Regnier Tongrelow

Thought to be French or Dutch,[2] Tongrelow took advantage of privateering opportunities sparked by Queen Anne's War.

He is first recorded privateering in early 1704 when he was wounded while capturing several ships near Curacao, which he sent back to Rhode Island to be condemned.

[2] Raiding out of Bermuda and Barbados in early 1706, Penniston took several small vessels before he and Tongrelow captured most of a French convoy out of Petit-Goave.

[2] Tongrelow joined with Dutch and Jamaican privateers to attack another convoy in September 1706, again capturing the largest opponent (Monserrat Merchant) himself, which he accompanied back to New York.

[7] The exasperated Governor then assembled a three-ship flotilla to capture Tongrelow, who escaped,[5] though Burches may have been lost in the area when he failed to make a planned rendezvous.