The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate Major Stede Bonnet

[@justino7005]

Stede Bonnet is my great great great grandfather, found this out through my uncle Robert Bonnet at my grandmothers funeral this past Christmas season. He had done a family /DNA ancestry test and we found this out. Pretty knarley .

[@TheMarinersMuseum]

Now THAT is cool!!

[@chillbilliam6856]

Also a supposed descendant here; I love hearing about Stede.. seems like he was a fascinating dude! ((I thought it was "Bonn-ay", also...))

[@ElenorSpeaks]

my name is Richie Bonnet, he is also my great 25 times over grand father, I live in Barbados, I recently found this out.... sooo how you doing cousins lol

[@ElenorSpeaks]

Where are you from? if you don't mind me asking?

[@denisebonnet-overbeck2972]

Actually, before dna existed , my father Robert W Bonnet sr. researched his family crest in the 1970s. We were made aware of our grand father,8 generations before me,back then. When my mother died, my nephew started researching the lineage and reignited the interest in steed bonnet. The pronunciation of his name is bonnet’, which always offended me growing up. He it is French.