Joseph Faro

1694–1696, last name occasionally Farrell, Firra, or Faroe) was a pirate from Newport, Rhode Island active during the Golden Age of Piracy, primarily in the Indian Ocean.

He is best known for sailing alongside Thomas Tew to join Henry Every’s pirate fleet which captured and looted the fabulously rich Mughal ship Gunsway.

In 1694 a number of Newport pirate vessels prepared to set sail with Tew, among them Joseph Bankes’ barque Portsmouth Adventure.

[3] After nearly a year on voyage, in 1695 Tew, Faro, and three other captains (William Mayes, Richard Want, and Thomas Wake) joined up with Every and his ship Fancy and waited for the Mughal's treasure-laden convoy.

[4] Afterward, Faro was deposed as Captain by his crew and replaced with Want[3], who took Portsmouth Adventure into the Persian Gulf, and then back to Madagascar, where the ship was wrecked on Mayotte.