Details of the birth and early life of Thomas Pound are scarce other than the date was possibly 1689 and somewhere in England. His first introduction to life on the sea was documented enlisted in the Royal Navy and attained the rank of an officer as a naval cartographer. His port of origin was Boston, Massachusetts, and was skilled at drawing maps which a copy still resides in the Library of Congress. One voyage after he left the navy consisting of other of passengers and the property of Thomas Hawkins with a plan to commandeer it and eventually chose to align with other pirates. Changing course toward Falmouth, Maine to enlist more men he was able to secure a portion from soldiers who deserted the local fort. And with his crew and supplies now replenished contained seaward to plunder more vessels in the New England coastline.

The governor of Massachusetts enlisted an armed ship to capture Pound and the battle that ensued claimed the life of the captain tasked with the assignment and Pound himself was wounded in the fray. With the obvious outcome of being overwhelmed Pound decode it was his best recourse to surrender and in 1690 was found guilty of piracy with the appropriate sentence of death. With the prospect now fading he was placed on a ship that was headed to England where the final sentence was to be carried out and on this voyage was attacked by a French vessel. When the English captain was mortally wounded in the exchange and needed a captain Pound was released from his chains and allowed to ward off the attackers. When word of his heroic deeds reached England, the decision was made to dismiss the charges and restored him to his previous rank in the navy.


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