Great Thatch Great Thatch Great Thatch is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is one of the westernmost islands in the Territory. It is believed to take its name from the famous pirate, Edward Teach (better known as "Blackbeard"), although there is little evidence Blackbeard ever sailed in the Virgin Islands. Although presently uninhabited, it was formerly occupied, and boasted a customs house and mail exchange where the mail would be delivered from Charlotte Amalie by skiff after the packet ships had called there. The island was the site of significant act of civil disobedience in
Evan Jones (pirate) with Culliford as well as under a number of other Madagascar-based pirate captains. As a New York alderman years later, Cruger remembered his ordeal with Jones’ pirates. Captain Peter Solgard of the "HMS Greyhound" engaged pirates Edward Low and Charles Harris off Delaware Bay in 1723, mauling Low’s ship and driving him off while capturing Harris after a lengthy battle. Cruger was among the aldermen who rewarded Solgard for his bravery. Evan Jones (pirate) Evan Jones (fl 1698-1699, first name occasionally Achen) was a Welsh-born pirate from New York active in the Indian Ocean, best known for his indirect connection