Epitaphs & Headstones for Pirates

Here lie the bones of
"Calico" Jack Rackham, Pirate,
Hung and Gibbeted
November 27, 1720
Deadman’s Cay, Port Royal

Captain Kidd, Pyrate
Hung by the neck
May 23, 1701
Tarred and hung in a cage
By the Thames River
Mothers, don’t let your sons grow up to be Pyrates

Anne Cormac Bonney, Pirate Queen
1697 - Cork, Ireland
17?? - Charles Town, NC
Nov. 1720 - Pardoned by child
From hanging with her crew

Charles Vane, Pirate
Hung by the neck
March 22, 1720
Gallow’s Point, Port Royal
Gibbeted in chains, Gun Cay
As warning against piracy

Thomas Tew, Pirate
Killed in battle, 1695
Belly-shot by cannon fire -
Died standing and holding
His intestines in
While fighting off his enemies

Sir Frances Drake

Jack Hawkins (Drake's cousin)

Article written by Janice D. McDonald