollington, Sussex, England - abt 1744 photo
abt 1755 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1782




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