Captain William Kidd - for piracy.
Captain William Kidd - for piracy. William Kidd had been born at Dundee in Scotland around 1654. He emigrated to New York in the 1680’s where he met and married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort, a wealthy widow. Later in life he became a privateer and helped to suppress piracy in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. He is known to have commanded a ship called the “Adventure Galley” whose purpose was to capture French naval vessels and pirate ships. This mission was not greatly successful and as many of his crew were former pirates, he turned to piracy himself in order to prevent a mutiny. He also murdered a member of his crew, gunner William Moore, during an argument, by throwing a bucket at him which fractured his skull, causing his death the following day. His last act of piracy was committed against the ship “Quedagh Merchant” which was transporting gold and valuables for the British East India Company. When Kidd returned to New York on the 7th of July 1699, the New England Governor, Lord Ri