1 Pirates’ Deaths This chart was compiled from the sources consulted in my “Pirates and Death” article. When discrepancies surfaced from one resource to another, I included both versions. This is not a comprehensive list, and for many pirates there is no historical record that explains how or when they died. Pirate (Birthplace or Home Port) Alexander, John (Scotland) Amand or Annand, Alexander (Jamaica) Captain / Position B. Sharp Death Date 5/9/1681 Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Phillips / Quartermaster B. Roberts 2/10/1722 B. Roberts 1722 Drowned while ferrying tools ashore at the island of Chira. Buried at sea four days later. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. Buried in marsh below low-water mark. Broken on the wheel and then decapitated (age 42). Head was displayed atop the gallows where 42 of his comrades had been hanged the day before on Petit Gouave. Murdered by own men while sleeping in hammock at sea. Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts (age about 27). Body hung in chains on Bird Island. Captured by HMS Swallow, same ship he had deserted from. Taken to London, courtmartialed, and hanged from yardarm of HMS Weymouth (age 34). Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 32). Atkinson / Captain Charles Gibbs 1583 Hanged in London. Anan, Pasqual Anstis, Thomas Archer, John Rose Armstrong, Robert or Thomas Ashplant, Valentine (London, England) Atkinson, Clinton (London, England) Atwell(aka Atwood), Henry Augur, John Circumstances & Place of Death 1723 6/2/1724 1831 12/1718 Presumed drowned off coast of Rhode Island. Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 40) Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 2 Aylett, John (New England) Baily or Bayley, John (London, England) Baker, Thomas (Flushing) Ball, Roger Baltizar Banister or Bannister, John Barbarossa, Kheyr-ed-din (Algiers) Barbarossa, Uruj or Aruj Bellamy, Samuel (England) Belvin, James Bendall, George Aylett / Captain 1/12/1669 Died when HMS Oxford exploded along with more than 200 other buccaneers. Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Hanged at Charleston, South Carolina. Samuel Bellamy 11/15/1717 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. B. Roberts 2/2/1722 Baltizar / Captain Banister / Captain 1823 1/1687 1545 Bellamy / Captain John Gow / Boatswain John Augur 1518 1717 6/11/1725 12/1718 Bennett, John Bennett, William Bernanos, Jean (French) Bill, Philip (St. Thomas) Birtson, Robert (Cornwall, England) Thomas Pound 7/15/1695 B. Roberts 3/28/1722 B. Roberts 1722 Died from burns sustained after John Morris tried to blow up ship. Hanged at Kingston, Jamaica. Moskito Indians gave him to HMS Drake, whose captain waited until the ship was nearing Port Royal before hanging him from a yardarm. Died in Constantinople of natural causes (age 73). Killed in action at siege of Tlemcen. Died when ship wrecked off Cape Cod during storm. Hanged at Wapping, Execution Dock, London. Hanged in New Providence, Bahamas (age about 22). Died proclaiming his innocence. Killed during an engagement with a Honduran ship. Died in prison in Boston, Massachusetts. Died on Saint Domingue in an English ambush. Body was pierced three times. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 27). Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 30). Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 3 Bishop, William Blackburne, Lancelot Blads or Blades, William (Rhode Island) Blake, James Bonnet, Stede (Barbados) Booth, George (Breton) Bot or Botte, Pierre Bournal, William Bowen, John (Bermuda) Boyga, Manuel (Colombia) Boyd, Robert (Bath Town, North Carolina) Boyt, Philip Bradish, Joseph (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Bradley, George Breakes, Hiram (Saba, West Indies) Brierly, John; also known as Timberhead (Bath Town, North Carolina) Brigaut, Nicola (France) Bright, John Henry Every Charles Harris Edward Teach Bonnet / Captain ? / Gunner Bowen / Captain Captain Gilbert 1696 3/23/1743 Hanged at Execution Dock in London. Retired and became Archbishop of York. Buried at St. Margaret’s in Westminster Cathedral. 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 28). 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. 12/10/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. 1700 Killed in assault on Arabian fortress in Zanzibar. Fall 1685 Veracruz 9/1720 Executed at Gallows Island in Harbor of St. George’s. Retired to Mauritius and died six months later from an illness. 1835 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Bradish / Captain 1580s 1701 Thomas Anstis Breakes / Captain 6/1723 Stede Bonnet 11/1718 1686 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. Hanged Executed then hung in chains at Hope Dock near Gravesend. Hanged in Bermuda. Suicide by drowning in Amsterdam. Hanged in Charleston, South Carolina. Executed at St. Augustine, Florida. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 25). Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 4 Brinkley, James (Suffolk, England) Brodley or Bradley, Joseph Charles Harris Brodley / Captain Brooks, Joseph Edward Teach Brown, James (Scotland) Thomas Brown, John (Jamaica) Brown, John; also known as The Taller (England) Mr. Bull Bunce, Charles (England) Burgess, Josiah Burgess, Samuel South (New York) Burgess, Thomas Samuel Bellamy Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 28). 