↑ Estimation based on Robbie Kay's age during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the fact that OST takes place in 1750.
Like most of the Queen Anne's Revenge's crew he would have accepted the pardon offered by Admiral John Benbow, joining the British Royal Navy and serving aboard the HMS Bonaventure, only to desert and rejoin Jack Sparrow to find the legendary treasure called the Mermaid Trove. The Cabin Boy was featured in Terry Rossio's original script for Dead Men Tell No Tales.It is possible that this character is based on Louis Arot, a real-world French cabin boy who joined Blackbeard's crew in 1717 after the capture of La Concorde, the ship later known as the Queen Anne's Revenge.The character was also known to be the "first kid pirate to sail with Captain Jack" and the "youngest pirate on Captain Jack's crew".
Jack's crew almost took over the ship, until Blackbeard himself appeared on deck and hung them all with the ship's rigging. During the mutiny, the Cabin Boy fought alongside the human crew against many of the zombies. Later, as the other crewmen were not satisfied with sailing under Angelica and her zombie crew, the Cabin Boy brought in a double-armful of swords for the crew to use in Jack's mutiny aboard the Revenge.
As the Revenge sailed gloriously over the ocean, the Cabin Boy would be treated decently by the other crewmen as he worked. "He don't really come out." ― Scrum, Jack Sparrow and the Cabin Boy about Blackbeard Ĭabin Boy upon the appearance of Blackbeard.Ĭlimbing aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the Cabin Boy would work with the crewmen for the next five days, where he would work with a shanghaied Jack Sparrow.