Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

Born: 1680
Died: 22 November 1718, aged about 38
Record: Wikidata Q213518 · Wikipedia

Perpetrator in Blackbeard's Last Fight

Pirate captain, c. 1680 to 1718; killed in action at Ocracoke Inlet. Surname also recorded as Thatch.

1716–1719 · Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina · Killed before trial

Edward Teach held Charles Town to ransom for a chest of medicine, took a royal pardon, went back to sea and died on a sloop's deck at Ocracoke in 1718. Read the case.

Accomplice in The Gentleman Pirate

Took over Bonnet's sloop and later stripped it; killed at Ocracoke weeks before Bonnet's hanging.

1717–1718 · Charles Town (Charleston), South Carolina · Executed

A rich Barbados planter bought a ship, hired a crew and went pirating in 1717. Eighteen months later Charles Town hanged him, despite his pleas. Read the case.