Mission Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 I have finally decided to import this over here so that the cognoscienti on this site can have a whack at it and perhaps help expand it. I began it on piratesinfo.com about a year ago and interest in it suddenly exploded in late 2004. You can find the original post in the Scholarly forum here, but you must be registered at that site to view it. There is a great deal more info in the posts by the other posters on many of these pirates and if you are interested I highly suggest you check it out. I left all the revision notes in to honor the additions made by the scholars and wise posters at piratesinfo.com. This list would have been literally several hundred pirates shorter without their help. Also, if you see any errors, please tell me and I will fix them in this post. I cannot pretend to be an historian unparalleled, so I am always open to correction. If you would like to contribute to this list, please feel free to post info! Be sure to include at least 1) Their Full Name (or as much as you know) 2) Their Country of Origin 3) Your Source Feel free to list anything else you think would be interesting as part of your post - it adds spice to the whole thing. This list of pirates sorted by nationality and listed alphabetically by last name. -AFRICA- Cloise, Peter Grillo, Diego -BELGIUM- Carsten, Jan Rose, Jacob ++ -CANADA- ** Anderson, Alexander ** Baldwin, Captain ** Bartlett, Joseph ** Blunt, Captain ** Boag, Thomas ** Burnaby, Thomas ** Churchill, Joseph ** Collins, Benjamin ** Dean, Ephraim ** Easton/Eston*, Peter * Freeman, Joseph ** Freeman, Nathan ** Gandy, James ** Godfrey, Alexander ** Goodman, John ** Harris, John ** Jr. Barss, Joseph ** Kelly, John ** Lathan, John ** McMinn, Hugh ** McNutt, Joseph ** Nutson, Lawrence ** Parker, Thomas ** Power, John ** Pryor, William ** Reid, James ** Ross, James ** Smith, Stephen ** Taylor, James ** Tidney, John ** Young, William ** -CARIBBEAN- Cooke, John (St. Christopher) Diabolito (Cuba) Ebanks, Gideon (Cayman Islands) Grillo, Lucifer [Diego] (Havana)& Julian, John (Mosquito Coast) La Vie, Francois (St Christopher)## Lachenay, Claude (St Christopher)## North, Nathaniel (Bermuda) Plantain, James (Jamaica)# Samuel, Abraham (Jamaica)# -CHINA- Ch'i, Cheng Chih-Lung, Cheng Chui-Apoo/Cui Apu Koxinga Limahon/Dim Mhon++ Lo, Hon-cho O-po-tae Pao, Chang Pao, Liang P'o-tai, Kuo Sao, Cheng I Shang-Ch'ing, Li Shap-ng-tsai Sinsay++ T'ien-Pao, Ch'en Wu-Shih-Erh Ya-ling, Ch'ing Yih Ching, Cheng I -DENMARK- Mere, Lutkyn + Peterson, John ++ Sture, Sven + -DUTCH- Blauvelt, Abraham Brackman Daniëlsen, Cornelis Braziliano/Brasiliano, Roche/Rock Breakes, Hiram Chivers, Dirk Cordyne, Frans Corneliszoon Jol, Cornelis Corneliszoon Loncq, Hendrick Corneliszoon, Jan? Danziger/Dansker, Simon [Dali Rais/'Captain Devil']*# Dauwe, Karel * de Cordes, Baltasar de Cordes, Simon De Graff, Laurens/Baldran/de Griffe/Lorenzo Jacome/Lorencillo De Graves, Herbert Dirksen, Adnries * Dirksen, Adriaan * Esaisz de Lint, Pieter Eustace the Monk (Flemish-Dutch)* Everson, Jacob Forkbeard, Sweyn * Gijsbertszoon Booneter, Jan Herckmans, Elias Heyn, Piet Higgenberte, Courte Ita, Pieter Jansz , Jan /Murad Rais# Janszoon Van Hoorn, Jan L'Hermite, Jacques Lucas, John Mansfield/Mansvelt, Edward Neckere, Jonathan Prince, Lawrence Simonson, Simon Speirdyke, Bernard Claesen Van Spilbergen/Speilbergen, Joris Yallahs/Yellowes, Captain -ENGLAND- *** NOTE: Because of their individual significance in pirate history, I have placed Scottish and Welsh pirates in their own lists *** Alday, James * Aleyn, William * Allen, Richard Allin, Thomas (later Admiral) && Alvel, Nicholas * Amy, Thomas && Ansell , John Anstis, Thomas Atkinson, Clinton * Auger, John Axe, Samuel * Aylett, Captain Ayres, Captain && Badger, Charlotte Banter, Jonathan && Barker, Andrew * Barker, Edmund Barlycorne, Richard Barnes, Captain Barthen, Giles && Bartlett, John && Bartlett, Thomas && Baughe, William * Bellamy, Charles Bellamy, Samuel (Devonshire) Best, Richard * Bishop, William (Plymouth)&& Blake, Captain && Bodulgate, Thomas * (Cornwall) Boniton, Peter * (Cornwall) Bonnet, Stede Booth, George Booth, William ++ Borough, Robert (Devonshire) Boston, Captain && Bowden, George && Bowen, John & Boyte, Philip (Portland) Bradshaw, Captain && Bran/Brand, Captain Brewster, Adam Brown, Nicholas * Bull, Dixey (London) Bunce, Phineas Burgess, Samuel Burley, Barnaby Bury, Mark Bushell, Browne && Butler, Nathaniel * Carder, Peter Carew, Sir Peter (Devonshire) Cary, Gregory Cavendish, Thomas (Suffolk) Chester, John Chidley, John * (Devon) Clark, William Clarke, Thomas Clifford, George (Earl of Cumberland) Clifts, Peter && Coates, Edward * Cobb, William Cobham, Thomas * Cocke, Abraham Cocklyn, Thomas Coleman, Francis && Collier, Edward Condent, Christopher (Devonshire) Cook, John Cooke, Captain && Cooke, William (East Exmouth) Cooke/Cook, Edmund * Coope, William && Cooper, Captain && Cotton, Randolph Courtenay, Sir Hugh (Cornwall) Cowley, William Coxe, William Coxere, Edward Coxon, John /John Rose Archer Crane, Thomas * (Norfolk) Craston, William * Crosse, John * (Plymouth) Crosse, Sir Robert (Probably Plymouth) Culliford, Robert (Looe) Cunningham, William Cuttle, Thomas Dampier, William (East Coker) Dann, John Darcy, Captain && Dasset, John && Davis, Edward (possibly of Flemish origins) Davis, John de Briggeho, William * Deane, John Deenes, Isaac Delander, Robert Dempster, Edward Denball, Sampson Derrick, Captain Dobson, Richard Doughty, Thomas Douglas, Saunders Downes, John Drake, Bernard * Drake, Francis (Devonshire) Drake, John Drake, Joseph Drake, Thomas Dremer, Patrick Duppa, Michael * Easton, Peter (Bristol) Eaton, John Elfrith, Daniel Eliot, Lawrence Essex, Cornelius Evans, Micijah Every, Henry /John Avery [Long Ben/Benjamin Bridgeman] (Devonshire) Fenn, John Fenner, Edward (Sussex) Fenner, George (Sussex) Fenner, Thomas * Fenner, William * (Sussex) Fielding/Felding, Ferdinando * Fletcher, Francis Fly, William Fortescue, George Fourther/Fawether, Francis && Foxcroft, Samuel (London) Francke, Thomas Franks, Benjamin Freeman, Captain Fresshowe/Frychowe, Nicholas (Falmouth) Frobisher, Martin Funnell, William * Geare, Sir Michael Gentleman, James * Gifford, Richard Glanham/Glenham/Glemham, Edward (Suffolk) Glub, Charles Gopson, Richard Grayham, Edward Green, Captain && Green, Tom * Grenville, Sir Richard (Cornwall) Hagerty, Catherine * Hands, Israel Harris, Charles * (London) Harris, Peter * (Kent) Hatley, Simon Hatsell, Captain Hawkins, Richard * (Plymouth) Hawkins, Sir John (Plymouth) Hawkins, William the younger Hawley, John (Dartmouth) Herriot, David Heynes, Stephen Hicks/Hickes, Robert (Cornwall) Hill, R. && Hingson/Hinset, John Hixon, Ellis Hoar, John Holland, William (Dartmouth) Horne, Captain && Hout, George * Howard, Thomas Inglis, Peter? Irish, William (Isle of Wight) Isebrant, Captain && Jackman, Captain Jackson, William James, Michael (Bristol) Jamieson, Harry ++ Jeffrey, Robert Jenkins, William Jewel, Captain && Johnson, Dolish && Johnson, Lawrence && Jones, Joseph Kelley, James Kelley, Thomas Kelly, Benjamin Kennels, Samuel Killigrew, Lady Mary (Falmouth) Killigrew, Peter (Falmouth) Killigrew, Sir John (died 1580) (Falmouth) Killigrew, Sir John (died 1603) (Falmouth) Killigrew, Sir William (Falmouth) Killigrew, Thomas (Falmouth) King, Captain && Knight, William * Knollys, Francis Kyd , William (Devonshire) Kyghley, John Lamley, Robert Lancashire, John Lewis, William Lodge, Thomas (London) Lovell, John Low, Edward (Westminster) Lowther, George Mainwaring, Sir Henry (Shropshire) Markham, William May/Mues/Mace/Maze/Mason, William Mead, Henry Merritt, Joseph && Michell, Stephen Middleton/Myddelton, David (London) Minivy, Richard Mixtow, John (Cornwall) Mixtow, Mark (Cornwall) Modyford, Sir Thomas Moone, Thomas Moore, William Morris, John Mucknell, John && Myngs, Sir Christopher (Norfolk) Nesson, Richard && Newport, Christopher (London) Nutt, John (Lympstone) Oloard, Christopher Owen, Abeel Oxenham, John Pell, Ignatius Phillips, John Phinnes, John (Stepney )++ Pike, Robert Plunkett, Thomas && Polhill, Captain && Rackham, John /Calico Jack Raleigh, Sir Walter (Devon) Raunse/Rance, John Read, John * (Bristol) Read, Mary (Devonshire) Rogers, Woodes Rounsivil/Rounsevell, George (Dorset) Sadlington, William && Sawkins, Richard Sayer, Ambrose (Cornwall) Scot, Roger (Bristol) Sharp, Bartholomew Shelvocke, George Sherley, Sir Thomas Sherley/Shirley, Anthony Skinner, Captain && Smith, Hugh