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Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 4/2018

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)

Captain /

Position

Death

Date

Circumstances & Place of Death

Alexander, John

(Scotland)

B. Sharp 5/9/1681 Drowned while ferrying tools ashore at the

island of Chira. Buried at sea four days later.

Amand or Annand, Alexander

(Jamaica)

Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South

Carolina. Buried in marsh below low-water

mark.

Anan, Pasqual 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.

Anstis, Thomas 1723 Murdered by own men while sleeping in

hammock at sea.

Archer, John Rose Phillips /

Quartermaster

6/2/1724 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts (age about

27). Body hung in chains on Bird Island.

Armstrong, Robert or Thomas B. Roberts 2/10/1722 Captured by HMS Swallow, same ship he had

deserted from. Taken to London, court-

martialed, and hanged from yardarm of HMS

Weymouth (age 34).

Ashplant, Valentine

(London, England)

B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 32).

Atkinson, Clinton

(London, England)

Atkinson /

Captain

1583 Hanged in London.

Atwell(aka Atwood), Henry Charles Gibbs 1831 Presumed drowned off coast of Rhode Island.

Augur, John 12/1718 Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 40)

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Aylett, John

(New England)

Aylett / Captain 1/12/1669 Died when HMS Oxford exploded along with

more than 200 other buccaneers.

Baily or Bayley, John

(London, England)

Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Hanged at Charleston, South Carolina.

Baker, Thomas

(Flushing)

Samuel Bellamy 11/15/1717 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ball, Roger B. Roberts 2/2/1722 Died from burns sustained after John Morris

tried to blow up ship.

Baltizar Baltizar / Captain 1823 Hanged at Kingston, Jamaica.

Banister or Bannister, John Banister /

Captain

1/1687 Moskito Indians gave him to HMS Drake,

whose captain waited until the ship was

nearing Port Royal before hanging him from a

yardarm.

Barbarossa, Kheyr-ed-din

(Algiers)

1545 Died in Constantinople of natural causes (age

73).

Barbarossa, Uruj or Aruj 1518 Killed in action at siege of Tlemcen.

Bellamy, Samuel

(England)

Bellamy /

Captain

1717 Died when ship wrecked off Cape Cod during

storm.

Belvin, James John Gow /

Boatswain

6/11/1725 Hanged at Wapping, Execution Dock,

London.

Bendall, George John Augur 12/1718 Hanged in New Providence, Bahamas (age

about 22). Died proclaiming his innocence.

Bennett, John Killed during an engagement with a Honduran

ship.

Bennett, William Thomas Pound Died in prison in Boston, Massachusetts.

Bernanos, Jean

(French)

7/15/1695 Died on Saint Domingue in an English

ambush. Body was pierced three times.

Bill, Philip

(St. Thomas)

B. Roberts 3/28/1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 27).

Birtson, Robert

(Cornwall, England)


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Bishop, William Henry Every 1696 Hanged at Execution Dock in London.

Blackburne, Lancelot 3/23/1743 Retired and became Archbishop of York.

Buried at St. Margaret’s in Westminster

Cathedral.

Blads or Blades, William

(Rhode Island)

Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in

Newport, Rhode Island (age 28).

Blake, James Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Bonnet, Stede

(Barbados)

Bonnet / Captain 12/10/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South

Carolina.

Booth, George

(Breton)

? / Gunner 1700 Killed in assault on Arabian fortress in

Zanzibar.

Bot or Botte, Pierre Fall 1685 Veracruz

Bournal, William 9/1720 Executed at Gallows Island in Harbor of St.

George’s.

Bowen, John

(Bermuda)

Bowen / Captain Retired to Mauritius and died six months later

from an illness.

Boyga, Manuel

(Colombia)

Captain Gilbert 1835 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts.

Boyd, Robert

(Bath Town, North Carolina)


Carolina.

Boyt, Philip 1580s Hanged

Bradish, Joseph

(Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Bradish / Captain 1701 Executed then hung in chains at Hope Dock

near Gravesend.

Bradley, George Thomas Anstis 6/1723 Hanged in Bermuda.

Breakes, Hiram

(Saba, West Indies)

Breakes / Captain Suicide by drowning in Amsterdam.

Brierly, John; also known as Timberhead

(Bath Town, North Carolina)

Stede Bonnet 11/1718 Hanged in Charleston, South Carolina.

Brigaut, Nicola

(France)

1686 Executed at St. Augustine, Florida.

Bright, John Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in


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Brinkley, James

(Suffolk, England)



Brodley or Bradley, Joseph Brodley / Captain 1676 Died 10 days after sustaining severe wounds

attempting to take Chagre.

