One of Captain John Quelch's crew. Tried for piracy at Boston in 1704.
LAWSON, Edward.
Born in the Isle of Man.
One of Captain Harris's crew. Hanged at Newport, Rhode Island, in July, 1723, at the age of 20.
L'ESCAYER. A French filibuster.
In 1685, in company with Grogniet, Davis, and Swan, sacked Paita and Guayaquil and blockaded Panama. Afterwards sailed with Townley and his English pirates and again plundered Guayaquil. Suffered a severe defeat at the hands of the Spaniards at Quibo, afterwards being rescued by Townley, with whom he and his crew of buccaneers sacked Granada in Nicaragua.
LESSONE, Captain. French filibuster.
In 1680 he joined Sharp, Coxon, and other English buccaneers in an attack on Porto Bello. Putting 300 men into canoes, they landed some sixty miles from the city and marched for four days, arriving in a weak state through hardship and lack of food, but in spite of this they took the city on February 17th, 1680.
LEVERCOTT, Sam.
Hanged in 1722 at the Island of St. Kitts, with the rest of Captain Lowther's crew.