<P> The plunder of Ganj - i - sawai caused considerable damage to England's fragile relations with the Mughals . In response to Every's attack, a combined bounty of £ 1,000--an immense sum at the time--was offered for his capture by the Privy Council and the East India Company, leading to the first worldwide manhunt in recorded history . Every and his crew fled to the Bahamas, briefly sheltering in New Providence, a known pirate haven . After adopting aliases, the crew broke company, most choosing to sail home to the British Isles and the rest remaining in the British West Indies or taking to the North American colonies . Twenty four of the pirates were eventually captured, and 6 were tried, convicted, and hanged in London in November 1696 . Yet Every eluded capture, vanishing from all records in 1696; his whereabouts and activities after this period are unknown . Unconfirmed accounts state he may have changed his name and retired, quietly living out the rest of his life in either Britain or an unidentified tropical island, dying sometime after 1696 . Colin Woodard stated that Every, in trying to launder his riches to currency, had been outsmarted by wealthy landowners and "died a poor beggar not being able to afford his own coffin ." Many believe that Every's treasure is unrecovered . </P> <P> Modern scholarship suggests Every was born on 20 August 1659 in the village of Newton Ferrers, about 9.7 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Plymouth, Devon . Parish records indicate that he may have been the son of John Avery and his wife, Anne (maiden name unknown); the Every family of Devonshire was quite established at the time, and it is likely he was a kinsman of the Everys of Wycroft Castle . According to the deposition of William Phillips, a member of Every's crew who gave a "voluntary confession" after his capture, in August 1696 Every was "aged about 40 years," his mother lived "near Plymouth," and his wife was a periwig seller who lived "in Ratcliffe Highway ." Every was married and records indicate that he may have wed one Dorothy Arther at St James Duke's Place in London on 11 September 1690, though there is no evidence that he had any children . </P> <P> The earliest biographical account of the man, The Life and Adventures of Capt . John Avery (London: J. Baker, 1709), states that he was born in 1653 in Cattedown, Plymouth . Though this location and date are now known to be incorrect, they have been frequently cited in earlier literature . (Another suggested year for Every's birth is 1665, though this too is in error .) The memoir's Dutch author, who wrote his account a little over a decade after the pirate had vanished, uses the name Adrian van Broeck, but this is probably a pseudonym . The account tells of Van Broeck's short captivity by Every's crew aboard the Fancy, and claims that Every's father was a trading captain who had served in the Royal Navy under Admiral Robert Blake . Several later accounts of Every's life, most prominently Daniel Defoe's The King of Pirates (1720), have made reference to the earlier work, but it is of questionable veracity and has been described by the Dictionary of National Biography as "fiction, with scarcely a substratum of fact ." </P> <P> Though a theory existed that Every's birth name was actually Benjamin Bridgeman (especially in light of his nickname "Long Ben"), and that "Henry Every" was in fact an alias, modern scholarship has debunked it . It is accepted by historians that "Henry Every" was the pirate's real name, given that he used this name when he entered the Royal Navy . As this was prior to the onset of his piratical career, he would have had no need for an alias; that is, Every only used the name "Bridgeman" after committing piracy . Every may have been a cousin of the well - known Every baronets, though this has not been proven conclusively . </P>

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