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In August 1691 pardoned pirate Christopher Goffe (who had sailed with Thomas Woolerly and Thomas Henley) was commissioned by Massachusetts Governor Simon Bradstreet to hunt them down in his ship Swan. [2] Goffe tried but Griffin and Dew outraced him: “they sail two feet to our one.” Short on supplies, Goffe gave up the chase and returned to ...
Thomas Griffin (pirate) (fl. 1691), English pirate and privateer active off New England Thomas Griffin (Royal Navy officer) (1692–1771), British admiral and Member of Parliament for Arundel Thomas Griffin (politician) (1773–1837), American lawyer and politician from Virginia
Thomas Griffin (pirate)? 1691 Colonial America A pirate and privateer active off New England. He is known for his association with George Dew. Captain Grinnaway? 1718 Unknown A pirate from Bermuda, best known for being briefly and indirectly involved with Edward Teach (or Thatch, alias Blackbeard). Nathaniel Grubing: 17th century 1692–1697 ...
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Assigned to patrol Cape Cod and Cape Ann, he was tasked with bringing in pirates George Dew and Thomas Griffin. [5] They outpaced Goffe's Swan, sailing “two feet to our one,” and Goffe gave up the chase. [1]
As a privateer he sailed alongside Thomas Griffin, using their commission as pretense to loot non-French ships. Dew and Griffin were chased by Christopher Goffe (himself a former pirate turned pirate-hunter) in the Swan out of Boston on suspicion of piracy, but their fast sloops outraced Goffe: “they could sail two feet to his one.” [2]
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