There Be Pirates in The Family

One of Bellamy's pirate buddies was a Frenchmen named Olivier Le Vasseur, more popularly known as "La Buse" (the buzzard). The two made trips between New England and the Virgin Islands before La Buse decided to go off and sail with Chris Moody.

My mother has a cousin whose last name is Levasseur who lives in Massachusetts. When she half-jokingly asked if they were by chance related to the pirate Le Vasseur, he said, "Well yeah actually we are." We're currently trying to acquire a complete family tree. Granted, I can't claim blood lineage given that it's a connection by marriage. Still, you never know where weird personal connections come from.