Philip Ashton

In June 1722, Ashton was captured by pirates while fishing near the coast of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. In the Boston News Letter of 9 July 1722, Ashton was listed as being one of those captured by the pirate Edward Low. ==See also==

• Barnard, John. History of the Strange Adventures and Signal Deliverances of Mr. Philip Ashton, publ. by Samuel Gerrish, Boston (1725) (online source) • Flemming, Gregory. At the Point of a Cutlass, ForeEdge (2014) (online information) • Leslie, Edward E.. Desperate Journeys, abandoned Souls, Houghton Mifflin (1988) • Neider, Charles. Great Shipwrecks and Castaways, Harper & Brothers (1952) • Ashton's memorial. An history of the strange adventures, and signal deliverances, of Mr. Philip Ashton, who, after he had made his escape from the pirates, liv'd alone on a desolate island for about sixteen months. • Andrews, Michael. Stranded in Roatan: The true account of escape from pirates by Philip Ashton in 1722 (online information)