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<p> A noted pirate, born of Covenanting parents at Greenock; went to sea early, and served in privateering expeditions with distinction; appointed to the command of a privateer about 1696, and commissioned to suppress the pirates of the Indian Ocean, he went to Madagascar, and there started piracy himself; entering [[Boston]] harbour in 1700 he was arrested, sent to London, tried on a charge of piracy and murder, and executed in 1701. </p> | <p> A noted pirate, born of Covenanting parents at Greenock; went to sea early, and served in privateering expeditions with distinction; appointed to the command of a privateer about 1696, and commissioned to suppress the pirates of the Indian Ocean, he went to Madagascar, and there started piracy himself; entering [[Boston]] harbour in 1700 he was arrested, sent to London, tried on a charge of piracy and murder, and executed in 1701. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_75446"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/kidd,+william William Kidd from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_75446"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/kidd,+william William Kidd from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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