Smith, John (Dartmouth) && Spriggs, Francis Stout, Ralph * Swain, John * Swan, Charles Symonson, Captain && Taylor, John Teach, Edward /Blackbeard (Bristol or London?) Teale, Richard && Townley, Captain * Trelase, Captain && Turner, Captain && Tyssen, Captain && Verney, Sir Francis * Vicary, Leonard Wade, C && Wake, Thomas * Wakeman, William Walbank, Captain && Walker, John Want, William * Ward, John /Yusuf Reis Watling, John * Whitings, Richard && Whitty, Captain && Wilday, Richard Wilkinson, Daniel && Williams, Paul Winter, Christopher Wynter, John Yeats, Captain -FLEMISH- Adrian Van Dieman [de Sivert ] Bollaert, Jacot && Haling, Eustathius && Ladone, Elias && Peter Clinkaer,t && Van Haesdonck, Jan && Van Voolen, Daniel && -FRANCE- Allard, Francois ++ Andrieszoon, Michiel (possibly French) Ango, Jean * Archembeau* Baptist de Tosac, Jean ++ Baptist Jedre, John, [Laverdure]## Baptist Jedre, John, Junior## Bart, Jean * Beluche, Renato & Bernard, Antoine Bidall, John ## Blaine, Francis ## Blanc, Captain Blondel, Robert * Blout, Captain Bois, Peter ## Bonetemps, Jean * Bonfiglio, Nicolo * Bonsou, Lewis ## Boy, Charles ## Boye, Francois ## Capdeville, Jean Carol, Jaques && Champon, Peter ## Chatillon, Nicolaas Joseph ++ Chevallier, Peter ## Claas, Pieter /Francois Basine++ Clerge, Peter ## Cottuy, Captain Couhison, Isaac ## Croese, Alonso ++ Croisier, Isaac ## Daniel, Captain Daniell, Michel ## de Belleville, Jane de Bleaux, Judoc ++ de Borras, Chevalier * De Grammont, Michel /Chevalier De Grammont De L'isle, Captain de Lussan, Raveneau de Maaster, Jeost ## de Mauleon, Savary de Neekerke, Pierre Jean /Pieter Bart++ de Saumur, Paul de Savoisy, Charles de Trevot, James ## Delavigne, Francis ## Delcamp, Charles Joseph ++ Desmarais, Captain Deymouth, Charles ## Dogler/Doglar, Jean d'Orange, Pierre du Pompian, Peter ## Dubois, Jean ## Duchesne, Captain Duguay-Truoin, Rene * Dupois, Elias ## Exquemelin, Alexandre/John # Fleury, Jean Foutmont, John ## Francois Chambray, Jean Francois du Chelle, Jean ++ Francois, Pierre /Peter Francis Fuet, Antiono /Captain Moidore* Galer, Captain Gaspard* Germain, Jacques Gill, Christopher ## Gill, Germain ## Gourdet, John ## Gow, Peter ## Grogniet, Francios Guittar, Lewis ## Hamlin, Jean Heaman, Peter Heelmond, Thomas Joseph?++ Hubart, Francois ## Hugues, Victor * Hunco, Reynol ## Imber, Raphael ## Issant, Captain && Jollyboy, Peter ## Jurang, John ## Jusme, Francis ## Kirjean, Laurence ## la Bouche, Oliver /la Bouse/Levasseur ['The Buzzard']^ la Chapaille, Jerome ## La Veven, Captain L'Abbe, Albert ## Lacroy, Peter ## Landy, John Lashorn, Julien ## Latout, James ## le Clerc, Francois /Jambe de Bois [pegleg] le Conte, Francois ## Le Grand, Pierre Le Pain, Peter Le Picard, Captain Le Picard, Pierre Le Pontaine, Peter ## Le Sage, Captain le Sansoir, Francois ## Le Tetu, Guillaume Le Vasseur, Jean Le Vigne, John ## Lescuyer, Captain Lessone, Captain Lester, Peter ## Lion de Lisle, Jacques ## l'Olonnais, Francios/Jean David Nau Loumer, Peter [Grand Maison]## Macary, Captain Mainguenau, Peter ## Mesmyn, Guillaume Mondy, Soi ## Monepacier, Peter ## Moraille, John ## Moriset, Abraham ## Morreau, Jacques ## Mosieres, Peter ## Mourean, John ## Navarro, Pedro Nicolaas, Claude ++ Paris, Francis ## Pelletier, Benoit ## Pelletier, Michel ## Penche, Rene ## Perraud, Jacques * Pierre, Jacques Poullard, Leonard ## Proue, Claude ## Prouslin, Francis ## Provensall, Peter ## Randon, Jacques ## Ranou, John ## Raveneau de Lussan, Le Sieur Robert, John ## Rodding, Andrew ## Rose, Francois ++ Rose, Jean Roulier, Jean ## Sallon, William ## Silvester, Oliver ## Sonnier, Francis ## Surcouf, Richard * Surcouf, Robert * Tottmar, Phillippe ## Tramon, John ## Trouin, Duguay * van Daalen, Pieter ++ Waamore/Armann, Francois ## Wynne, Emanuel & -GENOA- da Verrazano, Giovanni * -GERMANY- Adolf, Frederik ++ Ahlberg, Simon ++ Behr, Jan Christoffel ++ Berkelich+ Bernevor+ Beydenstorp+ Bodijn, Jean ++ Boniface, Klaus + Boos, Jacob ++ Brouwer, Johan Jacob ++ Crabbe, Henning + Cramer, Frans ++ Crekauwe+ Cremer, George ++ Croos, Johann ++ de Ruyter, Paulus ++ Degenert+ Eksteyn, Albert Anthonie ++ Everhardi, Anthonie ++ Felt, Koenraad ++ Femeer, Nicholas + Foucquet, Anthonie ++ Frantsz, Paulus ++ Fronder, Jacob ++ Gebhardt, Godfried ++ Grubendal, Fikke + Grubendal, Henneke + Gunnar+ Gylge, Nicolaus + Hanslein/Henszlein, Klaus [Little Jack]* Henszlein , Klein Heydigsvelt, Jan Michel ++ Heysler, Hans Jürgen ++ Heyzer, Frederik ++ Hoebert, Hendrik ++ Hoffmann, Hans + Hovenschild, Kord + Howfoote, Hans + Howfoote, Peter + Ihsle, Johan Sigismund ++ Ketelheud+ Kieffer, Peter ++ Knut, Dietliff + Koot, George Jacob ++ Kraseke+ Kremer, Rode + Kule+ Liep, Jan Otto ++ Meygendorp, Hans + Milies, Nicholas + Myres, Klaus + Norman, Henning + Pacqué, Johannes ++ Pilgrimson, Everade + Poelij, Cornelis ++ Prybe+ Rainbek+ Ransouwe, Luder + Rantzow, Eler + Sanewitze, Rambold + Scharbouwe, Henneke + Scheld, Klaus + Schenk, August ++ Schiffer, Josef + Schneider, Jacob ++ Scholtz, Karel ++ Schonenberg+ Schutke, Heyno + Schutke, Olav + Sedorp, Hartwich + Skinkel, Lydeke + Sleyre, Gerhardt + Sprokkel, Joseph ++ Staal, Hendrik ++ Stijssel, Frederik ++ Stokeled, Bertram + Störtebeker, Klaus Talong, Jean Louis ++ Tewinger, Adam ++ Tidemanns, Heinrich + Tymme, Klaus + Valck, Joseph ++ van den Berg, Heinrich + van Gelder, Hans + van Mezee, Bertholt + van Mezee, Henneke + van Pomeren, Heinrich + Voet, Bartolomaeus + von der Loewe, Johann + von der, Heinrich Luhe+ von Kaland, Bosse + von Luchow, Heinrich + von Luchow+ von Manteuffel, Henning + von Moltke+ von Preen, Gottschalk + von Rumpshagen, Leopold + von Stuck, Arnold + von Wethemonkule, Hans + Wedeking, Coenraad ++ Wedige, Schiffer + Wessels, Godeke /Godeke Michels Wigbold+ Wijant, Johannes ++ Wilmer+ Wisle, Godekin + Wolman, Johan Godfried ++ Wrede, Volmer + Wyttekop+ Zilkauw+ Zirchel, Andreas ++ Zwarte, Klaus + -GREECE- Andron Amenias of Phocis The Barbarossa Brothers (Aruj and Hizir) Biciaki, Captain * Charidemus of Oreus Demetrius of Pharos Dionysus of Phocaea Genthus of Illyria * Hybristas Kryvitziotes of Rhodes -GRENADA- Jean Baptist Aparée ++ -INDIA- Angria, Conajee Angria, Kanhoji # Angria, Sumbhajee Angria, Toolajee -IRAN/PERSIA- bin Jabr, Rahmah # Merodach-Baladan (King of Elam)+ -IRELAND- Baughe, William Bonney/Brennan, Anne Booth, Captain && Buckson, Manuel && Capdeville/Cadouilh/Nepeville, Jean Casey, Michael && Clipperton, John Constant John, possibly Joseph && Criss, John Deferterue, Peter && Dobson , George ++ England, Edward Glover, Robert Handemark, Captain && Hayes, William && Holt, Nicholas && Johnson, Henry /Henriques the Englishman Kennedy, Walter Lushingham, Captain McCarthy/MaCarty/MaCarthy, Dennis M'Kinlie, Peter Moor, Michael ++ Mullins , Darby Murphy, Timothy ++ Newport, James ++ Noland, Richard O'Doran, William && Oliver, Francis && O'Malley, Grace /Gráinne Ni Mháille or Granuaile Peterson, Simon && Roche, Philip Rollester, John && Wheatley, Joseph ++ -ITALY- Adorno, Giorgio * Assanti, Ligorio Balbo, Michele * Bianco, James Blestrier, Captain * Centurione, Niccolo Cerisola, Bettino Chighizola , Louis ['Nez Coupe- short nose] Cigala Cossa, Baldassare & da Costa, Alamanno D'Anaia, Bulgarino D'Aragona, Ferdinando * de lo Cavo, Giovani de Lomellini, Andrea de Marino, Manuel de Santo Hizo, Giuseppe Del Mar, Napoleone Dell Isola, Ferrando Di Faffaele, Angelo di Marco, Antonio Emo, Pietro Foscolo, Bartolommeo * Gafforio, Andrea Galerati, Fabio * Gambi Grasso, Guglielmo Grimaldi, Franceschino Majorean* Marinello, Captain Martelli, Baccio Pompeius, Sextus Postumius Rolando of Thessalonica, Sir -LUXEMBOURG- Mariga, Francois ++ Pomier, Jean Pierre ++ -MAJORCA- Balestrier, Captain -MALAYA- Abbas, Tuanku -MALAYSIA- Raga# -MALTA- Abbas-Malaya, Tunaku * Borg, Eugenio * Corbelli, Vittorio de la Barre, Chevalier de Malta, Michele Di Giovanni, Christoforo di Natale, Francesco di Natale, Giacomo Faenzo, Agostino * Fiamengo, Giorgio * Gamarra, Aloisio Grech, Giancinto Guglielmo, Lorenzi Juvara, Carlo Lia, Joseph Martin, Captain Maurizzi, Captain Preziosi, Geronimo Rizzo, Antonio -MOROCCO- Ben Aissa, Sidi Abdulla * -NORWAY- Erlingsson, Alf + -PERU- le Brune, Claude ++ -PORTUGAL- Bartolomeo ['el Portugues'] # da Silva, Nunho de Soto, Benito Paradijs, Jean Baptist ++ Rivero, Manuel Pardal Simao, Fernandes/Fernandez/Fernando -SANTO DOMINGO- You, Dominique /Frederic Youx _SCOTLAND (UK)- Alexander, David + Alexander, John + Allison, Robert + Anakol+ Andresson, Sigmund [Fish-Hook]+ Asleifarson, Sveinn + Balfour, Harry + Barton, Andrew + Barton, John + Barton, Robert + Bennet, James + Blackadder, Patrick + Brown, John + Brown, Robert + Browne, James Browne, John + Brusason, Rognvald + Campbell, Hugh + Campbell, Matthew + Canochson, Alexander John + Canochson, Angus + Clouston, William ++ Cockburn, James + Cockburn, John + Cowsland, Walter + Cross, William + Dalziel, Alexander + Davidson, John + de Barclay, Sir William (possibly fictional)+ Dowie, David + Duff, Robert + Dunbar, Patrick + Dunbar, Robert + Einarsson, Arnkel, Earl of Orkney+ Eiriksson, Eirik, [stay-Brails]+ Fergusson, Dr. James Fullarton, John (possibly fictional)+ Gibson, Ninian + Gille-Odhrain+ Glass, Dr. John + Gow, John + Grieg, Charles + Gunn, Edward ++ Hamilton, James + Hamilton, William + Haraldarson, Erlend, Earl of Orkney+ Haraldarson, Hakon + Havardsson, Dufnjall + Herriott+ Hincher, Dr. John + Hlodvisson, Sigurd "the Stout", Earl of Orkney+ Hundason, Holdbodi + Kidd, William Kolsson, Ranald Kali, Earl of Orkney+ Lithgow, William + mac Dhugaill, Ospak + MacAllan, Robert + MacAulay, Daniel ++ MacDonald, Daniel + MacKay, Eweyr + MacLean, Hector + MacLeod, Niall + MacLeod, Thormond + MacNeil, John [the Weaver] (possibly fictional)+ MacNeil, Rory [the Tartar]+ MacNeil, Rory Og + MacSorley+ MacTarlich, Gillespie + Melvin, William ++ Mercer, Andrew + Moldansson, Grjotgard (possibly fictional)+ Moldansson, Snowcolf (possibly fictional)+ Mor, Sheriff MacNaughton + Murray, Gideon + Norcross, John + Pershaw, David + Porringer, Robert ++ Reid, Robert ++ Scott, Lewis + Selkirk, Alexander + Sigurdarson, Einar, Earl of Orkney [Wry-Mouth]+ Sigurdarson, Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney, [Raven Feaster]+ Smith, Alexander + Smith, John Solmundsson, Kari (possibly fictional)+ Sorley [the Yeoman]+ Swanston, James (hanged 1496)+ Swanston, James (hanged 1604)+ Thorkellsson, Haflidi + Thorljotsson, Olvir [Fish-Hook]+ Thorsteinsson, Thorbjorn + Vestmar+ Vigbjod+ Wafer, Lionel + Wallace+ William, Bishop of Orkney+ Wing, John + Wishart+ -SOUTH AMERICA- Gibert/Gilbert, Don Pedro * -SPAIN- Blanco, Augustino ## Botadilla, Pedro ## Brocchiero De Anaya, Don Diego * Canete, Juan de Bertagno, Lupo * de Contreras, Alonso Deconturas, Antonio ## Deleon, Joseph ## Desoto, Juan Francisco ## Desotto, Francisco ## Formican, James * Gascon, Juan Gonsales, Gabriel ## Gusman, Manuel ## Hancock, Richard ## Joben, Prospero ## Jonnia, Captain Lopez, Captain Manuel, Thomas ## Mendozas, Jan/Juan ++ Perez, Ambrosio ## Silvestre, Juan ## -SWEDEN- Alwilda/Alfhild/Alvild (Goth)* Bosson, Knut + Hanson, Peter ++ Jonsson, Holger + Jonsson, Niels + Juranson, John ## Magnusson, Algot + Mus, Trud + Rollson, Peter ++ Svarteskanig, Niels + Winter, John ++ -SWITZERLAND- Bruné, Honoré ++ Kenard, Louis ++ Trieschaar, Joseph ++ -TURKEY- Ghazi Reis, Burak -WALES (UK)- Barney, Joshua Beavin, Thomas * (Probably) Bowen, John Calles/Callis, John Condent/Congdon/Conden, Edmund Davis, Howell Evans, John Flegon, John Garrett, John Hawkins, Sir John Horseley, Gilbert Jennings, Henry Morgan, Edward * Morgan, Sir Henry Parker, William Roberts, John (Bartholomew) Skyrme, James White, Thomas Williams, David -UNITED STATES/AMERICAN COLONIES- Allen, Thomas (North Carolina)## Blackledge, Benjamin (Boston)## Boggs, Eli Bradish, Joseph (Massachusetts) Burgess, Samuel (New York) Coleman, Edward (North Carolina)## Cox, John Cromwell, Thomas (Boston/Britain) Decatur Sr, Stephen * Farley, Martha (North Carolina)## Farrell/Faro/ Ferro, Joseph * (Rhode Island) Gibbs, Charles (Rhode Island) Halsey, John (Boston/Britain) Haraden, Jonathan * Hoar/Hore, John (Boston/Britain) Jones, John Paul & Laffite/Lafitte, Jean (probably French) Maze, William Mews, James [probably American Indian]## Mews, Philip [probably American Indian]## Milne, John ++ Missel , John [probably American Indian]## Pound, Thomas (Massachusetts) Quelch, John (Massachusetts Colony) Seavey, Dan (Maine) Tew, Thomas (Rhode Island) Truxton, Thomas * van Horn, Gerrard (New York) Veale, Thomas Vidal, John (North Carolina)## Wall, George (Massachusetts) Wall/Schmidt, Rachel (Pennsylvania) Worley, Richard (New York) The list is by no means complete, nor is it finished. If you know of some other pirates not listed, post them below