A Dutch coasting pilot of Boston.
In 1674 appointed chief pilot to the Curacao privateer Flying Horse, and sailed along the coast of Maine and as far north as the St. John River. Afterwards attacked and plundered several small English craft occupied in bartering furs with the Indians. Condemned to be hanged at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in June, 1675.
RICE, David. Welsh pirate.
Of Bristol.
Taken out of the Cornwall galley by Captain Roberts, he served in the Royal Fortune. Tried and found guilty of piracy and condemned to death, but was reprieved and sold to the Royal African Company to serve for seven years in their plantations.
RICE, Owen. Welsh pirate.
Of South Wales.
Hanged at the age of 27 at Rhode Island in 1723. One of Captain Charles Harris's crew.
RICHARDS, Lieutenant.
Lieutenant to Blackbeard on board the Queen Ann's Revenge. Cruised in the West Indies and along the coast of Carolina and Virginia.