The word pirate conjures up many images; to some, a swarthy somewhat heroic figure, others bloodthirsty rogues armed to the teeth. In any event, the pirate’s habitat one typically envisions is the warm waters of the Caribbean and not the icy grey waters of New England . New England waters are perhaps the last place you would expect to find pirate adventures and treasure but find them here you will indeed.

In fact, the only pirate treasure ship ever to be discovered with its treasure still aboard is located close to shore off Cape Cod , Massachusetts . The slave ship “Whydah” sank in a storm in April of 1717. Almost three hundred years later, in 1984, Cape Cod native Barry Clifford found it buried in the sand off Marconi Beach in Wellfleet. The latest estimate of the value of this treasure is four hundred million dollars! There are stories of Pirate treasure buried and evidence uncovered supporting the tales in every New England state. How much more is still out there waiting to be uncovered?

Piracy lured men from every strata of society. We found a doctor, several successful businessmen, fishermen, carpenters, politicians, native Americans and, of course, seafarers who gave it all up for life as a pirate.

Names of 96 pirates executed in New England

Locations where pirate treasure was buried
   Rhode Island
   Massachusetts
   New Hampshire
   Maine
   Connecticut

Which US presidents have New England pirates on their family tree?

Did a pirate's curse cause a Boston Harbor island to shrink into the sea?

Which pirate had fourteen wives?

Was a pirate's Cape Cod girl friend really swallowed by a whale?

Table of Contents

What you should know about pirates	1	Table of contents continued
Articles of Agreement, or Pirate’s Code	2
Sample Articles of Agreement	3	William Fly	50
Punishment	4	Philip Ashton	54
History of piracy	5	Dixie Bull	55
Pirate’s disability pay	6	George and Rachael Wall	56
Pirate myths	7	Ned Low	58
Ships of the era	8	Blackbeard	60
Other names meaning pirate	12	Blackboard’s buried treasure	62
The Spanish Main	13	The end of an era	63
Pirate flags	14	Joe Bradish	66
The brass monkey debate	16	Thomas Veal	67
Nix’s Mate	17	Thomas Pound	68
The curse of Nix's Mate	18	William Dunn	70
Pirate treasure in Maine	19	Charles Harris	73
Pirate treasure in Massachusetts	20	Pirates executed in New England	74
Pirate treasure in New Hampshire and RI	21	Jack Quelch	76
Treasure ship map	22	Members of Jack Quelch’s crew	80
Black Sam Bellamy	23	William Kidd	82
The saga of Maria “Goody” Hallett	25	Bad luck streak continues	84
His lover labeled a witch	26	Captain Kidd’s buried Treasure	85
Goody swallowed by a whale	27	Kidd’s admission of buried treasure ignored	86
Goody Hallett’s song	28	Captain Kidd’s treasure maps	87
The beginning of Bellamy’s career	29	Letter of Marque had his name wrong	88
Legend of buried treasure on Cape Cod	33	Thomas Tew	90
Was Bellamy tricked into eternity?	34	Charles Gibbs	92
I’m from the government and I’m here to help	35	Gibbs confesses to murder and rape	94
Bellamy’s crew	36	Samuel Argall	95
The youngest pirate	38	John Phillips	96
John Fletcher.	40	Articles	97
Richard Nolan	41	John Halsey	98
Thomas Davis	42	Native American pirates	99
John Julian	43	Pirates and Rhode Island	100
Dr. James Ferguson	44	White Horse Tavern connection	101
Hendrick Quintor	45	The richest man on earth	102
Joseph River	46	The pirate fleet assembles	103
More of Sam Bellamy’s crew	47	The biggest prize in history	104
Modern day treasure hunter	48	References	105
The search begins Sample pages of the book	49

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