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My mother's mistake was letting me know when I was little that we had an ancestor hung for piracy. Oh, she regretted that! It set off a long search for our Priveteering roots…Gentlemen of Fortune - not mere Pirates.On investigation, it appears that being a successful pira —I mean Privateer—you had to be successful in …
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History is full of people who were just plain rotten. Dig deep enough, and even the good ones have feet mired in the muck of misdeeds. Any visit to the cemetery will turn up elaborate monuments to rotten people who hid behind resectability. You know, the church's deacons, the Masters of their lodges, respected business …
One of the foundation myths for my mother's family was that they are descended from a first mate on one of Henry Morgan's ships.
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