Brooks, Joseph Edward Teach 11/1718 Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North

Carolina.

Brown, James

(Scotland)

Thomas 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.

Brown, John

(Jamaica)


Brown, John; also known as The Taller

(England)



Mr. Bull B. Sharp 4/22/1680 Killed in action at Chipillo, Panama.

Bunce, Charles

(England)

B. Roberts 2/20/1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 26).

Burgess, Josiah Bunce / Captain Drowned in shipwreck near Abaco.

Burgess, Samuel South

(New York)

Burgess / Captain Poisoned

Burgess, Thomas Burgess / Captain Received pardon. Drowned while on voyage

for Woodes Rogers.

Burke, Thomas

(Ireland)

1699 Killed in action or drowned in a hurricane.

Caesar Edward Teach 3/1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Cammock, William B. Sharp 12/14/1679 Died from malignant fever and hiccough.

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Carey, George 1603 Mercury poisoning (false treatment for

venereal disease)

Carnes, John Edward Teach 3/1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Castillo

(Colombia)

6/11/1835 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts.

La Cata 1824 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica.

Chandler, Henry

(Devon, England)

Renegado in Algiers, but hanged in England.

Cheng Yih or Cheng I or Zhèng Shì

(Chinese)

Zhèng / Captain 11/16/1807 Blown overboard during gale and drowned, or

killed in action in Vietnam (age 42).

Cheng Yih Sao or Cheng I Sao or Zhèng Yī

Săo

(Chinese)

1844 Died of natural causes in Canton, China (age

69).

Chui-apoo or Wang-na-kok

(Chinese)

Shap ’ng Tsai 1850 Committed suicide rather than face exile.

Church, Charles

(Westminster, England)



Church, Edward Charles Gibbs 1831 Drowned off Rhode Island.

Church, John George Lowther 3/11/1722 Hanged on St. Kitt.

Clark, John 1720 Hanged at Leith in Scotland.

Clarke, Richard; also known as Jafar

(England)

1622 Renegado hanged in Plymouth, England.

Clement, James

(Bristol, England)


Coleman, John

(Wales)


Cobham Cobham /

Captain

Retired & died of old age.

Cobham, Maria Cobham /

Captain

Committed suicide using laudanum in Le

Havre, France.

Cofresí, Roberto

(San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Cofresí / Captain 1825 Garroted (age 33).

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Cole, Samuel William Fly 7/12/1726 Hanged with Fly at Boston, Massachusetts.

Condent or Congdon or Coden, Christopher Retired and died of old age.

Cook, Edmond Died from an illness at Cabo Blanco in the

South Sea.

Cook, George ? / Gunner’s

mate

1622 Renegado in Algiers, but hanged in Plymouth,

England.

Cook, John

(English)

1684 Died while raiding for beef. Buried ashore at

Cape Blanco, Mexico.

Cooper, Joshua 1726 He and his men blew up their ship rather than

be taken prisoner by the Royal Navy.

Corner, Richard John Rackham /

Quartermaster

11/18/1720 Hanged at Gallow’s Point, Jamica. Body

gibbeted at Gun Key.

Corso, Juan 1685 Died from a weak heart or lungs, or he was

lost at sea.

Coward, William

(Boston)

1/27/1690 Hanged

Coxon, John 1689 Died quietly while living with the Moskito

Indians.

Coyle, Richard

(Exeter, England)

Coyle / Captain 1/25/1738 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in

London, England.

Cragget, James Henry Every Hanged in London.

Criss, John; also known as Jack the

Bachelor

(Ireland)

Criss / Captain Died in bed in Naples, Italy. After his death, it

was discovered that he had 3 wives.

Crow, Robert

(Isle of Man)


Cues, Peter

(Exton, England)



Cullin, Pierce Died in prison in London, England.

Cunningham, William John Augur /

Gunner

12/1718 Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age

45).

Curtice, Joseph Edward Teach 11/1718 Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North

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Carolina.

Cussack, George

(Irish)

1675 Executed

Cuthbert, Goss

(Devon, England)


Dampier, William

(England)

Prior to

3/23/1715

Retired and died in London (age 63), but

burial site unknown.

Daniel, Stephen Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Danziger or Dansker or Danseker, Simon

(Netherlands)

John Ward 1671 Killed in action near Algiers.

Darby, John

(Marblehead, Massachusetts)

Thomas Pound 1689 Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove.

Davis, Howell

(Wales)

Davis / Captain 11/17/1720 Ambushed on Principe Island. Shot in

stomach.

