Captain Davy

Captain Davy[a] (fl. 1704-1705) was a French privateer active off New England during Queen Anne’s War. [b] He is best known for repeatedly evading capture by rival English and Dutch privateers including Adrian Claver and Thomas Penniston.


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  1. ^ Congress, United States (1855). The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; with an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic Materials. Washington DC: Gales and Seaton. pp. 1915–1919. Retrieved 20 April 2018.