with their country of origin and the source of your information and I'll edit the master list and add them with credit given. If you see any mistakes, note that as well and I'll edit the list and correct it. Giving Credit Where Credit is Due Uncredited info gathered by me from the extensive lists at the Swashbuckler's Cove website and in part to info from the Pirates' Who's Who by Philip Gosse and Pirates An A-Z Encyclopedia by Jan Rogozinski. Info added later from the website [pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com]. Note that both Swashbuckler's Cove and bucaneersoft sites contain some inaccuracies which are corrected as they're been caught. ** Canadian pirates from [www.chebucto.ns.ca]. ^ Added 'Levasseur' to Oliver La Buse's name at (piratesinfo.com) poster ray's request. See his post below for further details. * New pirates added thanks to research by poster Silver Steele. # New pirates added thanks to (piratesinfo.com) poster RastaRascal from the website Stockport Metropolitan Burough Council government website. + New pirates added thanks to (piratesinfo.com) poster Marcus. From various books, including Orkneyinga Saga & Alan Orr Anderson's source material (twelfth-century pirates and earlier); Early Sources in Scottish History & Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers (pirates up to 1286); Calendar of Scottish Papers & Pitcairn's Criminal Trials (16th Century pirates); Eric Graham's Maritime History of Scotland (post 16th century pirates). See Marcus' post below for more detailed dates and information. German pirates added from the book Seekriege der Hanse. ++ New pirates added thanks to (piratesinfo.com) poster Jan Maat. From the book Oproer en berichting op schepen van de VOC by J. R. Bruijn & van Eyck and E. S. van Heslinga. More pirates added from Jan (or Juan) Mendoza's navigation-book (http://www.kb.dk/elib/mss/treasures/verden/53_33.htm). Added pirates to ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, IRELAND and DENMARK from the book John Gow - The Orkney Pirate, by George Watson. ## New pirates added thanks to email from (piratesinfo.com) poster Tony Malesic. List generated from a summary of depositions and examinations from members of the crew of Captain Lewis Guittar. Tony warns that "while most of these individuals are identified as being French, some Surnames are clearly non-French or are aliases." I have left them in as recorded. UNITED STATES/AMERICAN COLONIES pirates added from The Trials of Five Persons, For Piracy, Felony and Robbery;... Held at the Court-House in Boston, within His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, on Tuesday, the Fourth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1726..." from Early American Imprints. Added pirates to ENGLAND from THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SESSIONS OF Oyer and Terminer and Goal-Delivery FOR THE JURISDICTION OF THE Admiralty of England, ON Thursday the 24th and Friday the 25th of February, 1736-7. Added UNITED STATES/AMERICAN COLONIES from At a Court held at Williamsburg, Virginia, August 15, 1727. Added Spanish pirates from the crew of Captain Augustino Blanco from At a High Court of Admiralty held at Nassau, in the Bahama Islands October 11, 1722. Added English Pirates from "The Proceedings of the Old Bailey" 24 February 1737. Added pirates from T R Y A L Held at the M A R S H A L S E A S, on Friday the 17th of the instant February, 1680. & New pirates added thanks to poster (piratesinfo.com) Captain Roberts. From Renato Beluche: Smuggler, Privateer and Patriot 1780-1860 by Jane Lucas De Grummond. Noted that Gaspar/Gasparilla is most likely fictional (noted above but not removed). Added John Paul Jones. Added "Sir" to Henry Morgan's name. && New pirates added thanks to poster Foxe. From Monson's tracts. More pirates added from Ed's upcoming book The King's Pirates. He is willing to provide the primary sources available on request. Revision History (From piratesinfo.com) Post Edited (02-20-04 22:28) - Added Canadian pirate info thanks to tip (not sure who from) Post Edited (02-26-04 07:11) - Added Welsh pirate Bartholomew Robert's given Christian name John per poster dt Post Edited (08-09-04 15:06) - Added info provided by ray, Silver Steele