Davis, William

(Wales)


Dawson, Joseph Henry Every 1696 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in

London, England.

De Graaf, Laurens Cornelis Boudewijn

(Netherlands)

De Graaf /

Captain

1704 Died around the age of 51.

De Grammont, Michel or François or

Nicolas

(France)

1686 Ship sank in storm near the Azores. All hands

lost.

De Graves, Herbert

(Netherlands)

De Graves /

Captain

Shipwrecked in storm near Walmer Castle.

Rescued & then hanged from a tree.

De Mont, Francis 6/1717 Hanged in Charleston, South Carolina.

De Sayas, Francisco

(Spain)

1823 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica.

De Soto, Benito 1830 Executed at Cadiz, Spain & head displayed.

De Vine, Peter

(Stepney)


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Deal, Robert Charles Vane Hanged in Jamaica.

Delizuff Delizuff /

Captain

Killed during argument with Barbarossa at

Biba Island.

Delve, John George Lowther 1722 Hanged at St. Kitts.

Derdrake, John; also known as Jack of the

Baltic

(Danish)

Derdrake /

Captain

Retired, but recognized in Stockholm, Sweden

and hanged.

Dew, George

(Barbados)

Between

9/29/1702

and

2/15/1703

Died around age 35 after he retired or

reformed, but cause of death is unknown.5

Diego 1686 Hanged at St. Augustine.

Dipper, Henry Thomas Pound 1689 Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove.

D’Ogeron, Bertrand

(France)

D’Ogeron /

Governor of St.-

Domingue &

leader of

boucaniers

1/31/1676 In Paris of incurable diarrhea.

Dover, Thomas

(England)

Woodes Rogers 1742 Retired. Died of old age (82).

Dowling, William 12/1718 Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age 24)

Dragut Dragut / Rais 1565 Killed in action during siege of Malta.

Drake, Francis

(England)

Drake / Captain 12/27/1595 Succumbed to dysentery or yellow fever &

buried off Porto Bello.

Ducasse, Jean-Baptiste

(France)

Ducasse /

Captain &

Governor St.-

Domingue

6/25/1715 After return to Bourbon, France, died from ill

health.

Duill, John Killed in action at Arica.

Dunkin, George

(Glasgow, Scotland)


Carolina and buried in marsh.

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Eaton, Edward

(Wrexham, Wales)



Eddy, William

(Aberdeen, Scotland)



England, Edward England /

Captain

1720 Indigent and died on Madagascar.

Ernados, Emmanuel

(Carolina)

1717 Hanged at Charleston, South Carolina.

Eucalla, Domingo 2/7/1823 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica.

Eustace the Monk Eustace / Captain 8/24/1217 Beheaded off coast of Sandwich.

Evans, John Evans / Captain Killed by boatswain when shot through head.

Every or Avery, Henry or John

(Plymouth, England)

Every / Captain Unknown Disappeared after he retired to Ireland or

swindled out his diamonds, became ill, and

died in poverty.

Fenn, John Thomas Anstis 5/1723 Hanged at St. John’s Antigua with 4 others.

Remains hung in chains on Rat Island in

harbor.

Fern, Thomas

(Newfoundland)

John Phillips /

Carpenter

Killed by Phillips after running away twice.

Fernon, William

(England)


Fetherston, George John Rackham /

Master

11/18/1720 Hanged at Gallow’s Point, Jamiaca. Body

gibbeted at Bush Key.

Fife, James Captain After 1718 Killed by crew

Fitzgerrald, John

(Limerick, Ireland)



Fly, William Fly / Captain 7/12/1726 Hanged with 2 others at Boston,

Massachusetts. Body gibbeted on Nick’s Mate

Island at entrance to Charles River.

Forrest, William 1672 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Forseith, Edward Henry Every 1696 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in

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London, England.

Freebarn, Mathew George Lowther 1722 Hanged at St. Kitts.

Frobisher, Martin 1594 Died from gangrene after wounded during

attack on Spanish fort near Brest, France.

Gainy or Gayny, George 1681 Drowned in jungle river weighted down by

bags of gold.

Gates, Thomas Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Gautier, Francois; also known as George

Sadwell

(France)

? / Cook 1/1822 Hanged in Leith, Scotland. Body given to

Edinburgh University for dissection.

Gennings

(England)

Gennings /

Captain

Became a renegado for Barbary corsairs.

Hanged in Wapping in London, England at

Execution Dock.

Gibbons, Garrat Edward Teach /

Boatswain

11/1718 Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North

Carolina.

Gibbs, Charles; also known as James D.

