John Coxon (pirate)

Captain John Coxon, sometimes referred to as John Coxen, was a late-seventeenth-century buccaneer who terrorized the Spanish Main. Coxon was one of the most famous of the Brethren of the Coast, a loose consortium of pirates and privateers. Coxon lived during the Buccaneering Age of Piracy.

John Coxon
Piratical career
TypeBuccaneer (Pirate)
AllegianceNone
Years active1677–1682
1683–1684
168?–1688
RankCaptain
Base of operationsSpanish Main

Coxon's ship, a vessel of eighty tons that carried eight guns and a crew of ninety-seven men, is lost to date, with no traces of its name anywhere.

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