Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723, with little more than a year of his training to complete.
ولد في عائلة فقيرة .درب كنجار لكنه عزف إلى السرقة والسطو في عام 1723, بعد أكثر من عام بقليل كان تدريبه قد أكتمل.