Jeffers

(Rhode Island)

4/22/1831 Hanged on Ellis Island. Body given to state

university for dissection.

Gilbert, Pedro Gilbert / Captain 1833 He & 2 others hanged for piracy in Boston,

Massachusetts.

Giles, Thomas

(Minehead, England)


Gills, John Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Goldsmith, Thomas Goldsmith /

Captain

1714 Died in his bed and was buried in graveyard at

Dartmouth, England.

Gordon, Nathaniel

(Portland, Maine)

Gordon / Captain 2/22/1862 Slaver tried as a pirate in New York. President

Lincoln was pressured to reprieve him, but

Gordon hanged.

Goss, Cuthbert

(Plymouth, England)


Gow or Smith or Goffe, John Gow / Captain 6/11/1725 Hanged for 4 minutes before rope broke from

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(Scotland) people pulling on his legs. Hanged a second

time, then body gibbeted at Greenwich,

England.

Greaves, Red Legs

(West Indies)

Greaves /

Captain

In retirement he gained much respect and gave

generous sums of money to charities and

public institutions before his death.

Greensail, Richard Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Grenville or Greenwille, Henry William Fly 7/12/1726 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts.

Grillo, Diego

(Havana, Cuba)

1673 Hanged after massacring all Spanish seamen

on 3 ships.

Grogniet, François; also known as

Cachemarée

Grogniet /

Captain

5/2/1687 Died in the South Sea from wounds sustain in

a raid on Guayaquil.

Guillimillet, Breti 1823 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica.

Guittar, Louis

(France)

Guittar / Captain 5/1701 Hanged in England along with 24 of his men.

Gutterez, Juan 1823 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica.

Halsey, John Halsey / Captain 1716 Succumbed to tropical fever & given solemn

burial in garden of watermelons.

Harding, Daniel

(Croomsbury, England)


Hardy, Richard

(Wales)


Harper, Abraham

(Bristol, England)


Harris Harris / Captain Renegado who was hanged in Wapping at

Execution Dock in London, England.

Harris, Charles

(London, England)

Harris / Captain 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in

Newport, Rhode Island (age 25). Once served

as Edward Low’s quartermaster.

Harris, Peter

(Kent, England)

B. Sharp 1680 Shot through both legs while boarding Spanish

ship in Gulf of Ballona off Panama and died.

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Harris, Richard Died from gangrene after one leg amputated.

Harris, Richard

(Sadbury, England)


Hawkins, John 11/20/1595 Died of fever.

Hawkins, Thomas Hawkins /

Captain

10/1689 Killed in action at Buzzard’s Bay.

Hawkins, Thomas

(Boston, Massachusetts)

Thomas Pound 1690 Reprieved from hanging and sent to England,

but died on way when ship fought French

privateer.

Hawes, Robert

(Yarmouth, England)


Hays, Robert

(Liverpool, England)


Hazel, Thomas Charles Harris 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in


Heaman, Peter

(France)

1/9/1822 Hanged at Leith, Scotland. Body donated to

Edinburgh University for dissection.

Heinszlein, Klein Heinszlein /

Captain

1573 Beheaded with 33 others in Hamburg,

Germany.

Hernandez, Augustus 1823 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica.

Hewet or Hewett or Hewit, William

(Jamaica)



Hide or Hyde, Daniel

(Virginia)



Hill, John Pound 1689 Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove.

Hitchens, Robert

(England)

1564 Hanged in chains at St. Martin’s Point,

Guernsey (age 50).

Hilliard, John

(England)

B. Sharp / First

Mate

1/1681 Died of dropsy and buried on Juan Fernandez

Island.

Hooff, Peter Cornelius

(Sweden)


Hopton (aka Upton), John ? / Boatswain 5/1729 Hanged at Execution Dock in London.

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(London, England Hornigold, Benjamin

(England)

Hornigold /

Captain

1719 Accepted King’s Grace and became pirate

hunter. Wrecked on reef & drowned or ship

foundered during hurricane with no survivors.

Howard, Thomas Retire to India. Murdered by wife’s relations.

Huggit, Thomas

(London, England)



Hunter, Andrew George Lowther 3/11/1722 Hanged on St. Kitts.

Husk, John Edward Teach 11/1718 Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North

Carolina.

Hutt or Hout, George Hutt / Captain 1686 Killed in battle with 3 Spanish galleons near

Panama.

Hynde, Israel



Ingram, William Thomas Anstis /

Gunner

Hanged

Iquan, Nicholas or Zheng Zhilong or Cheng

Chi-Lung)

(China)

1661 Executed by slow-slicing method in Beijing,

China.

