After their failed mutiny Low and his loyal crew including Francis Spriggs were forced to leave the ship. However due to the inaccuracy of flintlock weapons the bullet missed and struck another pirate through the throat, killing him instantly. Low suppressing years of pent up anger, guilty, grieving pulled out his loaded musket and shot at the captain. One day when Low returned to the ship he was told he could not have a ration and he should be satisfied with some rum. Low was initially employed to load and carry the logs off the ship. There they planned to purchase a shipment of wood that they would travel to sell in Boston. He also made sure women were never harmed among his ship and would be returned to a settlement safely.Īt first he tried to find honest work as a rigger and in early 1722 he joined a crew of twelve headed on a sloop for Honduras. In fact he was noted for not forcing men that were married to join his crew and he always regretted the daughter he had to leave behind to become a pirate. The death of his wife would often haunt Low throughout the rest of his life. Low's daughter survived, however Eliza died in childbirth. They first had a son who died as a baby and a daughter born in the winter of 1719. It seems Low settled down for a while and on 12 Aughe got married to Eliza Marble at the First Church of Boston. Low traveled around for three to four years before eventually settling in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Eventually he grew tired of England and went to try his hand in the New World in 1710. As Low grew older he turned from petty crimes to full on burglary. Low's younger brother Richard was a petty criminal who was eventually hung in 1707 for breaking into a house in Stepney. In fact Charles Johnson notes his whole family was involved in robbery. He was responsible for starting the careers of Francis Spriggs and also known for partnering alongside George Lowther for a while. He was always ready to cheat and picked up thievery, gambling and pickpocketing. From an early age Low was known to be combative and illiterate. Edward Low - Pirates of the Spanish Main (1888)Įdward Low (1690 – 1724), also known as Ned or Lowe or Loe was an infamous English pirate that operated in the closing days of the Golden Age of Piracy he was born around 1690 into the crushing poverty in Westminster, London.
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