‘Many have felt Mary’s presence in the house’ As a group of Scots set sail across the Atlantic in July 1720, their dream of a fresh start in New England seemed within their grasp.
But their ship, the Wolf, was suddenly overtaken by a band of Spanish pirates. It was safe to assume they weren’t the welcoming party…
A wail
After looting the ship and warning they’d kill all the passengers, an infant’s wail was heard from below deck.
When a pirate captain looked, he found a tired and scared young woman called Elizabeth Wilson, who was clutching her newborn baby.
‘I’ll spare every passenger,’ he said, ‘if you name your daughter after my late mother, Mary.’ Elizabeth agreed and the Scots completed their journey to Portsmouth Harbour, and the…
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Chat It's Fate (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2017