In case of death, their estates were taken possession of for the same reason.

Two months later, Mr.Thomas Chown, the late supercargo of the _Godolphin_, was sent down to Carwar as a factor, and, a few weeks after his arrival, he married the young widow.
Application was now made to the Council at Bombay for the effects of her late husband to be made over to her, and orders were sent to Carwar for the late Mr.Harvey's effects to be sold, and one-third of the estate to be paid to Mrs.Chown, provided Harvey had died intestate.

The Carwar factory chief replied that the effects had realized 13,146 rupees 1 fanam and 12 budgerooks; that Harvey had left a will dated the 8th April, 1708, and that therefore nothing had been paid to Mrs.Chown.It was necessary for Chown and his wife to go to Bombay and prosecute their claims in person.

The short voyage was destined to be an eventful one.
On the 3rd November (1712), Chown and his wife left Carwar in the _Anne_ ketch, having a cargo of pepper and wax on board, to urge their claim to the late Mr.Harvey's estate.

The coast swarmed with pirate craft, among which those of Conajee Angria were the most numerous and the most formidable.