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).
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
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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.
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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.
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