Considered one of the last pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy
Criminal charge
Piracy
Criminal penalty
Execution by hanging
Criminal status
Executed
Piratical career
Allegiance
none
Years active
1726
Rank
Captain
Commands
Elizabeth / Fames Revenge
William Fly (died 12 July 1726) was an English pirate who raided New England shipping fleets for three months in 1726 until he was captured by the crew of a seized ship. He was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts and his body publicly exhibited as a warning to other pirates. His death is considered by many to mark the end of the Golden Age of Piracy.[1]
^Flemming, Gregory N. (2014). At the point of a cutlass: the pirate capture, bold escape, & lonely exile of Philip Ashton. Lebanon, NH: ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England. ISBN 978-1611685152.
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