1676 Died 10 days after sustaining severe wounds attempting to take Chagre. 11/1718 Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. 1676 Brought up on charges of piracy after letter of marquee expired. Appealed to assembly, who appealed to governor, but governor wanted to make an example of him. After found innocent of the charges, governor retried him and had him hanged immediately upon receipt of guilty verdict. Thirty minutes later a stay of execution arrived from assembly. Governor so angry dissolved assembly. 11/15/1717 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Harris 7/19/1723 B. Sharp B. Roberts 4/22/1680 2/20/1722 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 29). Killed in action at Chipillo, Panama. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 26). Bunce / Captain Burgess / Captain Drowned in shipwreck near Abaco. Poisoned Burgess / Captain Received pardon. Drowned while on voyage for Woodes Rogers. Killed in action or drowned in a hurricane. Burke, Thomas (Ireland) Caesar Cammock, William 7/19/1723 1699 Edward Teach B. Sharp 3/1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. 12/14/1679 Died from malignant fever and hiccough. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 5 Carnes, John Castillo (Colombia) La Cata Chandler, Henry (Devon, England) Cheng Yih or Cheng I or Zhèng Shì (Chinese) Cheng Yih Sao or Cheng I Sao or Zhèng Yī Săo (Chinese) Chui-apoo or Wang-na-kok (Chinese) Church, Charles (Westminster, England) Church, Edward Church, John Clark, John Clarke, Richard; also known as Jafar (England) Clement, James (Bristol, England) Coleman, John (Wales) Cobham Cobham, Maria Cofresí, Roberto (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Cole, Samuel Condent or Congdon or Coden, Christopher Edward Teach 3/1719 6/11/1835 1824 Zhèng / Captain Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica. Renegado in Algiers, but hanged in England. 11/16/1807 Blown overboard during gale and drowned, or killed in action in Vietnam (age 42). 1844 Died of natural causes in Canton, China (age 69). Shap ’ng Tsai 1850 Committed suicide rather than face exile. Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Charles Gibbs George Lowther 1831 3/11/1722 1720 1622 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 21). Drowned off Rhode Island. Hanged on St. Kitt. Hanged at Leith in Scotland. Renegado hanged in Plymouth, England. B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 20). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 24). Cobham / Captain Cobham / Captain Cofresí / Captain Retired & died of old age. 1825 William Fly 7/12/1726 Committed suicide using laudanum in Le Havre, France. Garroted (age 33). Hanged with Fly at Boston, Massachusetts. Retired and died of old age. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 6 Cook, Edmond Cook, George ? / Gunner’s mate Cook, John (English) Cooper, Joshua Corner, Richard John Rackham / Quartermaster Corso, Juan Coward, William (Boston) Coxon, John Coyle, Richard (Exeter, England) Cragget, James Criss, John; also known as Jack the Bachelor (Ireland) Crow, Robert (Isle of Man) Cues, Peter (Exton, England) Cullin, Pierce Cunningham, William Curtice, Joseph Cussack, George Died from an illness at Cabo Blanco in the South Sea. 1622 Renegado in Algiers, but hanged in Plymouth, England. 1684 Died while raiding for beef. Buried ashore at Cape Blanco, Mexico. 1726 He and his men blew up their ship rather than be taken prisoner by the Royal Navy. 11/18/1720 Hanged at Gallow’s Point, Jamica. Body gibbeted at Gun Key. 1685 Died from a weak heart or lungs, or he was lost at sea. 1/27/1690 Hanged 1689 Coyle / Captain 1/25/1738 Henry Every Criss / Captain B. Roberts 1722 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 John Augur / Gunner Edward Teach 12/1718 11/1718 1675 Died quietly while living with the Moskito Indians. Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in London, England. Hanged in London. Died in bed in Naples, Italy. After his death, it was discovered that he had 3 wives. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 44). Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 32). Died in prison in London, England. Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 45). Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Executed Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 7 (Irish) Cuthbert, Goss (Devon, England) Dampier, William (England) Daniel, Stephen Danziger or Dansker or Danseker, Simon (Netherlands) Darby, John (Marblehead, Massachusetts) Davis, Howell (Wales) Davis, William (Wales) Dawson, Joseph De Graaf, Laurens Cornelis Boudewijn (Netherlands) De Grammont, Michel or François or Nicolas (France) De Graves, Herbert (Netherlands) De Mont, Francis De Sayas, Francisco (Spain) De Soto, Benito De Vine, Peter (Stepney) Deal, Robert Delizuff B. Roberts 1722 Edward Teach John Ward Prior to 3/23/1715 1719 1671 Thomas Pound 1689 Davis / Captain B. Roberts 1696 De Graaf / Captain 1704 1686 De Graves / Captain Charles Vane Delizuff / Retired and died in London (age 63), but burial site unknown. Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Killed in action near Algiers. Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove. 11/17/1720 Ambushed on Principe Island. Shot in stomach. 