Rachel Wall

Rachel Wall
1919 woodcut portrait
Bornc. 1760
Died8 October 1789 (age 29)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Piratical career
TypePirate
AllegianceUnited States
Years active1781–1782
Base of operationsNew Hampshire

Rachel Wall (c. 1760 – October 8, 1789) was an American female pirate, and the last woman to be hanged in Massachusetts. She may also have been the first American-born woman to become a pirate.[1]

  1. ^ "Women and the Jolly Roger". Cindy Vallar. Retrieved 2008-05-23.