Mary Read was born in 1685 in England. During her early life she had to dress up as her diseased older brother so that they could stay in her grandmother's graces. Her grandmother supported her and her mother until she died. Then Mary had to seek a job to support her family. She joined the British army but the left to when she married another soldier. They opened an inn but he died and Mary was unable to run the inn..
Mary boarded a Dutch merchant ship dressed as a man. She arrived in the Caribbean and soon became a part of Calico Jack's crew. There she met Anne Bonny and the two became good friends. Then in 1720, Jack's ship was attacked by Captain Jonathan Barnet off the coast of Jamaica. Mary and Anne were the only resistance to arrest because the rest of the crew was in the hold because they were drunk. She was convicted and found guilty. Mary was sentenced to hang, but she died in prison due to a fever.
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