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 23). Henry Every B. Roberts Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 21). Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in London, England. Died around the age of 51. Ship sank in storm near the Azores. All hands lost. 6/1717 1823 Shipwrecked in storm near Walmer Castle. Rescued & then hanged from a tree. Hanged in Charleston, South Carolina. Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica. 1830 1722 Executed at Cadiz, Spain & head displayed. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 42). Hanged in Jamaica. Killed during argument with Barbarossa at Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 8 Delve, John Derdrake, John; also known as Jack of the Baltic (Danish) Dew, George (Barbados) Diego Dipper, Henry D’Ogeron, Bertrand (France) Dover, Thomas (England) Dowling, William Dragut Drake, Francis (England) Ducasse, Jean-Baptiste (France) Duill, John Dunkin, George (Glasgow, Scotland) Eaton, Edward (Wrexham, Wales) Captain George Lowther Derdrake / Captain Thomas Pound D’Ogeron / Governor of St.Domingue & leader of boucaniers Woodes Rogers Dragut / Rais Drake / Captain Ducasse / Captain & Governor St.Domingue 1722 Between 9/29/1702 and 2/15/1703 1686 1689 1/31/1676 1742 Biba Island. Hanged at St. Kitts. Retired, but recognized in Stockholm, Sweden and hanged. Died around age 35 after he retired or reformed, but cause of death is unknown.5 Hanged at St. Augustine. Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove. In Paris of incurable diarrhea. Retired. Died of old age (82). 12/1718 Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 24) 1565 Killed in action during siege of Malta. 12/27/1595 Succumbed to dysentery or yellow fever & buried off Porto Bello. 6/25/1715 After return to Bourbon, France, died from ill health. Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Killed in action at Arica. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 38). Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 9 Eddy, William (Aberdeen, Scotland) England, Edward Ernados, Emmanuel (Carolina) Eucalla, Domingo Eustace the Monk Evans, John Every or Avery, Henry or John (Plymouth, England) Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 England / Captain 1720 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Indigent and died on Madagascar. 1717 Hanged at Charleston, South Carolina. Eustace / Captain Evans / Captain Every / Captain 2/7/1823 8/24/1217 Unknown Fenn, John Thomas Anstis 5/1723 Fern, Thomas (Newfoundland) Fernon, William (England) Fetherston, George John Phillips / Carpenter B. Roberts 1722 Fife, James Fitzgerrald, John (Limerick, Ireland) Fly, William John Rackham / Master Captain Charles Harris Fly / Captain Forrest, William Forseith, Edward Henry Every Freebarn, Mathew George Lowther Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica. Beheaded off coast of Sandwich. Killed by boatswain when shot through head. Disappeared after he retired to Ireland or swindled out his diamonds, became ill, and died in poverty. Hanged at St. John’s Antigua with 4 others. Remains hung in chains on Rat Island in harbor. Killed by Phillips after running away twice. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 22). 11/18/1720 Hanged at Gallow’s Point, Jamiaca. Body gibbeted at Bush Key. After 1718 Killed by crew 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 21). 7/12/1726 Hanged with 2 others at Boston, Massachusetts. Body gibbeted on Nick’s Mate Island at entrance to Charles River. 1672 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. 1696 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in London, England. 1722 Hanged at St. Kitts. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 10 Gainy or Gayny, George 1681 Gates, Thomas Gautier, Francois; also known as George Sadwell (France) Gennings (England) Edward Teach ? / Cook Gibbons, Garrat Edward Teach / Boatswain Gibbs, Charles; also known as James D. Jeffers (Rhode Island) Gilbert, Pedro Giles, Thomas (Minehead, England) Gills, John Goldsmith, Thomas Gordon, Nathaniel (Portland, Maine) Goss, Cuthbert (Plymouth, England) Gow or Smith or Goffe, John (Scotland) Greaves, Red Legs 1719 1/1822 Gennings / Captain 11/1718 4/22/1831 Gilbert / Captain 1833 B. Roberts 1722 Edward Teach Goldsmith / Captain Gordon / Captain 1719 1714 2/22/1862 B. Roberts 1722 Gow / Captain 6/11/1725 Greaves / Drowned in jungle river weighted down by bags of gold. Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hanged in Leith, Scotland. Body given to Edinburgh University for dissection. Became a renegado for Barbary corsairs. Hanged in Wapping in London, England at Execution Dock. Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Hanged on Ellis Island. Body given to state university for dissection. He & 2 others hanged for piracy in Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 26). Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Died in his bed and was buried in graveyard at Dartmouth, England. Slaver tried as a pirate in New York. President Lincoln was pressured to reprieve him, but Gordon hanged. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 21). Hanged for 4 minutes before rope broke from people pulling on his legs. Hanged a second time, then body gibbeted at Greenwich, England. In retirement he gained much respect and gave Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 11 (West Indies) Greensail, Richard Grenville or Greenwille, Henry Grillo, Diego (Havana, Cuba) Grogniet, François; also known as Cachemarée Guillimillet, Breti Guittar, Louis (France) Gutterez, Juan Halsey, John Harding, Daniel (Croomsbury, England) Hardy, Richard (Wales) Harper, Abraham (Bristol, England) Harris Captain Edward Teach William Fly 1719 7/12/1726 1673 Grogniet / Captain 5/2/1687 Guittar / Captain 1823 5/1701 generous sums of money to charities and public institutions before his death. Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged after massacring all Spanish seamen on 3 ships. Died in the South Sea from wounds sustain in a raid on Guayaquil. Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica. Hanged in England along with 24 of his men. 1823 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica. Halsey / Captain 1716 B. Roberts 1722 Succumbed to tropical fever & given solemn burial in garden of watermelons. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 26). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 25). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 23). Harris / Captain Harris, Charles (London, England) Harris / Captain 7/19/1723 Harris, Peter (Kent, England) Harris, Richard Harris, Richard (Sadbury, England) Hawkins, John B. Sharp 1680 B. Roberts 1722 Renegado who was hanged in Wapping at Execution Dock in London, England. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 25). Once served as Edward Low’s quartermaster. Shot through both legs while boarding Spanish ship in Gulf of Ballona off Panama and died. Died from gangrene after one leg amputated. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 45). 11/20/1595 Died of fever. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 12 Hawkins, Thomas Hawkins, Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts) Hawes, Robert (Yarmouth, England) Hays, Robert (Liverpool, England) Hazel, Thomas Heaman, Peter (France) Heinszlein, Klein Hernandez, Augustus Hewet or Hewett or Hewit, William (Jamaica) Hide or Hyde, Daniel (Virginia) Hill, John Hitchens, Robert (England) Hilliard, John (England) Hooff, Peter Cornelius (Sweden) Hopton (aka Upton), John (London, England Hornigold, Benjamin (England) Killed in action at Buzzard’s Bay. Hawkins / Captain Thomas Pound 10/1689 B. Roberts 1722 Reprieved from hanging and sent to England, but died on way when ship fought French privateer. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 31). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 20). Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Heinszlein / Captain Stede Bonnet Charles Harris Pound B. Sharp / First Mate Samuel Bellamy 1690 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 50). 1/9/1822 Hanged at Leith, Scotland. Body donated to Edinburgh University for dissection. 1573 Beheaded with 33 others in Hamburg, Germany. 1823 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica. 11/8/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 23). 1689 Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove. 1564 Hanged in chains at St. Martin’s Point, Guernsey (age 50). 1/1681 Died of dropsy and buried on Juan Fernandez Island. 11/15/1717 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. ? / Boatswain 5/1729 Hornigold / Captain 1719 Hanged at Execution Dock in London. Accepted King’s Grace and became pirate hunter. Wrecked on reef & drowned or ship foundered during hurricane with no survivors. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 13 Howard, Thomas Huggit, Thomas (London, England) Hunter, Andrew Husk, John Charles Harris 7/19/1723 George Lowther Edward Teach 3/11/1722 11/1718 Hutt or Hout, George Hutt / Captain 1686 Hynde, Israel (Aberdeen, Scotland) B. Roberts 1722 Ingram, William Thomas Anstis / Gunner Iquan, Nicholas or Zheng Zhilong or Cheng Chi-Lung) (China) Jackson, Nathaniel Retire to India. Murdered by wife’s relations. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 30). Hanged on St. Kitts. Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Killed in battle with 3 Spanish galleons near Panama. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 30). Hanged 1661 Edward Teach 11/1718 Jacobson, Agge (Bristol, England) James, John (Wales) Jaynson, John (England) Jeffreys, Benjamin (Topsham, England) Jessup, John (Plymouth, England) Jobson or Cobson or Gobson, Richard B. Roberts 1722 Johnson, Benjamin Johnson / 1699 Executed by slow-slicing method in Beijing, China. Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 30). B. Roberts 1722 Wrecked on reef while rounding Cape of Good Hope, never heard from again. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 22). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 21). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 20). 1681 Died of exposure after boat overturned. Buried at Le Sound’s Cay. Decided to retire, stole a fast ship and his After 1750 Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 14 (Ormus) Johnson, Marcus (Smryna) Johnson, Robert (Ouidah, Africa) Jones, Joseph (England) Jones, Thomas Lawrence Jonstone or Johnston, Thomas; also known as Limping Privateer Jones, William (London, England) Jonnia (Spain) Captain B. Roberts 1722 share of captured booty, which amounted to £800,000 and sailed to Constantinople. Died natural death after a long life as bashaw. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 21). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 32). May 1698 Illness Howell Davis Thomas Pound May 1724 1/27/1690 Died in Marshalsea before trial. Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Jonnia / Captain 1820s Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 28). Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica. Kelly, James (England) Kennedy, Walter Kelly / Captain 7/12/1700 Hanged in London, England. B. Roberts 7/19/1721 Kidd, William Kidd / Captain 1701 Samuel Bellamy 4/1717 Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Betrayed by prostitute in brothel he owned after retiring from piracy. Taken to Marshalsea Prison, then hanged at Execution Dock in London, England. Hanged twice at Execution Dock in London, England and then body displayed in gibbet at Tilbury Point. Crushed and/or drowned during shipwreck (age 9). Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 32). King, John King, Mathew (Jamaica) Kneeves, Peter (Exeter, England) Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 15 Koxinga or Kuo Hsing Yeh or Coxinga or Zheng Chenggong (China) Koxinga / Captain 1622 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Laffite / Captain 2/1823 John Quelch 1704 Landresson / Captain John Quelch Charles Harris 1686 1704 7/19/1723 Laurens / Captain 1704 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Kuo P’o-tai (China) Lacy, Abraham (Devonshire, England) Laffite, Jean Lambert, John Landresson, Michel; also known as Bréha France Larimore or Larramore, Thomas Laughton, Francis (New York) Laurens Lawson, Edwar (Isle of Man) Lescuyer, Jean France Lesley, Peter (Exeter, England) Levasseur, Olivier; also known as La Buse or Buzzard France Levercott, Samuel Died of natural causes brought about by grief on death of Ming Emperor of Eternal Experiences whom he had been unable to return to throne. Died of natural causes at home. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 21). Reputedly killed during engagement with 2 Spanish warships. Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts, still claiming his innocence. Relatives cut down body during night and buried him at King’s Chapel cemetery. Garroted at Veracruz. 1685 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 39). Died from either a disease or natural causes at Cap François on St. Domingue. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 20). Died in the South Sea. B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 21). Levasseur / Captain 1730 Hanged on Réunion. George Lowther 1722 Hanged at St. Kitts. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 16 Levit, John (North Carolina) Lewis, John Lewis, Nicholas Lewis, William Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Henry Every George Lowther John Auger 1696 1722 12/1718 Leyton, Francis (New York) Libbey, Joseph (Marblehead, Massachusetts) Lima, Manuel Ling, William Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Edward Low 7/19/1723 Linister, Thomas (England) Linnicar, Thomas (Lancaster, England) Livers or Liver, William; also known as Evis Lodge, Thomas (London, England) Long, Zachariah (Netherlands) Lopez, John (Oporot) Lord, John L’Orange, Pierre Low, Edward (London, England) Lowther, George Charles Harris 2/1823 12/1718 7/19/1723 7/19/1723 Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 1625 Stede Bonnet Stede Bonnet Thomas Pound Low / Captain Lowther / Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Hanged in London, England. Hanged in St. Kitts. Former boxer demanded wine so he could die drunk. Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 34). Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 39). Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 21 or 22). Hanged at Kingston, Jamaica. Penitent, thought water was better to drink than wine. Hanged in New Providence, Bahamas (age 30). Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 21). Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 21). Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Died of plague (age 68). 11/8/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. 11/8/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. 1689 Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove. 10/22/1683 Hanged at Veracruz. Head displayed on a pier. 1724 Hanged on Martinique. 1723 Committed suicide by pistol on Isle of Blanco. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 17 Luntly, Richard Captain B. Roberts & Walter Kennedy Luque or Luke, Mateo Lushingham (Italy) Lyne, Philip 5/1722 Lushingham / Captain Lyne / Captain Macarty, Dennis Mackintosh, William (Canterbury, England) Magnes, William (Minehead, England) Main, William Mainwaring, Henry (Sussex, England) Mansfield or Mansvelt, Edward (Curaçao) Mansfield, Jo. (Bristol, England) Martin, John Massey, John May, William (London, England) 1/1721 1564 1725 12/1718 Carpenter, who maintained his innocence until his death by hanging in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica with 41 of his crew of 58. Killed in action. Former quartermaster of Francis Spriggs, he was captured after a bloody battle in which he lost an eye and his nose hung down on his face after taking a blast head-on. Hanged at Curaçao. B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 28). Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 21). B.w Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 35). B. Roberts / Bosun 1722 Blown up when one of crew fired pistol into gunpowder off Africa (age 28). Pardoned & died of old age. 1653 Mansfield / Captain After 1665 B. Roberts 1722 Edward Teach George Lowther Henry Every 1719 7/26/1723 1696 Died suddenly while visiting Tortuga as an old man, or taken by the Spanish to Porto Bello and hanged. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 30). Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hanged in London, England. Hanged in London, England. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 18 McCawley or Machauley or Maccawly, Daniel (Ireland or Scotland) McDonald, Edward Melvin, William (Scotland) Miguel, Blas Miguel, Francesco Miller, John Miller, Thomas M’Kinlie, Peter (Ireland) Montenegro (Colombia) Moody, Christopher Moore, William More, Jo. (Meer in Wilshire, England) Morgan, Edward Morgan, Henry (Wales) Morrice, Humphrey (New Providence) Morris, John John Gow 1725 George Lowther John Gow 1722 6/1725 John Quelch Edward Teach / Quartermaster Gilbert B. Roberts Hanged on St. Kitts. Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in London, England. 1687 Broken on the wheel, then decapitated and head topped gallows where bodies of 42 comrades were hanged on Petit Gouave. 1823 Hanged at Kingston, Jamaica. 6/30/1704 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. 11/1718 Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. 12/19/1765 After execution in Dublin, body hung in chains. 1835 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. 1722 William Kidd B. Roberts 1722 LieutenantColonel 1660s Morgan / Captain 8/25/1688 1718 B. Roberts Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in London, England. 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 28). Gibbeted. Murdered by Kidd, who threw bucket that struck his head. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 19). Sir Henry Morgan’s uncle and father-in-law was old and fat when he died of heat exhaustion during a raid. Died of dropsy in Jamaica & buried in churchyard at Port Royal the next day. Hanged by reformed pirates. Died when he fired his pistol into powder in an attempt to blow up the ship. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 19 Morris, Thomas Morrison, William (Jamaica) Morton, Philip Mullet or Millet, James (London) Mullins, Darby (Ireland) Mundon, Stephen (London, England) Munro Munson, Stephen (London, England) Murat Rais Nau, Jean David; also known as l’Olonnais (France) Neal, Richard Nelson (Prince Edward Island) 12/1718 Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Edward Teach / Gunner Stede Bonnet 11/1718 11/8/1718 William Kidd 5/23/1701 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Muro / Captain Charles Harris 1665 7/19/1723 Murat / Rais 1609 Nau / Captain Circa 1668 Nelson / Captain Nondre, Pedro North, Nathaniel (Bermuda) Nositer, Jospeh 2/1823 North / Captain B. Roberts 1722 Decked out in red ribbons. Wished he’d been a greater plague on shipping. Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 22). Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in London, England. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 20). Hanged at Gallows Point and gibbeted. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 29). Supposedly 100 years old at retirement and died after that. Darien Indians cut him into pieces while he was alive, then roasted each piece, before tossing ashes into the air. Died in prison in London. Shipwrecked in fog on small island, his partner and most of crew died, but he was rescued and retired to New York. Died of old age. Hanged twice after rope broke first time in Kingston, Jamaica. Murdered by Madagascar native. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 26). Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 20 Oughterlauney, Thomas B. Roberts / Pilot Paine, Thomas (New England) Parker, Jo. (Winfred, England) Patterson, Neal (Aberdeen, Scotland) Peacock, Thomas Penner Perry, Daniel (Guernsey, Channel Islands) Peterson, Erasmus Petty, William (Deptford, England) Philips, James (Antigua) Philips, Jo. (Jersey) Philips, Joseph Philips, William (Lower Shadwell) Phillips, John Phips, Richard Pickering, Charles 1722 After 1708 B. Roberts 1722 Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 4/1718 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle. Returned from last voyage, begun when he was 76 years old. Died of natural causes and buried on property in Connecticut. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 22). Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. Hanged in London. Retired in 1718 and killed soon after he was pardoned. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 30). Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 John Quelch B. Roberts 6/30/1704 1722 B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 35). