Thomas Collins (pirate)

It was captured by pirates under John Ireland and Richard Bobbington and cruised against Moors in the Indian Ocean for several years.

[b] Working with pirate trader Abraham Samuel at his Port Dauphin settlement, they captured the ship Prophet Daniel, among whose crew was future New York City alderman and mayor John Cruger.

[5] Collins may have returned with them, as he was next listed as carpenter of the Degrave, a ship which left England in early 1701 but was lost off Madagascar that June.

[6] Collins joined the crew of pirate George Booth and helped him capture the Speaker late that year.

Abraham Samuel had died the previous year and Collins took over his settlement and trading post, remaining there for over a decade.