Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: James Walker akaberekwa muna 1764, mwanakomana waJames Walker weInnerdovat, Fife nomudzimai wake munyori wenhau, Mary Leslie, mwanasikana wechitatu waAlexander Melville, 5th Earl weLeven. Akapinda muuto rehondo semutungamiri wechikepe pabhodhi re 32-gun musi wa 18 December 1776, achishumira pasi paKaputeni William Garnier. Akaenda kuJamaica muna Ndira 1777, asi akadzokera kumvura dzeBritain nokuda kwebasa muNorth Sea uye ipapo Chirungu Channel pamwe nevatasvi vaSir Charles Hardy munguva ye
dambudziko rokupinda muAmerica muna 1779. Paakanga achishumira muChannel muna 1780, "Southampton" yakabata ngarava yeFrance yaiva nepfuti 18 yaiva nevarume 80 kuPortland. Walker akatumwa kunobatsira kubvisa vasungwa, uye pashure pokuita kudaro akaramba ari mungarava kuti abatsire nebaling uye kupomba, sezvo privateer yakanga iri mungozi yokunyura. Pasinei zvapo nenhamburiko dzake mufambisi wengarava akangoerekana anyura, achida kutora Walker pamwe chete naye. Akanga ari mumvura kwemaminiti gumi asati aponeswa.