Show captain kidd parsons son one of the most celebrated pirates of all time was the son of a scotch minister according to the standard american encyclopedia he was william kidd kidd took to sea and established himself in new york city as a landowner and shipper commissioned by william III in 1697 to suppress pirating he met with mutiny and misfortune on his wa way y to madagascar and turned pirate himself to prey on commercial ships ship s lie he was tried found guilty and hanged in london in 1701 |