Anne Bonny Bonny died sometime around April 1782 in South Carolina. Other women active in piracy's Golden Age: Websites Books Anne Bonny Anne Bonny (unknown, possibly 1697 – unknown, possibly April 1782) was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the most famous female pirates of all time. The little that is known of her life comes largely from Captain Charles Johnson's "A General History of the Pyrates". Bonny's exact birthdate is speculated, but is somewhere around 1700. She was said to be born in Old Head of Kinsale, in County Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of servant
Mary Anne Talbot shown with her claim to have been on the "Vesuvius" as a midshipman when it was captured by the French on the English Channel. The ship in question was, at the time of the alleged capture, serving in the West Indies. Mary Anne Talbot Mary Anne Talbot also known as John Taylor (2 February 1778 – 4 February 1808) was an Englishwoman who wore male dress and became a soldier and sailor during the French Revolutionary Wars. Mary Anne Talbot was born in London at 62 Lincoln's Inn Fields. Later she claimed that she was one of the sixteen illegitimate