Anne Bonny
Left: Mary Read, Right: Anne Bonny A true pirate of the seven seas! Anne Bonny is one of the most famous female pirates ever to have terrorised the oceans! The exact date of her birth is unknown but we do know that she was born in the County of Cork in Ireland to an attorney and his maid... Anne's father, however, left Ireland and moved to the Carolinas and bought a plantation. Over in the Carolinas, Anne was married by an infamous pirate or sailor, depending how you see it, James Bonny. Bonny hoped that Anne's father would exchange his plantation for his daughter. But, he did not expect her father to disown Anne! Bonny then took Anne to the Bahamas yet she quickly grew to despise her hard- hearted husband and fell in love with the famous Calico Jack Rackham. Calico offered James Bonny a large sum of money for his wife but, knowing what would happen, Bonny gave the matter to Governor Rogers of the Bahamas; he ordered that Anne was to be flogged and returned to her hu...