January 1, 1699 - William Fly
His career lasted barely three months, yet Fly's brief reign over New England shipping lanes — and the manner of his end — secured him a place in the history of colonial-era maritime crime. Captured not by authorities but by the crew of one of his own seized vessels, he was hanged in Boston and his body displayed in a gibbet, a deliberate public spectacle meant to discourage others from the same path.
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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 in a gibbet as a warning to other pirates. His death is considered by many to mark the end of the Golden Age of Piracy.
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