After this fight, mention of Captain Tew disappears from all contemporary sources of information save the passing allusions made by the Attorney General of New York in his report to the Earl of Bellomont (see page 93). It therefore is highly probable that there may be foundation for the statement by Captain Johnson in his “History of the Pirates,” that Captain Tew “attack’d a Ship belonging to the Great Mogul; in the Engagement, a Shot carried away the Rim of Tew’s Belly, who held his Bowels with his Hands some small Space; when he dropp’d it struck such a Terror in his men, that they suffered themselves to be taken, without making Resistance.”
FOOTNOTES
[68] Richard Tew came from Maidford, co. Northampton, England, and settled at Newport, R. I., in 1640, where he was a prominent citizen. He served as deputy and assistant and was named in the charter granted in 1663. Thomas Tew undoubtedly was his grandson. It was a well-known family in Rhode Island and highly respected.
[69] Calendar of State Papers, America and the West Indies, 1699, p. 44.
[70] Johnson, History of the Pirates, London, 1726.
[71] Calendar of State Papers, America and the West Indies, 1702-1703, p. 1014.
[72] Calendar of State Papers, America and West Indies, 1702-1703, p. 237.
[73] Calendar of State Papers, America and West Indies, 1697-1698, p. 860.
[74] Ibid., 1697-1698, p. 473.
[75] Calendar of State Papers, America and West Indies, 1697-1698, p. 587.