Richard Tookerman was the son of Josias Tookerman, a clergyman, and younger brother of Josias Tookerman II, a clergyman sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to Jamaica.
13 Facts About Richard Tookerman
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Richard Tookerman married Katherine Grant, widow of John Grant of Charleston, South Carolina by 1717.
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Richard Tookerman made his fortune making trading runs between the Carolinas and the Bahamas, supplying goods to the pirate-friendly colonies there.
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Hall was an experienced sailor but beached the Sea Nymph far from Bonnet's ship, leaving him unable to help Rhett for most of the battle; speculation was that Richard Tookerman advised or bribed Hall not to engage the pirates and risk damaging the Sea Nymph.
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Richard Tookerman provided them with arms, canoes, and slave guides and they rowed out of the harbor, where strong winds forced them ashore at Sullivan's Island.
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Richard Tookerman was suspected of helping Bonnet escape; the canoes and arms were his, and Bonnet reportedly had been promised that a sloop would pick him up once he escaped.
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Governor Johnson imprisoned Richard Tookerman but had to release him for lack of evidence.
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Richard Tookerman was notoriously litigious, filing lawsuits and counter-suits against Rhett and many others.
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Richard Tookerman escaped, fleeing first to Virginia and then back to Barbados.
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Richard Tookerman soon sailed with fellow pirate Daniel Porter, who together with his brother Thomas Porter had been associates of Benjamin Hornigold.
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Governor Woodes Rogers noted rumors in 1721 that Richard Tookerman had turned to piracy with Porter.
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Richard Tookerman was sent to London for trial but was granted a writ of Habeas Corpus allowing him to be tried in Charleston.
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Richard Tookerman died en route home from the Caribbean in 1723.