1553 — Hurricane, Lower Coast of TX –1,700

— 1,700  Roth, David (NWS). Texas Hurricane History.  Jan 17, 2010 update, p. 8.[1]

 Blanchard note: Have not seen other mentions of such a loss of life on or along the Texas lower coast, thus this might not be reliable.

Source

 Roth, David (National Weather Service). Texas Hurricane History. Camp Springs, MD:  NWS.  1-17-2010 update. Accessed 3-4-2017 at: http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/txhur.pdf

[1] From Table: “Texas Hurricanes — 1527 through 2009.” There is no description.