Lady Elizabeth Killigrew (Trewinnard) - Not a Pirate?

Hi Linda, I have always understood Lady Elizabeth Kiiligrew to be the "pirate" referred to in various profiles, and dates differ from site to site. Personally, I have never put much faith in Wikipedia as a reliable source. Each of us needs to decide how many is enough different sources to satisfy whether a link is reliable or not. My credo is "as many as possible". I hope I am some help.
Regards, Bill Capper.

Hi Linda, I can't find the source I used right now (I'm away from home at the moment) but if memory serves then piracy became a sort of family business that Elizabeth, her sons (and later their wives etc.) all took up. The Elizabeth/Mary thing is because the women's names were less recorded but a quick check of dates should clear up which one is which.
If you're interested in further research online a great place to look are local history blogs which are usually very good about tagging their sources and tend to dive quite deeply into the Killigrew family. Again, if I remember when I get back I'll link a few that might be of interest.
Hope that's helpful!
All the best,
Bea