Long Island: Misdeeds from the 1600s to the 1950s, right at the edge of New Massachussetts to Florida, including, as author Kerriann Flanagan Brosky hasĬhronicled in her book Historic Crimes of The privateers of the goldenĪge of exploration operated up and down the Atlantic coastline from There’s far more to the story in American history. While piracy along the mid-Atlantic seaboard, along theĬarolinas and the Virginia coastline, often hoards much of the limelight, Own crew ditched him on a desert island (next time, Stede, pay them), have pirates ever failed to capture the public
His smoking hair and glowing eyes, or the Gentleman Pirate Stede Bonnet whose Captian Kidd has nothing on pirate Pat Croce.Who doesn’t love a good pirate? Whether it’s Blackbeard with.Major Selleck wanted to aid Captain Kidd any way he could, even if it went against the English Crowns wishes.
John captained a merchant vessel that was captured by the French, no one knew what became of him, whether killed outright or impressed. The Major Jonathan Selleck, mentioned above, was brother of my 10th great-grandfather, Captain John Selleck. Many people have looked for pirate treasure in Stamford, but none have found any." Major Selleck receives at least ten thousand pounds worth of treasure and East India goods, brought by one Clarke of this town from Kidd's sloop and lodged with Selleck.”Īnd, there lies the seeds of the Capt. That man does great mischief with his warehouse, for he receives abundance of goods from our vessels, and the merchants afterwards take their opportunity of running them into this town. He has a warehouse close to the sea, that runs between the Mainland (Long Island). “There is a town called Stamford in Connecticut colony, on the border of this province, where one Major Selleck lives. "The Earl of Bellmont, in a report to the English Lords of Trade, said of Stamford. I really enjoyed this episode! I've always been interested in the stories of Captain Kidd because of his connection to Stamford, CT.
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Everybody assumes that if it's up in Maine somewhere, why does it have to be on Deer Isle or any other island for that matter? Maybe Kidd was more clever and "buried" it underwater? Instead of digging a pit and burying the treasure on one of the small, easily accessible islands, maybe he intentionally sunk a smaller boat or simply threw a treasure chest or secure box full of riches overboard at a location he thought he could later find again? That could explain why the treasure hasn't been discovered and is still out there somewhere? I suspect it did and only she knows if the numbers in the note made sense, but if it was at that latitude/longitude in Maine there is one other possibility that I doubt people have considered. When it comes to Kidd's "treasure" it's impossible to know if he ever stashed any of it and if the note he passed on to his wife lead to anything tangible. In November, we attended David and Nina's wedding and had a fantastic time along with Bill and the rest of the crew. It was great fun and I hope we can find another excuse to work with Pat in the future.īill Scheller was another wonderful guest who also happens to be the father of the then fiancé of the "Kidd" episode writer, Nina Bouphasavanh. We hit it off immediately and I think the scene we filmed together was the first and only time the director asked us to turn back the enthusiasm a little bit. The other treasure was Pat himself who is a ball of energy, knowledge and passion that was difficult to match. Besides the artifacts, the Pirate Museum had a lot of amazing gold and silver along with many other real treasure artifacts recovered from shipwrecks dating back to the 1600's. Pat Croce's Pirate Museum was a surprisingly satisfying payoff at the end of the investigation for a couple of reasons. Even though I was certain we wouldn't find a chest filled with Captain Kidd's gold and silver, I have to say I was surprised to see so many interesting artifacts directly connected to or that personally belonged to him.
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