and RastaRascal to list. Changed _America_ category to _United States_. Post Edited (08-16-04 13:36) - Added Scottish pirate info provided by Marcus to list. Moved Scottish pirates into a category called Scotland/UK_Scotland since that's probably where I would look for Scottish pirates. Re-organized several UK area specific pirates under their own heading. Changed "Bartholomew (John) Roberts" to "John (Bartholomew) Roberts. Added the Killigrew family of pirates to UK_Falmouth. Removed proven fictional pirate Gertrude Imogene Stubbs from the UK list. (See post [www.piratesinfo.com] for proof.) Moved _United States_ category to it's alphabetically appropriate place in the list and added American Colonies to the title. Post Edited (08-21-04 21:16) - Added Dan Seavey to US pirates list. Removed Charlotte de Berry from the _UK_ list as she's most likely fictional (See post [www.piratesinfo.com]). Removed Elizabeth Shirland from the _UK_Devonshire_ list as she was most likely not a pirate (See post by Foxe in [www.piratesinfo.com]). Moved some English pirates into appropriate UK locations and adjusted other pirates around per Marcus' post. Post Edited (08-23-04 16:00) - Added George Wall to US Pirates. Found what appears to be a fairly well researched site at [pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com] and added pirates from the 'A' and 'B' list on that site to this list. Post Edited (09-22-04 16:46) - Added pirates, thanks to info from poster Jan Maat. Also created categories for Peru, Grenada and Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland for these additions. Moved some pirates from _Netherlands_ to _Dutch_ based on info found at [pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com]. Also added pirates on pages 'C' - 'F' pages from their site. Post Edited (09-23-04 10:56) - Added the rest of the pirates found on [pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com] (pages 'G' - 'Y' on their site). Also moved some more pirates from _Netherlands_ to _Dutch_ based on info found there. Changed nation titles to all caps and used - instead of _, based on SS's post. Post Edited (10-05-04 13:15) - Removed John Esquemeling from the Dutch list and added the name John to the French list in addition to Alexandre Exquemelin# per vigorous debate below. Now listed as Alexandre/John Exquemelin#. Post Edited (10-24-04 10:04) - Added pirates from posts by Marcus and from an email received from Tony Malesic regarding the crew of Captain Lewis Guittar who was captured off the coast of Virginia in 1700. Also re-sorted the UK pirates into England, Scotland and Wales per a suggestion by Foxe. Note that I left Wales seperate because I have frequently come across the question of Welsh pirates on this board. I made a note to that effect in the English list. Removed explorer Martin Frobisher from England list per request by Foxe. Deleted some redundancies in the England list. Added individual credit symbols to the Canadian pirate list. Updated my Credit Where Credit is due list to clarify the sources of uncredited information. Post Edited (11-21-04 8:25) - Added pirates from posts by Marcus to Germany and Iran/Persia. Created NORWAY and DENMARK to handle new pirates from Marcus' post. Added Chinese pirates and a Spanish pirate from a post by Jan Maat. Removed Conajee (Kanhoji) from the TIMORESE heading per a post by Marcus. Post Edited (11-25-04 3:25) - Added pirates from posts by Tony Malesic and the post by Marcus. Added some pirates noted by Captain Roberts. Added pirates to ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND and DENMARK from a post by Jan Maat. Added Martin Frobisher back into England per posts by Foxe and Captain Roberts. Combined NETHERLANDS category with DUTCH category per suggestion by Foxe. Post Edited (12-07-04 20:25) - Added a pirate from Foxe's post and one from Captain Roberts. Deleted Gasparilla based on post by Foxe in another forum which rather conclusively proved that he was fictional. Spent a tremendous amount of time changing order of names to format: LASTNAME, FIRST NAME. Revision History (pyracy.com) Post Edited (2-19-05 20:47) Copied data from piratesinfo.com to pyracy.com. Post Edited (2-24-05 21:11) Added pirate names provided by Foxe to England and Ireland. Created Flemish category for new pirates. