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Caroline with Edward
Caroline Scott-Kenway (1691 – 1720) was the first wife of Edward Kenway and the mother of his first child, Jennifer Scott. The combined strain of both her father's scheming and Edward's penchant for drink and delusions of grandeur eventually led to their estrangement in 1713.
Biography
Caroline was the daughter of a wealthy Bristolian tea merchant named Emmett Scott and his wife Elizabeth, and due to her independent attitude and status, she was well respected in her community. Caroline first met Edward Kenway when she rode up to the scene of a fight between Edward and three men, for which the latter had attempted to intoxicate and take advantage of a young woman named Rose, later revealed to be one of the Scott family's servants.
Due to her influence, the three men left bashfully, and Caroline helped Edward up and thanked him for his assistance. While Caroline was originally cautious about getting involved with Edward, particularly due to her father arranging her marriage to Matthew Hague, she and Edward eventually fell in love and married some time later.
Two years Edward's senior, Caroline worried about her husband's aspirations to travel the world as a privateer and soon grew tired of his inability to find steady work or take his responsibilities as a husband seriously.
His lofty ideas about sailing as a privateer in the West Indies was the last straw that eventually led to their estrangement, and she left their home to live with her parents, much to the dismay of Edward's father and mother, who loved her as the daughter they never had.
Unbeknownst to Edward, Caroline was pregnant with his first child, Jennifer, at the time of his departure. The two maintained correspondence, but it was far and fleeting, averaging about once a year. Eventually, Caroline fell ill from smallpox and died in 1720 – caused by her father's prior infection and his neglect towards medical treatment for her. Edward did not learn of her fate until two years after the fact.
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