Samuel Burgess

He arrived in April, bought a house and took on a job with Frederick Philipse, New York's wealthiest merchant.

Over the next few years Burgess made many profitable voyages to Madagascar selling supplies and guns to pirates in exchange for gold and slaves.

Captain Lowth of the East India Company, seized Burgess' ship and took it to Bombay.

The owners of the Margaret brought suit against the East India Company[2] and Burgess was taken to London around 1701 and accused of piracy.

When a sudden storm wrecked the pirates' ships, Burgess helped John Halsey seize the Neptune.