Josiah Burgess

His crew then paddled out of hiding, taking the Navy sailors’ small boat and capturing all of them, leaving the warships undermanned.

Alongside Benjamin Hornigold and Henry Jennings, Burgess was among the most influential pirates in Nassau in early 1717.

Captain Vincent Pearse of HMS Phoenix sailed to the Caribbean in March 1718 to deliver the news.

[4] In order to receive the King's Pardon, Burgess sailed his sloop Providence to Charles Town, planning to bring trade goods back to the Bahamas.

[3] Burgess himself returned to Nassau where Rogers employed him as a Justice of the Vice-Admiralty Court and a privateer.