Theodore Zee

Friends and Family
Solomon Zee: A cousin of Theodore Zee, a freetrader who is eager to make a large profit off of the war in the Caribbean.

Record of Achievement
1721 - Enlisted in the squadron

Background Story
Born of an English Carpenter and a Dutch Seamstress, Zee had ample opportunity to experience ships, both making them and sailing them. He was named Theodore after his Grandfather and was given the middle name Zee by his mother to represent the sea, a great love of hers. He spent much of his formative years learning how to make an assortment of objects, mainly ship and boat frames that his father worked on. His mother worked with several others to make the sails for fishing boats and larger sloops. As such, when he grew older, Zee would take these boats out onto the local river and sea coast to test them out. It was there that he gained his love of the ocean and his desire to see what was beyond the horizon. At 17 he informed his parents of his intention to join the Royal Navy. He was met with a mixture of regret and pride, but his father agreed to write a letter of introduction to a Captain Davidson. His first few tours were to the coast of Spain and West Africa where he worked as part of the gunnery crew. He saw light duty against some French and Spanish ships. His ship berthed in Gibraltar where he spent a winter. When the spring came, his ship was dispatched to the Barbary Coast to patrol against Pirates who broke the compact or became to bold. It was during one such encounter that his senior officer in charge of the cannons was killed in action. Zee uncharacteristically took command of the port guns and had the guns firing in time and accurately. After the battle he was promoted to that position on the spot, given that half the men had been killed in action. He served for a number of years after, seeing action and getting promoted. He worked his way up the chain of command and finally achieved first mate just before his ship was assigned to the Caribbean. Upon arrive his ship was attacked by pirates and in the ensuing battle Captain Davidson was killed. Zee was then forced to take command of the vessel and fight off the pirates. After a successful fight he continued with his former captains orders to report to a Mr. Swain in Jenny Bay…