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasNdanger Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 What a fantastic list!! Thanks so much for taking the time to post it... I find it interesting that there are a couple listed as 'Probably American Indian'. It reminds me of the shanty 'Alabama John Cherokee', which is significant in understanding the relationship between Native Americans, Africans and slavery. Here's one comment on it (found here: The Itinerant Band ): "A sailing song from the 17th century Caribbean area where ships were often manned by what were referred to as "checkerboard crews", a combination of white, African and Indian sailors, both free and indentured. The chantey was written about a West Indies slave whose talent for escaping became legendary. It is a good example of a short-haul or loading song, the songs used when loading and unloading cargo. The influence of fieldworker and slave history can been heard in both the music and the lyrics." Thanks again!! Also, my sister - an avid diver - knows well a decendent (supposedly) of Gideon Ebanks down in Cayman. Well, I guess EVERYONE knows him - Darvin Ebanks, Cayman's official mascot... http://www.petermilburndivecayman.com/photos.htm das http://www.ajmeerwald.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 OK, I've weeded out all the ones that I think would not have been treated as pirates if caught. The following is a far from complete list of Royalist pirate/privateer captains of the English civil war. English Royalist Captains considered pirates. Barnaby Burley Browne Bushell C Wade Captain Ayres Captain Blake Captain Boston Captain Bradshaw Captain Cooke Captain Cooper Captain Darcy Captain Green Captain Horne Captain Isebrant Captain Jewel Captain King Captain Polhill Captain Skinner Captain Symonson Captain Trelase Captain Turner Captain Tyssen Captain Walbank Captain Whitty Daniel Wilkinson Dolish Johnson Francis Coleman Francis Fourther (or Fawether) George Bowden Giles Barthen John Bartlett John Dasset John Mucknell John Smith (Dartmouth) Jonathan Banter Joseph Merritt Lawrence Johnson Peter Clifts R. Hill Richard Nesson Richard Teale Richard Whitings Thomas Allin (later Admiral) Thomas Amy Thomas Bartlett Thomas Plunkett William Coope William Sadlington Irish Captains Captain Booth Captain Handemark Francis Oliver John Constant (possibly Joseph) John Rollester Manuel Buckson Michael Casey Nicholas Holt Peter Deferterue Simon Peterson William Hayes William O'Doran Foreign Captains in Royalist service Captain Issant (French) Adrian Van Dieman alias de Sivert (Flemish) Daniel Van Voolen (Flemish) Elias Ladone (Flemish) Eustathius Haling (Flemish) Jan Van Haesdonck (Flemish) Jacot Bollaert (Flemish) Jaques Carol (French) Peter Clinkaert (Flemish) I don't know how many of you read No Quarter Given, but there was an article on Browne Bushell and Thomas Allin in a recent issue. ^^Some that I posted to Piratesinfo which didn't get added. The source for those is the as yet unpublished "The King's Pirates", by Ed Foxe. Primary sources available on request. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 Thanks, Ed. I added your pirates. Do these include the people Ged had posted on the other forum? (Would you send Tony an email and see if he'll wander over here. He didn't respond to mine.) dasNdanger: Glad you like the list! It's far from belonging to me any more, however. Several people own this list, as noted at the bottom of my post. Ebanks Dive shop? It reminds me of The Firm - except there it was Abanks Dive Shop in the Caymans. Good thing ol' John took the time to disguise that! (Sorry, I'm off topic in my own topic. I'll behave from now on - this is sort of a scholarly post...I guess.) If anyone else has any pirates to add to the list, feel free to post them! Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Wikipedia has done something similar to this, adding the timeline dimension everyone keeps whining about. They only focus on captains and the more noteable, however, and don't appear to include other named pirates. You'll find it here. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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