and had to petition a friend to intercede with Governor Benjamin Fletcher to release his treasure chest. After selling his Long Island property he settled in Connecticut. Some sources show the Batchelor's Delight in the hands of former crewman (and associate of Cook's) James Kelley after Raynor's departure; Kelley continued his piracy in the Indian Ocean before he was captured by Moorish pirates in 1692. They burned his ship and killed many of the pirates, but Kelley and a few of his crew escaped their captors and made their way back to Madagascar. There they sailed with Robert Culliford for a time before returning to America alongside William Kidd; soon afterwards they were arrested, transported to London for trial, and executed. However, there were known to be multiple ships of the same name (Bachelor's Delight / Batchelor's Delight) operating in the same time period; some sources say that Raynor and crew abandoned the Batchelor's Delight at Madagascar (where Kelley claimed it), so it is possible that the ship Loyal Jamaica in which Raynor returned to the Carolinas was a captured prize ship (perhaps renamed) and not Davis' original ship. See also Pirate Round, the route from America to the coast of Africa, to Madagascar, and into the Red Sea or Indian Ocean, attributed to Tew. Notes Further reading The History and archaeology of Kiawah island, Charleston County, South Carolina by Trinkley and Adams (full version PDF) References British pirates 17th-century pirates 1743 deaths Piracy in the Indian Ocean 1665 births