Joseph Bradish

Joseph Bradish (1672–1700) was a pirate best known for a single incident involving a mutiny.

History Joseph Bradish was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on 28 November 1672. His parents, Joseph Bradish and Mary Frost Bradish, were children of English settlers who had arrived in Massachusetts in the 1630s.

Bradish signed on as a mate with the Borneo-bound 300-ton pink Adventure out of London in March 1698. Adventures captain, Thomas Gullock, was much disliked and Bradish organized a mutiny against him. When Gullock and some officers went ashore in the Spice Islands, Bradish's men cut the anchor cables, put anyone who would not follow them off in a small boat, and stole the ship. Bradish was elected captain and shared the ship's treasure with his men. They sailed to Mauritius and Ascension to resupply and then headed to America. Bradish and a few others convinced a local officer, Colonel Pierson, to stash several bags of jewels and coins before heading to Boston. They had hoped to obtain a pardon under the 1698 Act of Grace, which offered a pardon to pirates who willingly surrendered. until recently. In June Bradish escaped with the help of the jailer, a relative of his. He was recaptured in October north of Saco, Maine after New York's Governor Bellomont offered a reward for his capture. Meanwhile Bellomont arranged for the recovery of Bradish's treasure, which Bradish and his men had secreted across New England with Pierson and others. so Bradish was sent to England in March 1700 aboard , along with fellow prisoners Kidd and James Gilliam and many of Kidd's former crew.