Jacob Fackman
Jacob Fackman (fl. 1662–1666) was an English buccaneer and pirate active in the Caribbean.[a] He is best known for attacking the Spanish alongside Henry Morgan, John Morris, and David Marteen.
History
Fackman may have arrived in Jamaica with Cromwell's 1655 invasion force alongside fellow future buccaneer (and partner) Thomas Freeman. Before moving to Jamaica, Fackman was a resident of Barbados. He is recorded as employing several indentured English and Welsh servants there as early as 1655.[2]
Fackman first took out a privateering commission against the Spanish from the Governor of Jamaica in late 1662. In his frigate Cagway[b] he joined Christopher Myngs and other buccaneers in sacking Santiago de Cuba, and was probably still with Myngs when he attacked Campeche in early 1663. With a renewed commission in late 1663 he sailed again for Spanish territory.[3]
The next year he joined with John Morris, Henry Morgan, David Marteen, and Thomas Freeman to raid
The group returned to
Fackman's further activities are not recorded. Modyford's eventual successor
See also
- Laurens de Graaf, Nicholas van Hoorn, and Michiel Andrieszoon – three other Dutch buccaneers active in the same area shortly after Fackman.
Notes
References
- ^ ISBN 9781598842012. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ISBN 9780806311920. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Laprise, Raynald. "Les flibustiers de l'Amérique (1648-1688)". La Diable Volant. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Haring, Clarence Henry (1910). The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century. New York: E. P. Dutton. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Gosse, Philip (1924). The Pirates' Who's Who by Philip Gosse. New York: Burt Franklin. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ Sainsbury, W Noel (1880). America and West Indies: March 1666 | British History Online (Vol.5 ed.). London UK: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 359–369. Retrieved 13 April 2018.