| December 1721 | Edward Low and George Lowther join forces as pirate crew near Cayman Islands |
| May 28, 1722 | Near Maryland, Low and Lowther capture Boston-bound brigantine, Rebecca, which Low keeps as his ship |
| June 3, 1722 | In the Rebecca, the pirate Edward Low captures and destroys three vessels near New England |
| June 15, 1722 | Low’s crew captures several New England fishermen near Nova Scotia, including Philip Ashton and Joseph Libbey |
| June – July 1722 | Low’s crew ransacks a small village in Acadia (Nova Scotia) and captures more vessels near Grand Banks |
| July – August 1722 | Near Azores, Low’s crew captures and keeps a Portuguese pink |
| September 5, 1722 | After more captures near Cape Verde Islands, one of the captured fishermen, Nicholas Meritt, escapes |
| November – December 1722 | Portuguese pink sinks near coast of Brazil and Ashton nearly drowns in the mishap |
| February 1723 | Pirates are fired at and chased by Royal Navy frigate, HMS Mermaid, near Panama |
| March 9, 1723 | Ashton runs ashore on island of Roatan and escapes from pirates when they go ashore for fresh water |
| March 10, 1723 | Low attacks Spanish ship patrolling near present-day Belize and kills close to 50 of men aboard |
| May 8, 1723 | Pirates capture at least six vessels near Cuba, burning the fingers of men aboard to force confessions about hidden valuables |
| June 10, 1723 | One of Low’s two sloops, the Ranger, captured after 12-hour battle with British warship, HMS Diamond, near Block Island |
| July 19, 1723 | Twenty-six members of Low’s crew, captured in battle with Greyhound, are executed in Newport, Rhode Island |
| September, 1723 | Low’s pirates are back at Azores and capture more vessels |
| October 27, 1723 | Pirates capture the Delight Galley near coast of Africa; the pirate Francis Spriggs take the Delight and abandons Low |
| November, 1723 | On Roatan, a mysterious Bayman visits Ashton for three days but is lost at sea |
| March 1724 | Remaining members of the pirate crew abandon Low and set him adrift in a French sloop near island of Martinique |
| March 22, 1724 | English captain Richard Hawkins is captured by Francis Spriggs and his crew of pirates in Caribbean |
| June 1724 | A band of 18 Baymen sail to Roatan where they discover Ashton and take him to their camp on a nearby island |
| June – July 1724 | Spriggs reunites with remaining members of Low’s crew, now under command of Richard Shipton |
| August 31, 1724 | Spriggs and Shipton attacked by HMS Diamond near coast of Belize |
| November 1723 | Shipton’s crew shipwrecked off coast of Florida; survivors include about 12 men, including captives Jonathan Barlow and Nicholas Simmons |
| December 27, 1724 | Captives stage a revolt against pirates from Shipton’s crew and sail back to Newport in ship John and Mary |
| December 1724 – January 1725 | Spriggs’ crew attacks camp on a small island near Roatan, where Ashton was living with Baymen |
| January 1725 | Most Baymen head back to mainland, but Ashton remains near Roatan with two other men |
| March 29, 1725 | HMS Diamond leaves Belize with convoy of vessels, but blown off course towards Roatan by tropical storm |
| April, 1725 | Ashton rescued near Roatan by ship from Salem, Massachusetts, that was sailing with the Diamond |
| May 1, 1725 | Ashton arrives home in Marblehead, Massachusetts |