Pirates Deaths. B. Roberts 1722 Hanged at Cape Coast Castle (age 32). (London, England) Atkinson, Clinton

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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.

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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

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).

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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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Compiled by Cindy Vallar, 2014; Updated 2/2015

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