ot ▁( fl . ▁ 1 6 9 8 , ▁real ▁name ▁unknown ) ▁was ▁a ▁French ▁pir ate ▁active ▁off ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁New ▁England . ▁ ▁History ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 6 9 8 ▁John ▁Red wood ▁of ▁Philadelphia ▁was ▁sail ing ▁out ▁of ▁ ▁Maryland ’ s ▁S ine p ux ent ▁Bay ▁toward ▁Cape ▁May ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁attacked ▁by ▁C ano ot ▁and ▁his ▁pir ates . ▁They ▁ex changed ▁ships ▁with ▁Red wood , ▁leaving ▁him ▁their ▁slower ▁vessel ▁and ▁taking ▁his ▁s loop . ▁That ▁September ▁C ano ot ▁sa iled ▁to ▁the ▁waters ▁off ▁Sus sex ▁County , ▁Del aware . ▁Res idents ▁saw ▁the ▁s loop ▁but ▁were ▁not ▁al ar med . ▁The ▁following ▁day ▁he ▁storm ed ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Lew es ▁with ▁fifty ▁men , ▁pl und ering ▁everything ▁of ▁value , ▁including ▁the ▁residents ’ ▁clothes , ▁leaving ▁them ▁" scar ce ▁anything ▁in ▁the ▁place ▁to ▁cover ▁or ▁wear ." ▁C ano ot ’ s ▁pir ates ▁also ▁st ole ▁all ▁the ▁town ’ s ▁liv est ock ▁and ▁forced ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁to ▁help ▁load ▁their ▁s loop . ▁He ▁then ▁anch ored ▁off sh ore ▁until ▁he ▁left ▁to ▁ch ase ▁a ▁passing ▁ship . ▁This ▁was ▁not ▁his ▁first ▁attack ▁- ▁“ Many ▁other ▁cr imes ▁of ▁similar ▁nature ▁were ▁trac ed ▁to ▁C ano ot ▁and ▁his ▁pir ate ▁ship ” ▁- ▁so ▁local ▁officials ▁lev ied ▁a ▁tax ▁to ▁raise ▁funds ▁for ▁coast al ▁defense