See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EDWARD TEACH [THATCH OR THACH] (d. 1718)

TEACH [See also:

• THATCH (O.E. thaec; the word is common to many Teutonic languages in the sense of " roof," " cover "; cf. Du. dak, Ger. Dach; from Du. dekken comes " deck "; the Indo-European root is stag, whence Gr. or.yos, roof, Lat. tegere, to cover; the French equiva

THATCH OR THACH] (d. 1718)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English pirate, popularly known as Blackbeard, is believed to have been See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol . He is said to have gone out to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

Succession, to have engaged in privateering, and after the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace (1713) to have turned pirate, but he is not actually heard of in this capacity till the end of 1716 . The following See also:

• YEAR

year he captured a large See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French merchantman, rechristened her " See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne's Revenge," and converted her into a warship of See also:

• FORTY

forty guns . His robberies and outrages in the Spanish See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main, the West Indies, and on the coasts of Carolina and See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, quickly earned him an infamous notoriety . He made his See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter quarters in a convenient inlet in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina, the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of which See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony was not above sharing in the proceeds of his crimes, but the governor of Virginia at last despatched two sloops, manned from the See also:

• BRITISH

British warships on the station, to cut him out . On the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1718 See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant See also:

• MAYNARD, FRANCOIS DE (1582-1646)

Maynard, commanding the attacking forces, boarded See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

Teach's See also:

• SLOOP

sloop, after a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp fight, and himself shot the pirate dead . Teach seems to have been an ignorant See also:

• RUFFIAN (Fr. ruffian, It. ruffiano)

ruffian . His See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance was remarkable . His See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname was due to his See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of tying up the ends of his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and bushy See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard with ribbon and See also:

• CURLING
• CURLING, THOMAS BLIZARD (1811-1888)

curling them back over his ears . See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson in his See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Pyrates gives his name as Teach, but according to the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official records it was really See also:

• THATCH (O.E. thaec; the word is common to many Teutonic languages in the sense of " roof," " cover "; cf. Du. dak, Ger. Dach; from Du. dekken comes " deck "; the Indo-European root is stag, whence Gr. or.yos, roof, Lat. tegere, to cover; the French equiva

Thatch or Thach .