Jackson, Nathaniel Edward Teach 11/1718 Killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet, North

Carolina.

Jacobson, Agge

(Bristol, England)


James, John

(Wales)

1699 Wrecked on reef while rounding Cape of

Good Hope, never heard from again.

Jaynson, John

(England)


Jeffreys, Benjamin

(Topsham, England)


Jennings, John 12/29/1609 Hanged at Wapping

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Jessup, John

(Plymouth, England)


Jobson or Cobson or Gobson, Richard 1681 Died of exposure after boat overturned. Buried

at Le Sound’s Cay.

Johnson, Benjamin

(Ormus)

Johnson /

Captain

After 1750 Decided to retire, stole a fast ship and his

share of captured booty, which amounted to

£800,000 and sailed to Constantinople. Died

natural death after a long life as bashaw.

Johnson, Marcus

(Smryna)


Johnson, Robert

(Ouidah, Africa)


Jones, Joseph

(England)

May 1698 Illness

Jones, Thomas Lawrence Howell Davis May 1724 Died in Marshalsea before trial.

Jonstone or Johnston, Thomas; also known

as Limping Privateer

Thomas Pound 1/27/1690 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Jones, William

(London, England)



Jonnia

(Spain)

Jonnia / Captain 1820s Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica.

Kelly, James

(England)

Kelly / Captain 7/12/1700 Hanged in London, England.

Kennedy, Walter B. Roberts 7/19/1721 Betrayed by prostitute in brothel he owned

after retiring from piracy. Taken to Marshalsea

Prison, then hanged at Execution Dock in

London, England.

Kidd, William Kidd / Captain 1701 Hanged twice at Execution Dock in London,

England and then body displayed in gibbet at

Tilbury Point.

King, John Samuel Bellamy 4/1717 Crushed and/or drowned during shipwreck

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(age 9).

King, Mathew

(Jamaica)



Kneeves, Peter

(Exeter, England)



Koxinga or Kuo Hsing Yeh or Coxinga or

Zheng Chenggong

(China)

Koxinga /

Captain

1622 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.

Kuo P’o-tai

(China)

Died of natural causes at home.

Lacy, Abraham

(Devonshire, England)



Laffite, Jean Laffite / Captain 2/1823 Reputedly killed during engagement with 2

Spanish warships.

Lambert, John John Quelch 1704 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts, still

claiming his innocence. Relatives cut down

body during night and buried him at King’s

Chapel cemetery.

Landresson, Michel; also known as Bréha

France

Landresson /

Captain

1686 Garroted at Veracruz.

Larimore or Larramore, Thomas John Quelch 1704 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Laughton, Francis

(New York)



Laurens Laurens / Captain 1704 Died from either a disease or natural causes at

Cap François on St. Domingue.

Lawson, Edwar

(Isle of Man)



Lescuyer, Jean

France

1685 Died in the South Sea.

Lesley, Peter B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 21).

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(Exeter, England)

Levasseur, Olivier; also known as La Buse

or Buzzard

France

Levasseur /

Captain

1730 Hanged on Réunion.

Levercott, Samuel George Lowther 1722 Hanged at St. Kitts.

Levit, John

(North Carolina)



Lewis, John Henry Every 1696 Hanged in London, England.

Lewis, Nicholas George Lowther 1722 Hanged in St. Kitts.

Lewis, William John Auger 12/1718 Former boxer demanded wine so he could die

drunk. Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas

(age 34).

Leyton, Francis

(New York)



Libbey, Joseph (Marblehead, Massachusetts)

Edward Low 7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in

Newport, Rhode Island (age 21 or 22).

Lima, Manuel 2/1823 Hanged at Kingston, Jamaica.

Ling, William 12/1718 Penitent, thought water was better to drink

than wine. Hanged in New Providence,

Bahamas (age 30).

Linister, Thomas

(England)



Linnicar, Thomas

(Lancaster, England)

7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in


Livers or Liver, William; also known as

Evis



Lodge, Thomas

(London, England)

1625 Died of plague (age 68).

Long, Zachariah

(Netherlands)



Lopez, John

(Oporot)



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Lord, John Thomas Pound 1689 Killed in action at Tarpaulin Cove.

L’Orange, Pierre 10/22/1683 Hanged at Veracruz. Head displayed on a pier.

Low, Edward

(London, England)

Low / Captain 1724 Hanged on Martinique.

Lowther, George Lowther /

Captain

1723 Committed suicide by pistol on Isle of Blanco.

Luntly, Richard B. Roberts &

Walter Kennedy

1/1721 Carpenter, who maintained his innocence until

his death by hanging in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Luque or Luke, Mateo 5/1722 Hanged in Kingston, Jamaica with 41 of his

crew of 58.

