On 16 May 1691, Kidd married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort, an English woman in her early twenties, who had already been twice widowed and was one of the wealthiest women in New York, largely due to her inheritance from her first husband.

But Kidd seemed unconcerned, later explaining to his surgeon that he had " good friends in England, that will bring me off for that.

When Kidd found out what had happened, he was outraged and forced his men to return most of the stolen property.

Kidd was declared a pirate very early in his voyage by a Royal Navy officer to whom he had promised " thirty men or so ".

After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French if it had French passes.

When this news reached England, it confirmed Kidd's reputation as a pirate, and various naval commanders were ordered to " pursue and seize the said Kidd and his accomplices " for the " notorious piracies " they had committed.

While the passes were at best a dubious defence of his capture, British admiralty and vice-admiralty courts ( especially in North America ) heretofore had often winked at privateers ' excesses into piracy, and Kidd may have been hoping that the passes would provide the legal fig leaf that would allow him to keep the Quedagh Merchant and her cargo.

Here he found the first pirate of his voyage, Robert Culliford, ( the same man who had stolen Kidd ’ s ship years before ) and his crew aboard the Mocha Frigate.

According to Zacks, Kidd was unaware that Culliford had only about 20 crew with him, and felt ill manned and ill equipped to take the Mocha Frigate until his two prize ships and crews arrived, so he decided not to molest Culliford until these reinforcements came.

Deciding to return home, Kidd left the Adventure Galley behind, ordering her to be burnt because she had become worm-eaten and leaky.

The new Tory ministry hoped to use Kidd as a tool to discredit the Whigs who had backed him, but Kidd refused to name names, naively confident his patrons would reward his loyalty by interceding on his behalf.

Kidd had two lawyers to assist in his defence.

A broadside song Captain Kidd's Farewell to the Seas, or, the Famous Pirate's Lament was printed shortly after his execution and popularised the common belief that Kidd had confessed to the false charges.

The belief that Kidd had left a buried treasure contributed considerably to the growth of his legend.

When it was discovered that original production sound recordings had been lost, new dialogue and foley were recorded, but since Captain Kidd Brewer had died of a self-inflicted gunshot before he could return to reloop his dialog, producers and editors had to lift his original dialogue tracks from the remaining optical-sound prints of the dailies.

As the 2010 season began, the Mavericks still had Nowitzki, Kidd and Jason Terry plus other pieces such as Shawn Marion, Tyson Chandler, J. J. Barea and Caron Butler.

In 2003, writer-artist Art Spiegelman and artist Chip Kidd collaborated on a Cole biography, a portion of which had been published in The New Yorker magazine in 1999.

He even ventured to England to converse with Harold Tom Wilkins, the author of Captain Kidd and His Skeleton Island, believing he had found a link between Oak Island and a map in Wilkins's book.

Although much of Kidd's treasure was recovered from various people who had taken possession of it before Kidd's arrest ( such as his wife and various others who were given it for safe keeping ), there was so much public interest and fascination with the case at the time, speculation grew that a vast fortune remained and that Kidd had secretly buried it.

Virginia Kidd was forced to sell the building to the government, but was able to negotiate an agreement whereby she could remain there until the dam was completed and the property actually in danger of flooding.

Kidd has often downplayed the importance of cover designs, stating, " I'm very much against the idea that the cover will sell the book.

Kidd and other members of the crew mutinied, ousted the captain of the ship, and sailed to the English colony of Nevis.

Howard Pyle's fanciful painting of Kidd and his ship, the Adventure Galley, in New York Harbor.

On one occasion, crew members ransacked the trading ship Mary and tortured several of its crew members while Kidd and the other captain, Thomas Parker, conversed privately in Kidd's cabin.

It was reported on 13 December 2007, that " wreckage of a pirate ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in the 17th century has been found by divers in shallow waters off the Dominican Republic.

The story was that Kidd buried treasure from the plundered ship the Quedah Merchant on Gardiners Island, near Long Island, New York, before being arrested and returned to England, where he was put through a very public trial and executed.

