Captain Pound’s Company of Pirates
Captain Thomas Pound, pilot and sailing master on the “Rose” frigate; embarked from Boston in Hawkins’ boat; wounded in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove, shot in the side and arm and several bones taken out; found guilty but reprieved; sent to England where the charge was dismissed; given command of a ship, and died in 1703 in England, honored and respected.
Thomas Hawkins, son of Capt. Thomas Hawkins, a Boston privateersman, and Mary his wife; found guilty but reprieved; sent to England but on the voyage was killed in an engagement with a French privateer off Cape Sable.
Thomas Johnston, of Boston, “the limping privateer”; embarked from Boston in Hawkins’ boat; wounded in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; shot in the jaw and several bones taken out; found guilty and hanged in Boston, Jan. 27, 1690; the only one of the company who was executed.
Eleazer Buck, embarked from Boston in Hawkins’ boat; had seven holes shot through his arms in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; found guilty but pardoned on payment of twenty marks.[60]
John Siccadam, embarked from Boston in Hawkins’ boat; shot through both legs in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; found guilty but pardoned on payment of twenty marks.
Richard Griffin, of Boston, gunsmith, embarked from Boston in Hawkins’ boat; shot in the ear in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove, the bullet coming out through an eye which he lost; found guilty but pardoned on payment of twenty marks.
Benjamin Blake, a boy, who embarked from Boston in Hawkins’ boat.
Daniel Lander, came on board in a boat at Lovell’s Island, Boston harbor, and probably from the frigate “Rose”; shot through an arm in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; found guilty but pardoned on payment of twenty marks.
William Warren, came on board in a boat at Lovell’s Island, Boston harbor, and probably from the frigate “Rose”; shot in the head in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; found guilty but pardoned on payment of twenty marks.
Samuel Watts, came on board in a boat at Lovell’s Island, Boston harbor, and probably from the frigate “Rose”; found guilty but pardoned on payment of twenty marks.
William Dunn, came on board in a boat at Lovell’s Island, Boston harbor, and probably from the frigate “Rose”; found guilty but pardoned on payment of twenty marks.
Henry Dipper, a member of Governor Andros’ company of red coats, commanded by Francis Nicholson, the first English regulars to come to Massachusetts, brought over in 1686; came on board in a boat at Lovell’s Island, Boston harbor, probably from the frigate “Rose”; killed in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove or died of wounds soon after.
John Darby, a Marblehead fisherman, one of the crew of the ketch “Mary,” of Salem, captured by Pound; voluntarily joined the expedition and was killed in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; left a widow and four children living at Marblehead.
A Boy, one of the crew of the ketch “Mary,” of Salem, captured by Pound; forced to join the expedition to serve as an interpreter as he could speak French.
John Hill, a member of Governor Andros’ company of red coats, commanded by Francis Nicholson, the first English regulars to come to Massachusetts, brought over in 1686; was stationed at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Maine, where he held the rank of corporal; deserted and joined the expedition; killed in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove.
John Watkins, a soldier, one of the garrison at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Maine; deserted and joined the expedition; killed in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove.
John Lord, a soldier, one of the garrison at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Maine; deserted and joined the expedition; killed in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove.
William Neff, son of William and Mary Neff, born in 1667, in Haverhill, Mass.; his father, while in the military service against Indians, died in February, 1689, at Pemaquid, Maine; a soldier and one of the garrison at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Maine; deserted and joined the expedition; was found not guilty of piracy as it was shown that he was “enticed and deluded away from the Garrison by his corporal,” John Hill; the Court discharged him he paying for a gun belonging to the country’s store.
William Bennett, a soldier, one of the garrison at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Maine; deserted and joined the expedition; was in prison at Boston, where he may have died as he never was brought to trial.
James Daniels, a soldier, one of the garrison at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Maine; deserted and joined the expedition; killed in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove.
Richard Phips, a soldier, one of the garrison at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Maine; deserted and joined the expedition; wounded in the head in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; was in prison in Boston where he may have died as he never was brought to trial.
John Giddings, joined the expedition at York River, Virginia, was wounded in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove and imprisoned in Boston, where he may have died as he never was brought to trial.
Edward Browne, joined the expedition at York River, Virginia, and was wounded in a hand in the fight at Tarpaulin Cove; at the trial was found not guilty.