Looking for bio for Capt. John Yeats

[PirateKing]

I have been researching for awhile but seem to have hit a wall on this one. Specifically, I cannot find anything substantive regarding the pirate Captain John Yeats (also referred to as Yeates). I have found some minor references to Vane giving command of a captured prize to Yeats, who then sails away with it (abandoning Vane/Roberts).

Does anyone have anything reasonably definitive on this pirate?

Thanks,

Rob "Pirate King" Ossian

http://www.raidersandrebels.com

[Red Maria]

According to The Pirate's Who's Who by Phillip Gosse Capt. Yeates was: "In 1718 this Carolina pirate commanded a sloop which acted as tender to Cpat. Vane. When at Sullivan Island, Carolina, Yeates, finding himself master of a fine sloop armed with several guns and a crew of fifthteen men, and with a valuablr cargo of slaves aboard, slipped his anchor in the middle of the night and sailed away.

Yeates thought highly of himself as a pirate and long resented the way Vane treated him as a subordinate, and was glad to get a chance of sailing on his own account. Yeates having escaped came to north Edisto River, some ten leagues off Charleston. There sending hurried word to the governor to ask for the royal pardon, he surrendered himself, his crew, and two negro slaves. Yeates was pardoned, and his negroes were returned to Capt. Thruston, from whom they had been stolen.

Hope this helps.

[PirateKing]

Thanks Red Maria! I can blend this in with the data I currently have and it just might be enough to finish the bio.

Thanks for the help,

Rob "Pirate King" Ossian

http://www.raidersandrebels.com