Captain William Kidd

Captain William KiddThe history of and his treasure is riddled with little known truths and wide spread rumors and myth. The real William Kidd was most likely small-time in the world of pirating at best. The irony of Captain Kidd's career is that he actually spent most of it hunting pirates, until he was accused of being one.

William Kidd became Captain Kidd in 1689, when he and his other crewmen staged a successful mutiny on board a pirate ship in the Caribbean Sea. William was appointed captain of the ship. It was then renamed "Blessed William."

After Captain Kidd, his new ship and his crew returned to England they joined a small fleet of ships that were charged with protecting the English island of Nevis from the French. The job wasn't a paying one so Kidd and his men extracted their wages by robbing defeated Frenchmen per suggestion of the governor of Nevin. It is highly unlikely that Kidd amassed any treasure worth burying at this time.  Read more of this article.  Image Source