Lieutenant Richards (pirate) Lieutenant Richards (pirate) Lieutenant Richards (fl. 1718, first name unknown, possibly Thomas) was a pirate active in the Caribbean and off the Carolinas. He is best known for sailing alongside Blackbeard (Edward Teach / Thatch). Richards was part of Edward Teach’s crew while they sailed with Benjamin Hornigold and later aboard the "Queen Anne’s Revenge". Near the Carolinas in early 1717 Teach met up with pirate Stede Bonnet in his 10-gun 60-ton sloop "Revenge". Bonnet was a wealthy landowner from Barbados who knew little of seafaring or piracy; at Teach’s suggestion (and the request of Bonnet’s disgruntled crew) Bonnet came
Edward Miller (pirate) not known. Edward Miller (pirate) Edward Miller (fl 1718-1720) was an English pirate active in the Caribbean. King George offered a full pardon in September 1717 to all pirates who surrendered within twelve months. Captain Vincent Pearse sailed the "HMS Phoenix" to New Providence to deliver the offer. Over 200 pirates surrendered to him in March 1718, including Miller. Miller had returned to piracy by 1720. Authorities in New York accused him of piracy early that year, after which he sailed to Nassau. Royal Navy Captain Edward Vernon had been stationed in the area at the time and noted that