Thomas White (pirate)

Thomas White (died 1708) was an English pirate active in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.

Originally a Royal Navy sailor, White made his way from Plymouth to Barbados where he captained the merchant trading vessel Marigold.

[1] White escaped, cared for by a local chieftain whose tribesmen killed the French pirates who came ashore.

[4] White and his men located an abandoned ship in 1704 and sailed it into the Red Sea, plundering several vessels.

[4] He briefly settled on Madagascar and married a native, but in 1707 signed on as quartermaster to John Halsey.