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 28). Edward Teach B. Roberts 1719 1722 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 29). Phillips / Captain 4/1724 Thomas Pound Pickering / Captain 1703 Crew mutinied and threw him overboard. He drowned off the coast of Newfoundland after having captured 30 ships in 9 months. Shot in head at Tarpaulin Cove, but died in Boston jail prior to trial. Sailed with William Dampier. Died off the coast of Brazil. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 21 Piers, John (England) Pound, Thomas (Massachusetts) Piers / Captain Powel, Thomas (junior) (Connecticut) Power, John Price, Thomas (Bristol, England) Prie, John Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Stede Bonnet 3/10/1768 11/8/1718 Prie / Captain 7/1727 Pursser Pursser / Captain 1583 Quelch, John Quelch / Captain 6/30/1704 Quintor, Hendrick (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Samuel Bellamy Rackham, John; also known as Calico Jack 3/1532 1703 Rackham / Captain Read Read, Mary Read / Captain John Rackham Read, William (Londonderry, Ireland) Readhead, Philip Reyning, Jan Erasmus Charles Harris Captain Heidon Hanged Reprieved and sent to London, retiring from piracy after his sentence. Died of natural causes. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 21). Hanged in London, England. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina. Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in London. Body hung in chains opposite Woolwich. Hanged at Wapping in London, England. Hanged with 6 others in Boston, Massachusetts. First pirate hanged in the colonies under Admiralty law without benefit of jury. 11/15/1717 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. 11/18/1720 Hanged with 4 others at Gallows Point, Jamaica. Body hung in chains at Plum Point (Rackham’s Cay). Died at sea. 4/28/1721 Died of fever while in jail. Buried at St. Catherine’s Church, Jamaica. 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 35). 1564 Hanged at St. Martin’s Point, Guernsey. 2/1697 Sudden storm drove 2 ships onto rocks at Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 22 (Netherlands) Rhode, John (Boston, Massachusetts) Rice, Owen (Wales) Richardson, John (New York) Ridge, John (London, England) Ringrose, Basil Roach, Peter Robbins, James (London, England) Roberts, Bartholomew (Wales) Robinson, Edward (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) Roche, Philip; also known as John Eustace (Ireland) Rollson, Peter Rhode / Captain 6/1675 Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Benjamin Hartley Stede Bonnet 1/25/1738 2/1686 John Quelch Stede Bonnet 6/30/1704 11/8/1718 Roberts / Captain 1722 Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Roche / Captain 8/5/1723 John Gow / Gunner Stede Bonnet 1725 Ross or Rose, George (Glasgow, Scotland) Rounsivell, George Josiah Burgess Rupert of the Rhine Rupert / Prince St. Quintin, Richard 11/8/1718 11/8/1718 1653 3/19/1765 Bilbao, Spain. More than 400 died. Hanged at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 27). Hanged at Wapping in London, England. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Killed in action in Mexico along with 50 other buccaneers. Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Killed in action off West African coast. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Hanged at Wapping in London, England (age 30). Hanged at Wapping in London, England. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Drowned trying to rescue Burgess during shipwreck near Abaco. After loss of fleet during a storm, in which his brother was killed, returned to England a broken man. Died in his bed at Spring Gardens. Hanged at Dublin, Ireland and body gibbeted. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 23 (Yorkshire, England) Salter, Edward Sample, Richard Sample, Robert Sawkins, Richard Edward Teach Sample / Captain 1719 Edward Low After 1720 Sawkins / Captain 1680 Saxbridge, Tibault 1609 Scott, William Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Scudamore, Christopher Scudamore, Peter (Wales) Shaun, John (Nantes) Shaw, John Shergall or Sherral, Henry Shutfield, William (Lancaster, England) Skyrm, James (England) Smith, George (Wales) Smith, John Sound, Joseph John Quelch B. Roberts 6/30/1704 1722 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hanged after continuing to plunder vessels after taking pardon in 1718. While attacking man-of-war, he ran his ship aground on coast of Brazil. Twelve men killed. Portuguese hanged survivors (32 English, 3 Dutch, 2 French, & 1 Portuguese). Unknown whether he died in the fight or was hanged. Killed in action when he led his men in charging barricade manned by spearmen at Pueblo Nuevo. Killed in action at Newfoundland while attacking French ship. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 35). Samuel Bellamy 11/15/1717 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. George Lowther B. Sharp Charles Harris 1722 10/1681 7/19/1723 B. Roberts 1722 B. Roberts 1722 Charles Harris 1672 7/19/1723 Hanged on St. Kitts. Fell from mast & drowned near Cape Horn. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 40). Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 44). Body hung in chains. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 25). Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 24 (Westminster, England) Sparks, John Sprinkly, James (Suffolk, England) Spurre Stephens, William Stevenson, Jo. (Orkneys, Scotland) Stőrtebecker Stiles, Richard Studfield, William (Lancaster, England) Sutton, Thomas (Berwick) Swan, Charles Sympson, Christopher (North Berwick, Scotland) Teach or Thatch or Drummond, Edward; also known as Blackbeard (England) Tew, Thomas (Rhode Island) Thomas, John (Jamaica) Thomas, Richard Thwaites, Joseph Tompkins, John (Gloustershire, England) Henry Every Charles Harris 1696 7/19/1723 Spurre / Captain B. Sharp B. Roberts 1684 1/1682 1722 Stőrtebecker / Captain Edward Teach Charles Harris B. Roberts / Gunner Swan / Captain 1719 7/19/1723 1722 Newport, Rhode Island (age 28). Hanged in London, England. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 28). Died after eating Manchaneel apples. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 40). Beheaded at Hamburg, Germany with 71 others. Heads spiked along waterfront. Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 40). Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 23). Gibbeted. Drowned by natives in Mindanao, Philippines. B. Roberts After 3/1686 1722 Teach / Captain 11/1718 Killed in action during attack on ship in Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Tew / Captain 9/1695 Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Died from shot in stomach during battle with Fateh Mohammed. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Hanged Renegado of Algiers who retired to New York. Died from rattlesnake bite. Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 23). Thomas / Captain Thwaites / Captain Charles Harris 1797 7/19/1723 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 36). Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 25 Topping, Dennis Thomas Anstis Townley, Francis (England) Townley / Captain Tristian Turgut Rais Van Hoorn, Nikolaas (Netherlands) Van Tuyl, Otto Janszoon (New York) Van Vorst, Simon (New York City, New York) Vane, Charles (England) Veale, Thomas Verney, Francis (England) Vertpré or Vespre (France) Virgin, Henry (Bristol, England) Wafer, Lionel Walden, John (Whitby, England) Ward, John (Faversham, England) Early 1700s 1686 Tristian / Captain Turgat / Rais 1692 Van Hoorn / Captain 6/24/1683 Samuel Bellamy Killed in action off Brazil. Died in South Sea from wounds sustained in a raid; body thrown overboard near Otoque Island per his wishes. Killed by Spaniards. Killed in action at siege of Malta. Died from infected wound suffered in a duel with Laurens de Graaf. Late 1704 When shipwrecked in the Hudson River, 132 out of 145 men froze and drowned. 11/15/1717 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. 3/29/1721 1658 Hanged at Gallows Point, Port Royal, Jamaica. Hung in chains at Gun Cay. Believed buried alive when earthquake covered mouth of cave where lived with plunder. Pardoned renegado who retired to Italy, where died penniless at Hospital of St. Mary of Pity in Messina. Died at age 75. Verney / Captain 1615 Vertpré / Capitaine Stede Bonnet 1685 11/8/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. B. Roberts Circa 1705 1722 Retired, died of natural causes. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 24). Ward / Captain 1622 Barbary corsair who died of the plague. Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 26 Waters, John (England) Watling, John Watson, Henry Watts, Edward (Dunmore) Watts, William (Ireland) Weaver, Brigstock (Hereford, England) Weatherley, Tee (Massachusetts) West, Richard White, Robert White, Thomas (Plymouth, England) White, William Williams, David (Wales) Williams, James (Wales) Williams, William (England) Williams, William (Holland, Netherlands) Wilson, James (Dublin, Ireland) Winter, John Winthrop Wood, William Charles Harris / Quartermaster B. Sharp George Lowther B. Roberts 7/19/1723 B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 23). Weaver / Captain 1723 Hanged at Wapping in London, England. 1700 Hanged in London, England. George Lowther George Lowther White / Captain 1722 1722 Hanged on St. Kitts. Hanged on St. Kitts. Died of illness on Madagascar. John Phillips 6/2/1724 Williams / Captain John Gow 6/11/1725 B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 40). B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 30). Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 John Gow 1725 William Fly B. Roberts 7/4/1726 1722 1/30/1681 1722 1722 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in Newport, Rhode Island (age 35). Killed in action at Arica. Shot in the kidneys. Hanged on St. Kitts. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 22). Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts (age about 22). Body buried on Bird Island. Arabas killed him by lance thrust after torturing him. Hanged. Body gibbeted at Blackwell. Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina and buried in marsh. Hanged at Wapping at Execution Dock in London, England. Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 27). Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015 27 (York, England) Worley, Richard (Netherlands) Worley / Captain 2/17/1729 Yanky Zekerman, Andrew Yanky / Captain Peter M’Kinlie 1692 Died of wounds sustained in battle. 12/18/1765 Hanged at Dublin, Ireland & body gibbeted. Severely wounded in action with Royal Navy & hanged on ship before he expired from those wounds. + Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015
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