The crew of the HMS Bounty
Crew Member
Rank
Born
Died
Notes
William Bligh
Captain
9 SEP 1754
6 DEC 1817
William Brown
Gardener
1760
20 SEP 1793
Mutineer
Thomas Burkitt
Able Seaman
1762
29 OCT 1792
Mutineer / Executed
Michael Byrne
Able Seaman
1759
N/A
Acquitted
Fletcher Christian
Master's Mate
25 SEP 1764
3 OCT 1793
Mutineer / Murdered
Charles Churchill
Master at Arms
1769
1789
Mutineer
William Cole
Boatswain
1751
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
Joseph Coleman
Armourer
1751
N/A
Acquitted
Thomas Ellison
Able Seaman
1770
29 OCT 1792
Mutineer / Executed
William Elphinstone
Master's Mate
1751
JAN 1790
Set adrift with Bligh
John Fryer
Master
15 AUG 1752
26 MAY 1817
Set adrift with Bligh
Thomas Hall
Cook
1749
10 OCT 1789
Set adrift with Bligh
John Hallet
Midshipman
1772
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
Perished aboard
H.M.S. Penelope
Thomas Hayward
Midshipman
28 JUL 1768
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
Peter Heywood
Midshipman
6 JUN 1772
10 FEB 1831
Condemned but pardoned
Died a Senior Captain
Henry Hillbrant
Able Seaman
1763
29 AUG 1791
Mutineer
John Huggan
Surgeon
9 DEC 1788
Died before the Mutiny
Robert Lamb
Butcher
1766
ABOUT 1789/90
Set adrift with Bligh
Lawrence Lebogue
Able Sailmaker
1747
5 JUN 1795
Set adrift with Bligh
Thomas Ledward
Acting Surgen
ABOUT 1755/60
ABOUT 1789/90
Set adrift with Bligh
Sinking of the "Welfare"
Peter Linkletter
Quartermaster
N/A
JAN 1790
Set adrift with Bligh
Isaac Martin
Able Seaman
1758
20 SEP 1793
Mutineer
Thomas McIntosh
Carpenter's Crew
1759
N/A
Acquitted
William McCoy
Able Seaman
1763
20 APR 1798
Mutineer
John Mills
Gunner's Mate
29 APR 1749
20 SEP 1793
Mutineer
John Millward
Able Seaman
1766
29 OCT 1792
Mutineer / Executed
James Morrison
Boatswain's Mate
ABOUT 1760
1 FEB 1807
Condemned but pardoned
Went down with
H.M.S. Blenheim
William Muspratt
Able Seaman
N/A
BEFORE 1798
Pardoned
David Nelson
Botanist
1740's
18 JUL 1789
Set adrift with Bligh
Charles Norman
Carpenter's Mate
ABOUT 1761
N/A
Acquitted
John Norton
Quartermaster
ABOUT 1753
MAY 1789
Set adrift with Bligh
William Peckover
Gunner
1747
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
William Purcell
Carpenter
N/A
10 March 1834
Set adrift with Bligh
Matthew Quintal
Able Seaman
3 MAR 1766
1799
Mutineer
Mr Samuel
Clerk
ABOUT 1761
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
George Simpson
Quartermaster's Mate
ABOUT 1760
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
Richard Skinner
Able Seaman
1765
30 AUG 1791
Mutineer
Alexander Smith ( John Adams )
Able Seaman
4 DEC 1767
5 MAR 1829
Mutineer
John Smith
Cook
ABOUT 1751
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
George Stewart
Midshipman
1766
30 AUG 1791
Mutineer
John Sumner
Able Seaman
24 MAR 1765
30 AUG 1791
Mutineer
Matthew Thompson
Able Seaman
ABOUT 1750
1789
Mutineer
Robert Tinkler
Boy
1772
N/A
Set adrift with Bligh
James Valentine
Able Seaman
1760
10 OCT 1788
Died before the Mutiny
John Williams
Able Seaman
1761
20 SEP 1793
Mutineer
Edward Young
Midshipman
1766
25 DEC 1800
Mutineer