Captain Grinnaway was taken by pirate John Auger. Pirate turned pirate-hunter Benjamin Hornigold later captured Augur; based on the testimony of Greenaway and others, Augur was tried, convicted, and hanged. Captain Grinnaway Captain Grinnaway (fl. 1718, also known as Greenway) was a pirate from Bermuda, best known for being briefly and indirectly involved with Edward Teach (or Thatch, alias Blackbeard). In early 1718 Blackbeard captured the sloop "Margaret" captained by Henry Bostock, taking aboard several of his crew. Blackbeard questioned Bostock about ships in the vicinity, and was particularly interested in the whereabouts of a Captain named Pinkentham (or Pinkethman). Pinkentham, who
George Raynor (pirate) George Raynor (pirate) George Raynor (1665–1743) was a pirate active in the Red Sea. Before he was briefly a pirate captain, he was a sailor on the "Batchelor’s Delight" which circumnavigated the globe with William Dampier. In 1683 near Guinea, privateer John Cook captured the Dutch merchantman "Batchelor’s Delight", which itself had been the "Portsmouth" when captured by Dutch privateers from its English owners. With Cook were William Dampier and Edward Davis, who would later captain the ship after Cook died in 1684, as well as sailor George Raynor. They sailed around South America raiding Spanish shipping and towns in