Anne bonny pirate biography

According to Captain Charles, Anne Bonny was born around 1697 in Cork, Ireland. Born out of wedlock to a lawyer, William McCormack, and the maid he was having an romantisk händelse with, Anne’s birth was quite the scandal. The maid, Mary Brennan, actually did jail time for “bedding” with a married man, but was released when it was discovered she was pregnant with William’s child, Anne.

William tried to raise his daughter as a boy to avoid scandal, but he was quickly discovered in his bluff. Wanting to hide the product of his scandalous affair, William dressed his daughter in breeches and claimed the toddler was “a relative's child he was to breed up to be his clerk” (Johnson, 131). Now, William's wife knew her husband didn’t have any relatives with ung sons so, suspicious, she sent a friend to do some snooping and managed to confirm that the child was, in fact, biologically female and the daughter of her adulterous husband.

After his plot to hide his daughter’s identity was

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Anne Bonny

18th-century female pirate

"Anne Bonnie" redirects here. For the American comic book, see Anne Bonnie (comics).

Anne Bonny^[a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720)^[4] was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history,^[5] she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as in the history of piracy in general.

Much of Bonny's background is unknown. The first biography of Bonny comes from Captain Charles Johnson's 1724 book A General History of the Pyrates, though the information presented by Johnson about her is considered dubious. According to Johnson, Bonny was born in Ireland the illegitimate daughter of an attorney and his servant. Bonny and her father would later move to Carolina, where she married a sailor named James Bonny. Though Johnson's version of events has become generally accepted, there is little evidence to support them.

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Famous Pirate: Anne Bonny

Lady Pirate

It is hard to separate the legend from the facts of Anne Bonny. The only thing we can be sure of is that Anne Bonny was a strong, independent woman, who was way ahead of her time. The 18th century was still a time when man made all important decisions, a time when women did not have many rights. In this men's world, it was hard for Anne Bonny to become an equal crewmember and a respected pirate.

The exact date of Anne's birth is not known, but most historians think that she was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland in 1697. She was the illegitimate daughter of lawyer William Cormac and his servant woman, Marry Brennan. William's wife made his adultery public, so after losing his reputation, William with his new wife and newborn child decided to leave Ireland and start again in the New World. They settled in Charleston, South Carolina where William began his legal career again. They bought a plantation.

After losing her mother in her