According to historical records, Captain William Kidd lent the runner and tackle from his ship for hoisting the stones .< ref >

* Albedo Ship Sourcebook ( Kidd, Gallacci-Chessex, 1995 ), rules for ship design and statistics for various spaceships.

* Adventure Galley, an English ship captained by William Kidd, the notorious privateer turned pirate

Captain William Kidd is said to have visited in 1697 to undertake repairs to his ship, and to have lost half his crew to Libertatia.

After the War of the Grand Alliance broke out, Kidd, Culliford, and their British comrades mutinied against a French prize crew, taking the ship and renaming it the Blessed William, with Kidd put in command.

While plotting to capture Culliford's ship most of Kidd's crew ( who had grown angry with their captain ) abandoned Kidd and signed on with Culliford.

Culliford and his new crew then set off in late June, 1698 leaving Kidd and his ransacked ship to fend for themselves on St. Mary's Island.

* USS Kidd ( DDG-993 ), the first ship of the Kidd class of destroyers, serving from 1981 to 1998

The ROC Navy already has 95 older Harpoon missiles in its inventory for the 8 Knox frigates, 22 newer RGM-84L for the 4 Kidd DDGs, 32 sub launched Harpoon II on order for the 2 Zwaardvis / Hai Lung submarines, and with 60 air launched Harpoon Block II anti-ship missile on order for the 12 P-3C, plus the newly announced 10 ship launched and 2 air launched Harpoon II / L sales.

Kidd was a big booster of athletics, especially football, and in 1915, when funds were rather lean at the school, Kidd donated $ 800 to equip the football team.

In this case, he abused his position in the Privy Council to make profits for himself ; as Chief of the Navy he embezzled funds ; and, as Lord High Admiral of England he got a commission for the pirate William Kidd.

* 1915 – Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer ( d. 2007 )

William " Captain " Kidd ( c. 1645 – 23 May 1701 ) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.

Some modern historians deem his piratical reputation unjust, as there is evidence that Kidd acted only as a privateer.

Captain William Kidd was either one of the most notorious pirates in the history of the world or one of its most unjustly vilified and prosecuted privateers in an age typified by the rationalisation of empire.

Kidd was born in Dundee, Scotland January 1654.

Richard Zacks in the biography The Pirate Hunter ( 2002 ) says Kidd came from Dundee.

Reports that Kidd came from Greenock have been dismissed by Dr. Dobson, who found neither the name Kidd ( or Kyd ) in baptismal records.

A contrary view is presented here Kidd later settled in the new colony of New York.

Kidd became captain, either the result of an election of the ship's crew or because of appointment by Christopher Codrington, governor of the island of Nevis.

Captain Kidd and the Blessed William became part of a small fleet assembled by Codrington to defend Nevis from the French, with whom the English were at war.

Kidd and his men attacked the French island of Mariegalante, destroyed the only town, and looted the area, gathering for themselves something around 2, 000 pounds Sterling.

During the War of the Grand Alliance, on orders from the province of New York, Massachusetts, Kidd captured an enemy privateer, which duty he was commissioned to perform off of the New England coast.

Shortly thereafter, Kidd was awarded £ 150 for successful privateering in the Caribbean.

In New York City, Kidd was active in the building of Trinity Church, New York.

Captain Kidd in New York Harbor, ca.

On 11 December 1695, Bellomont, who was now governing New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, asked the " trusty and well beloved Captain Kidd " to attack Thomas Tew, John Ireland, Thomas Wake, William Maze, and all others who associated themselves with pirates, along with any enemy French ships.

This request, however, if turned down, would have been viewed as disloyalty to the crown, the perception of which carried much social stigma, making it difficult for Kidd to have done so.

Kidd was presented with a letter of marque, signed personally by King William III of England.

Kidd and an acquaintance, Colonel Robert Livingston, orchestrated the whole plan and paid for the rest.