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Edward “Capt.” Thache Sr. Edward “Blackbeard” Thache Jr. Elizabeth [neé: ?] Thache (mother) Elizabeth Thache Valescure (sister) Elizabeth Thache Barham (possible daughter) Henry Barham, Botanist Dr. Henry Barham Jr. Lucretia Poquet Maverly Ethel Thache Cox Thache of Spanish Town and Kingston Jane Teache, slave of Kingston, Jamaica Rachel [Ann?] Thache [Smith?] Thomas Thache, mariner Capt. Tudor Trevor of HMS Windsor Capt. (later Vice-Admiral) Edward Vernon Daniel Axtell Dr. William Axtell of Port Royal William Axtell of Spanish Town Gov. Lord Archibald Hamilton of Jamaica Thomas Cox of St. Catherine’s Parish David Herriot Stede Bonnet of Barbados |
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Biography Shelf: The people listed below may not appear as a comprehensive list of pirates. They are actually a list of the people who had a direct influence on Edward “Blackbeard” Thache’s life. |
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Benjamin Hornigold of Eleuthera, the Bahamas Henry Jennings of Bermuda and Jamaica Israel Hands Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla Capt. Vincent Pearse of HMS Phoenix Thomas Barrow of Jamaica Gov. Benjamin Bennet of Bermuda Gov. Robert Johnson of South Carolina Gov. Francis Nicholson of South Carolina Gov. Charles Eden of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood of Virginia James Robins William Howard (quarter master for Hornigold, then Thache on QAR) Tobias Knight, Secretary and Customs Collector Capt. Ellis Brand of HMS Lyme Caesar Nathaniel Mist (aka “Capt. Charles Johnson”) Daniel DeFoe |
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Other supporting players: Dr. Thomas Stuart of Spanish Town Noah Delanney, Assemblyman for St. Catherine Gov. Nicholas Trott of London and the Bahamas Gov. Read Elding of the Bahamas Thomas Walker family of the Bahamas Capt. Matthew Musson John Vickers of Bermuda and Virginia Richard, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merion John Graves, Customs Collector at the Bahamas Nicholas Trott, Admiralty Court Judge Col. William Rhett of South Carolina William Bell of Bath County, North Carolina Gale Family of North Carolina and Bahamas Boston News-Letter Board of Trade and Plantations (1696) Richard Tookerman Ignatius Pell Laureano de Torres y Ayala (1645–1722), Marquis of Casa Torres Capt. Don Juan del Valle Vassals of Carolina, Barbados, and Jamaica Captain Thomas Porter of Boston
The Family of Cape Fear’s Brunswick Town: Edward Moseley of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London Maurice Moore and Moores of Goose Creek, SC Jeremiah Vail of Boston John Porter and Porters of Virginia
Pirates and players of Sailing East: Olivier LeVasseur de la Buse Jeremiah Cocklyn Edward England Edward Congdon (other page) Richard Taylor Jasper Seager John, James, or William Plantain Hans Burgen and James Deer or Deering Adm. Thomas Mathews Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Menezes (1689-1742), 5th Count of Ericeira and 1st Marquis of Louriçal Guelderland - Vierge de Cap, aka Nossa Senhora do Cabo James McRae of Cassandra Richard Lazenby Jakob de Bucquoy Mid. Clement Downing Capt. Richard Kirby and 1st mate John Barnes Cassandra Greenwich Betsimisaraka of Madagascar Gov. Joseph de Beauvoilier de Courchant Gov. Pierre Benoît Dumas Gyles Neal Lt. Robert of Fort Dauphin Capt. Guillaume Hais of La Victorieux HMS Lion, Exeter, Salisbury, and Shoreham
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Significant Events: War of the Spanish Succession or Queen Anne’s War King George I’s Act of Grace of September 5, 1717 Resumption Bills Founding of Proprietary Colonies of Carolina and the Bahamas Lowell Newton’s “Juan Esteban de Ubilla and the Flota of 1715” About the Spanish Wrecks on the Coast of Florida—Hurricane of 1715 |
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Other privateers/pirates: Jack Rackham John Augur/Augier Anne Bonny Jonathan Barnet of Jamaica Edward James James Wills, Samuel Liddell, Charles Vane, and James Carnegie Daniel Stillwell Joseph Eels, quartermaster for Capt. Leigh Ashworth Allen Bernard, quartermaster for Capt. Henry Jennings Thomas Barrow of the “Flying Gang” on New Providence Porter brothers of the Bahamas and South Carolina Othniel Davis of the Bahamas and South Carolina |
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While the many passages above may appear in Quest for Blackbeard, the history and genealogies of all known pirates will be explored in similar depth in Brooks’ Dictionary of Pyrate Biography, to be published later this year! Brooks has over 35 years of experience in genealogical research, has worked as a professional genealogist, and lately studied in the Maritime Studies Program at East Carolina University.
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