Henry Holloway (pirate)
Henry Holloway was a pirate active off the American east coast, from South Carolina to Maine.History
Holloway was recorded as capturing a small ship which had left Barbados for the Carolinas in 1687. He took some of the crew prisoner and sailed north, anchoring for a time in Casco Bay, Maine. While there at least one of the prisoners escaped and petitioned a local English official for assistance in returning to Barbados. Local rumor had it that Holloway may have buried some of his treasure on Maine’s Jewell Island.
John Boone was a member of South Carolina Governor James Colleton’s Grand Council in Charleston. The Lords Proprietors in England wrote to Colleton on March 3, 1687, accusing Boone of smuggling supplies to Holloway and helping hide his plunder. Boone was expelled from the Council but was subsequently reappointed, causing the Lords Proprietors great consternation:
