Davita kidd biography of william

In the 16th and 17th centuries, privateers enjoyed a successful trade around the world. Privateer ships were warships that were privately owned, but had government permission to attack enemy ships.

The privateer would then share any booty with the government.

Captain Kidd can be said to be the most unfortunate pirate ever to sail the high seas! For it was his bad luck to sail as a privateer/pirate just when the rules changed and the privateer/pirate became an outlaw.

William Kidd was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1654, the son of John Kidd a seaman, and his wife Bessie Butchart.

Davita kidd biography of william

He became a sea captain, his first ship being the Antigua. He emigrated to New York in the 1680’s where he met and married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort, a wealthy widow.

During the war between England and France in the 1690’s, Kidd became a successful privateer in charge of the vessel Blessed William, defending American and English trade routes with the West Indies.

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