SPARKS, James.
A Newfoundland fisherman.
In August, 1723, with John Phillips and three others, ran away with a vessel to go "on the account." Sparks was appointed gunner.
SPARKES, John.
A member of Captain Avery's crew, and described by one of his shipmates as being "a true cock of the game." A thief, he robbed his fellow-shipmates, and from one, Philip Middleton, he stole 270 pieces of gold.
Hanged at Execution Dock in 1696.
SPRATLIN, Robert.
Was one of Dampier's party which in 1681 crossed the Isthmus of Darien, when he was left behind in the jungle with Wafer. Spratlin was lost when the little party attempted to ford the swollen Chagres River. He afterwards rejoined Wafer.
SPRIGGS, Captain Francis Farrington.
An uninteresting and bloody pirate without one single redeeming character.