We have been able to find out nothing of this pirate except that he was at New Providence Island in 1718 and took the King's pardon for pirates. He seems to have returned to the old life and was killed soon after, though how this came about is not recorded. PERKINS, BENJAMIN. One of Quelch's crew. Captured at Marblehead in 1704. PERRY, DANIEL. Of Guernsey. Tried for piracy in 1718 at Charleston, South Carolina, and found guilty. Hanged on November 8th at White Point. Buried in the marsh below low-water mark. PETERSON, CAPTAIN. Of Newport, Rhode Island. In 1688 he arrived at Newport in a "barkalonga" armed with ten guns and seventy men. The Governor prosecuted him for piracy, but the grand jury, which consisted of friends and neighbours of Peterson, threw out the bill. Among other charges, Peterson was accused of selling some hides and elephants' teeth to a Boston merchant for L57, being part of the booty he had previously taken out of prizes in the West Indies. PETERSON, ERASMUS. Tried for piracy with the rest of Captain Quelch's crew at Boston. Was hanged there on June 30th, 1704. When standing on the gallows "He cryed of injustice done him and said, 'It is very hard for so many lives to be taken away for a little Gold.' He said his peace was made with God, yet he found it extremely hard to forgive those who had wronged him. He told the Executioner 'he was a strong man and Prayed to be put out of his misery as soon as possible.'" PETERSON, JOHN. A Swedish pirate, one of Gow's crew. He was hanged at Wapping in June, 1725. PETIT, CAPTAIN. French filibuster. Of San Domingo. In 1634 was in command of _Le Ruze_, crew of forty men and four guns. PETTY, WILLIAM. Born at Deptford. A sailmaker in Captain Roberts's _Royal Fortune_ when the _King Solomon_ was taken and plundered in West Africa. Petty, as sailmaker, had to see that all the sails and canvas aboard the prizes were removed to the pirate ship. Hanged at the age of 30. PHELIPP, CAPTAIN WILLIAM. In 1533 a Portuguese merchant, Peter Alves, engaged Phelipp to pilot his ship, the _Santa Maria Desaie_, from Tenby to Bastabill Haven. Off the Welsh coast the ship was attacked by a pirate vessel called the _Furtuskewys_, with a crew of thirty-five pirates. Alves was put ashore on the Welsh coast, and the two ships then sailed to Cork, where the ship and her cargo were sold to the mayor for 1,524 crowns. Alves complained to the King of England, and orders were sent to the Mayor of Cork, Richard Gowllys, to give up the ship, which he refused to do, but by way of excusing his actions he explained that he thought the ship was a Scotch one and not a Portuguese. PHILLIPS, CAPTAIN.