who was traitor banned to ship and not allowed back on us soil in early us?

Question

early 1700s-1890s was banned for treason (don't remember what he did) from u.s. because he said he hoped he never saw or set foot on the u.s. again so they gave him his wish and put him on a ship and he went from ship to ship until he died. I cannot think of his name.

Answer 1

The man's name was Philip Nolan, and the story was fiction.

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold