Marauding Molly Morgan
Molly was born in 1694 in Walse to Francis Morgan, a Welsh politician who became deputy governor of Jamaica in 1716. She met John Hellraiser Henry in 1718 and became his life long companion. They met on board The Kingston when it was captured by Jack Rackham. How she actually got there she can't remember (or maybe she just isn't telling so as not to incriminate herself) At first no one knew she was a woman as she dressed and acted as a man while serving with Jack Rckham. As such she could take full advantage of the many rights and privilages that were exclusive to the male crew members. She enjoyed the fighting and travelled extensivly throughout the Caribean. She and the whole crew were captured by Captain Barnet and a good number of hands armed with muskets and cutlases. They were all brought to Port Royal and she was charged with being a pirate, but her father bribed the jurors and she and John Henry were
acquitted.
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