Lushingham

(Italy)

Lushingham /

Captain

1564 Killed in action.

Lyne, Philip Lyne / Captain 1725 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.

Macarty, Dennis 12/1718 Hanged at New Providence, Bahamas (age

28).

Mackintosh, William

(Canterbury, England)


Magnes, William

(Minehead, England)

B.w Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 35).

Main, William B. Roberts /

Bosun

1722 Blown up when one of crew fired pistol into

gunpowder off Africa (age 28).

Mainwaring, Henry

(Sussex, England)

1653 Pardoned & died of old age.

Mansfield or Mansvelt, Edward

(Curaçao)

Mansfield /

Captain

After 1665 Died suddenly while visiting Tortuga as an old

man, or taken by the Spanish to Porto Bello

and hanged.

Mansfield, Jo. B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 30).

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(Bristol, England)

Martin, John Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Massey, John George Lowther 7/26/1723 Hanged in London, England.

May, William

(London, England)

Henry Every 1696 Hanged in London, England.

McCawley or Machauley or Maccawly,

Daniel

(Ireland or Scotland)

John Gow 1725 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in

London, England.

McDonald, Edward George Lowther 1722 Hanged on St. Kitts.

Melvin, William

(Scotland)

John Gow 6/1725 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in

London, England.

Miguel, Blas 1687 Broken on the wheel, then decapitated and

head topped gallows where bodies of 42

comrades were hanged on Petit Gouave.

Miguel, Francesco 1823 Hanged at Kingston, Jamaica.

Miller, John John Quelch 6/30/1704 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Miller, Thomas Edward Teach /

Quartermaster


Carolina.

M’Kinlie, Peter

(Ireland)

12/19/1765 After execution in Dublin, body hung in

chains.

Montenegro

(Colombia)

Gilbert 1835 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Moody, Christopher B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 28).

Gibbeted.

Moore, William William Kidd Murdered by Kidd, who threw bucket that

struck his head.

More, Jo.

(Meer in Wilshire, England)


Morgan, Edward Lieutenant-

Colonel

1660s Sir Henry Morgan’s uncle and father-in-law

was old and fat when he died of heat

exhaustion during a raid.

Morgan, Henry Morgan / Captain 8/25/1688 Died of dropsy in Jamaica & buried in

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(Wales) churchyard at Port Royal the next day.

Morrice, Humphrey

(New Providence)

1718 Hanged by reformed pirates.

Morris, John B. Roberts 1722 Died when he fired his pistol into powder in

an attempt to blow up the ship.

Morris, Thomas 12/1718 Decked out in red ribbons. Wished he’d been a

greater plague on shipping. Hanged at New

Providence, Bahamas (age 22).

Morrison, William

(Jamaica)


Carolina.

Morton, Philip Edward Teach /

Gunner


Carolina.

Mullet or Millet, James

(London)


Carolina.

Mullins, Darby

(Ireland)

William Kidd 5/23/1701 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in

London, England.

Mundon, Stephen

(London, England)



Munro Muro / Captain 1665 Hanged at Gallows Point and gibbeted.

Munson, Stephen

(London, England)



Murat Rais Murat / Rais 1609 Supposedly 100 years old at retirement and

died after that.

Nau, Jean David; also known as l’Olonnais

(France)

Nau / Captain Circa 1668 Darien Indians cut him into pieces while he

was alive, then roasted each piece, before

tossing ashes into the air.

Neal, Richard Died in prison in London.

Nelson

(Prince Edward Island)

Nelson / Captain 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.

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Nondre, Pedro 2/1823 Hanged twice after rope broke first time in

Kingston, Jamaica.

North, Nathaniel

(Bermuda)

North / Captain Murdered by Madagascar native.

Nositer, Jospeh B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 26).

Oughterlauney, Thomas B. Roberts / Pilot 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle.

Paine, Thomas

(New England)

After 1708 Returned from last voyage, begun when he

was 76 years old. Died of natural causes and

buried on property in Connecticut.

Parker, Jo.

(Winfred, England)


Patterson, Neal



Carolina.

Peacock, Thomas 4/1718 Hanged in London.

Penner Retired in 1718 and killed soon after he was

pardoned.

Perry, Daniel

(Guernsey, Channel Islands)


Carolina.

Peterson, Erasmus John Quelch 6/30/1704 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Petty, William

(Deptford, England)


Philips, James

(Antigua)


Philips, Jo.

