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Mary Read was born in England.
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When Mary's brother died, she passed as a boy to make money from her grandmother. The time of this is unknown, but this is just a guess of around the time it might of happened.
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Her grandmother dies when she is 13. Mary still dresses as a boy after.
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Mary works as a servant so that she can eventually join the military. Again, just a guess on the year, but around this time.
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Mary travels to Flanders and becomes a part of the military.
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Mary meets a fellow soldier and later when she reveals her gender, the get married. Date is still a guess, but in the general time.
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Mary and her husband open an inn near the Netherlands, but her husband dies.
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After her husband died, she went back to living as a man and became a sailor.
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Mary's crew had to become buccaneers when they were captured by pirates.
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The queen says that if you are pirate, you will be pardoned from your crimes if you surrender.
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Some of the people on Mary's ship surrender, but Mary doesn't.
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Soon after the royal edict is issued, Mary joins Calico Jack's (John Rackham) ship. On the ship she meets Anne Bonny.
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Mary and Anne fought side by side with each other, and were like partners in crime.
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Mary and Anne are convicted and the ship is captured. Date of month we are guessing, but in September.
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The men surrendered to the British, but Mary and Anne kept on fighting until they were captured.
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The men are convicted, and they are hung and executed.
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They are convicted and sentenced to death, but their executions were postponed because they were both pregnant.
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Mary Read dies in prison from a fever, but Anne Bonny was eventually freed.