John Fenn (pirate)

John Fenn (pirate)

John Fenn (died May 1723) was an early 18th century English pirate who sailed with Captain Bartholomew Roberts and later had a brief partnership with Thomas Anstis.

Although much of his early career is unrecorded, he was a member of Captain Roberts's fleet during the late 1710s, until leaving with fellow member Thomas Anstis, who was awarded command of the 21-gun "Morning Star" shortly before leaving the West Indies for the West African coast during the night of April 18, 1721 [http://pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com/roster/thomas_anstis.html] . Remaining with Anstis in the Caribbean, Fenn participated in the capture of three or four merchant ships near Hispanola, Jamaica and Martinique during the month of June before being given command of the 21-gun "Morning Star".

After quarrelling for some time, Anstis and Fenn decided to end their piratical careers and petitioned King George I for a royal pardon claiming they had been forced into piracy by Roberts. After nine months camped in an uninhabitied island off the coast of Cuba, having received no response from the British government, they decided to resume their piracy in August 1722.

However, running into a violent storm shortly after their departure, Fenn's ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman Island (it may have been during this storm and wreck that Fenn lost his right hand). Anstis rescued Fenn and some of his crewn the process of rescuing Fenn and his crew, but many pirates were still ashore when two British warships hove into sight.

Chased by the Royal Navy men-of-war, the pirates were able to escape after the winds died down to a dead calm, rowing the "Good Fortune" to safety. After their flight to the Bay of Honduras, a frigate was captured to replace the lost "Morning Star" and the two met with success capturing several ships in the Bahamas during the next several months. However, while careening their ships at Tobago in April 1723, they were surprised by the British warship HMS "Winchelsey" during which Fenn's ship was lost. Forced to run into the wooded inlands of Tobago, he was captured a day later and brought back to Antigua where he was found guilty of piracy and hanged with six of his crew the following month.

Further reading

*Earle, Peter. "The Pirate Wars". New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-33579-2
*Rediker, Marcus. "Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age". Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8070-5024-5
*Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-X


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