Biography of Pirate Henry

He became the hero of many adventure novels. For the first time, Henry Everi was published by Daniel Defoe in his book “The General History of the Pirates”, published in London in the early years of Captain Evea, there is also a version that our hero was called Henry Bridzhman. This was announced by the Dutchman Van Brook, who for several months was a prisoner aboard his ship.

Everhi allegedly admitted to him that his real name was Bridzhman, and he accepted the pseudonym so as not to throw the shadow at his relatives. According to Van Bruka, Everi was a cheerful and good -natured man, but in childhood his relatives often offended him, which could not but affect his character. Being the son of the captain of the commercial ship, he from his youth tied his fate with the sea, served on the warships of the “resolution” and “Edgar” and led to the pirates after the treason of his wife.

It is likely that Avery commanded the slave court, which was engaged in illegal supplies of slaves from Africa to America. At least the captain of the Hannibal ship Phillips in the city His pirate career was traced from G. Fregat was equipped with Bristol reinforcement at the request of the Spanish merchants who wanted to use it to combat pirates and French smugglers in America. Arriving at the Spanish Port of La Korunya as part of the squadron of Sir James James, “Karl” stood idle for eight months.

Without receiving a salary, the sailors ultimately staged a plot to capture the ship and on May 7, Everi stood at the head of the rebels. After that, the rebels went to the shores of West Africa. In the waters of the islands of the green Cape Pirates, three English ships were captured, from which 9 people and provisions were taken, then in the Gulf of Guinea near the island of Principi, Everi captured 2 Danish 26 cannon ships: each crew had 8 or 9 ounces of gold.

Having rolled the cape of good hope, the pirates headed for Madagascar, and then to the island of Anjuan. There, the British captured Gurab with 40 French phlibusters from the team of Captain Isaac Weira, who was a shipwreck near the neighboring island of Mohel. The French and Grab were forced to join the Everi team. Captain Everi left on land “One person from his company, who had previously fell ill; His name was William May, ”and he himself anchored.

On the morning of February 19, he went to sea, without entering into negotiations with the East India ships. After a short cruising, Captain Everi returned to Anjuan. There he recruited 13 or 14 recruits-French recruits, "who crucified in these seas under the English flag and lost their ship at Moheli, where he got aground." The gang decided to go to the Red Sea.

On the way, they met two English pirate ships, Dolfin and Portusmut Advenchur. The first was under the command of Captain Richard Want, had 60 people and was equipped in Warquille near Philadelphia in January G. each had 6 guns each. They agreed with Everino about partnership and in June, they spent the night there, and the next day, three other English pirate ships joined them: Susanna from Boston under the command of Thomas Wesk, Perl's brigantine Captain William Mais and Amiti sloop Captain Thomas Tu; The last two came from New York.

They had 6 guns, brigantine had from 30 to 40 people, others had 50 people each. The capture of the Gang-i-Savay ship, despite their multiplicity, the pirates managed to miss a convoy of 25 ships, which came out of Moha to return to India. Throwing in pursuit, the pirates were able to capture two Indian ships. One of the ships, Gang-i-Savay, was the largest in the entire Empire of the Great Mughals.

The prize surpassed all the most insane expectations of the pirates. He transported numerous passengers returning from pilgrimage to Mecca, including senior officials and a number of women and girls. The search and robbery of the Indian ship, as well as the beating of passengers, lasted a whole week. Some captives, in order not to be exhausted, rushed overboard or killed themselves with daggers.

In the end, after the wild orgy, overloading all the treasures to board, the pirates allowed their prize to leave. Now Everi’s people were rich enough to live in excess the rest of their days. Along with this, in India, a message about the attack of pirates on the ships of the great Mogol caused a storm of indignation.

When the Gang-i-Savay arrived in Surat and the surviving sailors and passengers told local residents about cruelty, torture, murders of pilgrims, and rape of passengers, a frantic crowd of Muslims besieged the English factor. Only the intervention of troops saved the British from reprisal. Agent Samuel Annsley and 65 other employees of the East India Company in Surat were chained and thrown into prison.

They remained in Indian prisons throughout months and were released only on June 27. As for the "culprit of the celebration" of Henry Everi, he had left the Indian Ocean to America by that time. Trott allowed the Pirates parking.For this, he received from each member of the Fansi team 20 piasters, from Everi - 40 piasters and still pounds from prey. In addition, in a share with the merchant Richard Taglifarro, he acquired a ship and a load for nothing.

After the division of the remaining prey, most of the pirates moved to the mainland: part to New England, part to Northern Carolina and Pennsylvania, several people remained in the West Indies, two sailed to the Bermuda Islands. Everi bought a ship from Cross Crosskis the Meiflawer ship and went to Boston with 19 accomplices, having only pounds with him. According to the pirate trail in Boston, he was suspected by the governor and was forced to leave for Olster in Ireland.

For his capture, the king promised a reward in pounds, the director of the East India Company promised the same amount, but it was not possible to find the "lucky man". According to one of the pirates caught, in the summer of G. Everi, Everi had seen from Ireland to Scotland, but said that he would leave for an eczeter. The witness met in St. Albans the wife of an apartment-holder with Fancy, who admitted to him that he was “going to Captain Bridgen,” but did not say where exactly.

The trace of Henry Everi was finally lost. Later, a legend appeared that the former pirate, trying to sell the looted jewelry, was deceived by scammers and died in poverty - "there was no money even to buy him a coffin."