| Woods Rogers | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Title | Captain |
| Gender | Male |
| Status | Deceased |
| Ships | None |
| Relationships | Woodes Rogers (son)
Thomas Rogers (son; deceased) |
| Appearances | Mentioned in: XXIV., XXVI. |
| Portrayed by | N/A |
Woods Rogers was a wealthy shipping magnate from Bristol. He was the father of Woodes and Thomas Rogers.
Biography[]
Background[]
Woods ran a successful shipping business first out of Poole and then out of Bristol. At some point, his son Woodes Rogers married Sarah Whetstone. Woodes and Thomas went on a privateering expedition during the War of the Spanish Succession. They successfully captured a treasure galleon, but Thomas was killed in the battle.
After Woods died at sea, and Woodes inherited the family business.
Season Three[]
Jack Rackham says to Woodes that the gist of his book, Voyage Round the World, was that a wealthy son of a wealthy man took to the sea to presumably prove something to his parents, sought adventure, and found the limits of his capacity and stumbled on an impressive story in the process.
Woodes later asks Jack if he really believes that the two are so different. Jack retorts that Woodes married rich and inherited his father Woods' shipping business.
Quotes[]
"Wealthy son of a wealthy man takes to the sea to prove something to the parents, presumably." - Jack Rackham to Woodes Rogers in XXIV.
"Wealthy family, inherited Daddy's shipping business, married rich... I read your book." Jack to Woodes in XXVI.
Trivia[]
- In real life, Woods died at sea in 1706, two years before Wood's expedition took place.