Richard Wollaston

John Smith who recorded a confrontation with an English pirate, Captain Barra and his lieutenant "Capt.

In 1617 Sir Walter Raleigh mentioned an encounter Captain Wollaston during his second trip to Guiana.

In 1624-25 Captain Wollaston brought a group of approximately thirty indentured servants led by Thomas Morton to Massachusetts, where they founded Merrymount.

Wollaston also was known for transporting workers to Cape Ann, Monhegan Island, and Virginia.

On March 18, 1626, Captain John Bennington reported to the Duke of Buckingham that Captain Wollaston had been buried the day before.

Wollaston Beach, with the Boston skyline in the background. The beach was named after Wollaston