 He died in Jamaica on 25 August 1688.His life was romanticised after his death and he became the inspiration for pirate-themed works of fiction across a range of genres.Henry Morgan was born around 1635 in Wales, either in Llanrumney or Pencarn, (both in Monmouthshire, between Cardiff and Newport) The historian David Williams, writing in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography, observes that attempts to identify his parents and antecedents "have all proved unsatisfactory", although his will referred to distant relations.