Caroline Scott-Kenway
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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 dreams of riches eventually lead to their estrangement in 1713.
History
Caroline was the daughter of a wealthy Bristolian tea merchant and well respected in her community. She first met Edward Kenway when Caroline rode up to the scene of a fight between Edward and three men who had attempted to intoxicate and take advantage of a young woman, later revealed to be one of the Scott family's servants. The three men fled, and Caroline helped Edward up and thanked him for his help. While Caroline was originally cautious about getting involved with Edward, they 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 grandiose 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. 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 and died in 1720. Edward did not learn of her fate until two years after the fact.
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Caroline and Edward, newly wed
