Sea Captain Pierpont Teasdale Morgan

Sea Captain Pierpont Teasdale Morgan is the first in a series of six books written by the author. These stories first came to his attention while researching his family genealogy. Captain Morgan was one of a number of Catholic sea captains cashiered by the Royal Navy of England, after the beheading of King Charles first, for refusing to renounce his faith. The Puritans pressed for all Catholics to be purged. This event came at an opportune time for John Greenwell, who needed sea captains to operate the new ships he had ordered to carry his tobacco to the markets in Europe from Maryland. Because he had served as captain of a fifty-two gun frigate, while serving in the Royal Navy, Captain Morgan easily moved into command as Captain of the Bridgett of Rosedale. A topsail, square rigged, tobacco-hauling ship, heavily armed to defend against the Pirates proliferating the seas in the late sixteen hundreds.