(Jersey)


Philips, Joseph Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Philips, William

(Lower Shadwell)


Phillips, John Phillips / Captain 4/1724 Crew mutinied and threw him overboard. He

drowned off the coast of Newfoundland after

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having captured 30 ships in 9 months.

Phips, Richard Thomas Pound Shot in head at Tarpaulin Cove, but died in

Boston jail prior to trial.

Pickering, Charles Pickering /

Captain

1703 Sailed with William Dampier. Died off the

coast of Brazil.

Piers, John

(England)

Piers / Captain 3/1532 Hanged

Pound, Thomas

(Massachusetts)

1703 Reprieved and sent to London, retiring from

piracy after his sentence. Died of natural

causes.

Powel, Thomas (junior)

(Connecticut)



Power, John 3/10/1768 Hanged in London, England.

Price, Thomas

(Bristol, England)


Carolina.

Prie, John Prie / Captain 7/1727 Hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in

London. Body hung in chains opposite

Woolwich.

Pursser Pursser / Captain 1583 Hanged at Wapping in London, England.

Quelch, John Quelch / Captain 6/30/1704 Hanged with 6 others in Boston,

Massachusetts. First pirate hanged in the

colonies under Admiralty law without benefit

of jury.

Quintor, Hendrick

(Amsterdam, Netherlands)


Rackham, John; also known as Calico Jack Rackham /

Captain

11/18/1720 Hanged with 4 others at Gallows Point,

Jamaica. Body hung in chains at Plum Point

(Rackham’s Cay).

Read Read / Captain Died at sea.

Read, Mary John Rackham 4/28/1721 Died of fever while in jail. Buried at St.

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Catherine’s Church, Jamaica.

Read, William

(Londonderry, Ireland)



Readhead, Philip Captain Heidon 1564 Hanged at St. Martin’s Point, Guernsey.

Reyning, Jan Erasmus

(Netherlands)

2/1697 Sudden storm drove 2 ships onto rocks at

Bilbao, Spain. More than 400 died.

Rhode, John

(Boston, Massachusetts)

Rhode / Captain 6/1675 Hanged at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Rice, Owen

(Wales)



Richardson, John

(New York)

Benjamin

Hartley

1/25/1738 Hanged at Wapping in London, England.

Ridge, John

(London, England)



Ringrose, Basil 2/1686 Killed in action in Mexico along with 50 other

buccaneers.

Roach, Peter John Quelch 6/30/1704 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Robbins, James

(London, England)



Roberts, Bartholomew

(Wales)

Roberts / Captain 1722 Killed in action off West African coast.

Robinson, Edward

(Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England)



Roche, Philip; also known as John Eustace

(Ireland)

Roche / Captain 8/5/1723 Hanged at Wapping in London, England (age

30).

Rollson, Peter John Gow /

Gunner

1725 Hanged at Wapping in London, England.

Ross or Rose, George

(Glasgow, Scotland)



Rounsivell, George Josiah Burgess Drowned trying to rescue Burgess during

shipwreck near Abaco.

Rupert of the Rhine Rupert / Prince 1653 After loss of fleet during a storm, in which his

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brother was killed, returned to England a

broken man. Died in his bed at Spring

Gardens.

St. Quintin, Richard

(Yorkshire, England)

3/19/1765 Hanged at Dublin, Ireland and body gibbeted.

Salter, Edward Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Sample, Richard Sample / Captain Hanged after continuing to plunder vessels

after taking pardon in 1718.

Sample, Robert Edward Low After 1720 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.

Sawkins, Richard Sawkins /

Captain

1680 Killed in action when he led his men in

charging barricade manned by spearmen at

Pueblo Nuevo.

Saxbridge, Tibault 1609 Killed in action at Newfoundland while

attacking French ship.

Scott, William Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South


Scudamore, Christopher John Quelch 6/30/1704 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Scudamore, Peter

(Wales)


Shaun, John

(Nantes)


Shaw, John George Lowther 1722 Hanged on St. Kitts.

Shergall or Sherral, Henry B. Sharp 10/1681 Fell from mast & drowned near Cape Horn.

Shutfield, William




Skyrm, James B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 44). Body

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(England) hung in chains.

Smith, George

(Wales)


Smith, John 1672 Hanged at Boston, Massachusetts.

Sound, Joseph

(Westminster, England)



Sparks, John Henry Every 1696 Hanged in London, England.

Sprinkly, James

(Suffolk, England)



Spurre Spurre / Captain 1684

Stephens, William B. Sharp 1/1682 Died after eating Manchaneel apples.

Stevenson, Jo.

