 Some years later Dutch ex-pirate John Pro returned to St. Mary's and led a settlement there, trading with pirates and slavers until his death in 1719.After his return to New York, Baldridge presented Governor Bellomont with a plan to establish an English colony at Île Sainte-Marie.Bellomont and his backers were skeptical, given Baldridge's background, and Bellomont lamented that he lacked enough judicial resources and honest officials to prosecute Baldridge.