Note 3 — Chapter XV
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"I happen to know the fact that Blackbeard, whose family name was given as Teach, was in reality named Drumond, a native of Bristol. I have learned this fact from one of his family and name, of respectable standing in Virginia, near Hampton." (Watson's Annals of Philadelphia.)
In the contemporary court records of the Carolina colony, the name of Blackbeard is given as Thatch.