(Orkneys, Scotland)


Stőrtebecker Stőrtebecker /

Captain

Beheaded at Hamburg, Germany with 71

others. Heads spiked along waterfront.

Stiles, Richard Edward Teach 1719 Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Studfield, William




Sutton, Thomas

(Berwick)

B. Roberts /

Gunner

1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 23).

Gibbeted.

Swan, Charles Swan / Captain After

3/1686

Drowned by natives in Mindanao, Philippines.

Sympson, Christopher

(North Berwick, Scotland)


Teach or Thatch or Drummond, Edward;

also known as Blackbeard

(England)

Teach / Captain 11/1718 Killed in action during attack on ship in

Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina.

Tew, Thomas

(Rhode Island)

Tew / Captain 9/1695 Died from shot in stomach during battle with

Fateh Mohammed.

Thomas, John

(Jamaica)



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Thomas, Richard Thomas / Captain Hanged

Thwaites, Joseph Thwaites /

Captain

1797 Renegado of Algiers who retired to New

York. Died from rattlesnake bite.

Tompkins, John

(Gloustershire, England)



Topping, Dennis Thomas Anstis Early

1700s

Killed in action off Brazil.

Townley, Francis

(England)

Townley /

Captain

1686 Died in South Sea from wounds sustained in a

raid; body thrown overboard near Otoque

Island per his wishes.

Tristian Tristian / Captain 1692 Killed by Spaniards.

Turgut Rais Turgat / Rais Killed in action at siege of Malta.

Van Hoorn, Nikolaas

(Netherlands)

Van Hoorn /

Captain

6/24/1683 Died from infected wound suffered in a duel

with Laurens de Graaf.

Van Tuyl, Otto Janszoon

(New York)

Late 1704 When shipwrecked in the Hudson River, 132

out of 145 men froze and drowned.

Van Vorst, Simon

(New York City, New York)


Vane, Charles

(England)

3/29/1721 Hanged at Gallows Point, Port Royal, Jamaica.

Hung in chains at Gun Cay.

Veale, Thomas 1658 Believed buried alive when earthquake

covered mouth of cave where lived with

plunder.

Verney, Francis

(England)

Verney / Captain 1615 Pardoned renegado who retired to Italy, where

died penniless at Hospital of St. Mary of Pity

in Messina.

Vertpré or Vespre

(France)

Vertpré /

Capitaine

1685 Died at age 75.

Virgin, Henry

(Bristol, England)



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Wafer, Lionel Circa 1705 Retired, died of natural causes.

Walden, John

(Whitby, England)


Ward, John (Faversham, England)

Ward / Captain 1622 Barbary corsair who died of the plague.

Waters, John

(England)

Charles Harris /

Quartermaster

7/19/1723 Hanged with 25 others at Bulls Point in


Watling, John B. Sharp 1/30/1681 Killed in action at Arica. Shot in the kidneys.

Watson, Henry George Lowther 1722 Hanged on St. Kitts.

Watts, Edward

(Dunmore)


Watts, William

(Ireland)


Weaver, Bridstock or Brigstock

(Hereford, England)

Thomas Anstis &

Weaver / Captain

1767 of

later

Convicted in 1725, but pardoned. Death date

uncertain, but will notarized in 1767.

Weatherley, Tee

(Massachusetts)

1700 Hanged in London, England.

West, Richard George Lowther 1722 Hanged on St. Kitts.

White, Robert George Lowther 1722 Hanged on St. Kitts.

White, Thomas

(Plymouth, England)

White / Captain Died of illness on Madagascar.

White, William John Phillips 6/2/1724 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts (age about

22). Body buried on Bird Island.

Williams, David

(Wales)

Williams /

Captain

Arabas killed him by lance thrust after

torturing him.

Williams, James

(Wales)

John Gow 6/11/1725 Hanged. Body gibbeted at Blackwell.

Williams, William

(England)


Williams, William

(Holland, Netherlands)


Wilson, James Stede Bonnet 11/8/1718 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South

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(Dublin, Ireland) Carolina and buried in marsh.

Winter, John John Gow 1725 Hanged at Wapping at Execution Dock in

London, England.

Winthrop William Fly 7/4/1726 Hanged in Boston, Massachusetts.

Wood, William

(York, England)


Worley, Richard

(Netherlands)

Worley / Captain 2/17/1729 Severely wounded in action with Royal Navy

& hanged on ship before he expired from

those wounds.

Yanky Yanky / Captain 1692 Died of wounds sustained in battle.

Zekerman, Andrew Peter M’Kinlie 12/18/1765 Hanged at Dublin, Ireland & body gibbeted.

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