List of crew members aboard the first voyage of James Cook
The first voyage of James Cook was a discovery expedition to the south Pacific Ocean, with aims of observing the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun[1] and seeking evidence of the alleged southern territories, named by that time as Terra Australis Incognita.[2] The ship chosen for the voyage was HMS Endeavour. The makeup of the crew during the voyage varied due the high mortality, for which contributed mainly malaria and dysentery, that the crew had contracted in Batavia.[3] There was also one occurrence of successful desertion of Patrick Saunders, who after being disrated, escaped the ship.[a][5]
Personnel[edit]
The following is a complete list of initial crew that departed from Plymouth on 26 August 1768 according to ship's journal.[6][5]
| Name | Rank | Notes | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook | First Lieutenant (Commander) | Marton-in-Cleveland | |
| Zachary Hicks | Second Lieutenant | Died on 26 May 1771 | Stepney |
| John Gore | Third Lieutenant | Colony of Virginia | |
| Robert Molyneux | Master | Died on 16 April 1771 | |
| William Brougham Munkhouse | Surgeon | Died on 05 November 1770 | |
| Charles Clerke | Master’s mate | ||
| Richard Pickersgill | Master’s mate | West Tanfield | |
| Alexander Weir | Master’s mate | Died on 14 September 1768 at Madeira | Fife |
| Patrick Saunders | Midshipman | Disrated to Able Seaman, then ran in Batavia on 25 December 1770 | |
| Jonathan Munkhouse | Midshipman | Died on 06 February 1771 | |
| John Bootie | Midshipman | Died on 04 February 1771 | |
| Francis Wilkinson | Midshipman | ||
| William Perry | Surgeon’s mate | Chiswick | |
| Richard Orton | Clerk | ||
| John Gathrey | Boatswain | Died on 04 February 1771 | |
| John Satterley | Carpenter | Died on 12 February 1771 | |
| Stephen Forwood | Gunner | ||
| Thomas Hardman | Boatswain’s mate | London | |
| John Reading | Yeoman of sheets | Died on 28 August 1769 | Kinsale |
| Timothy Rearden | Boatswain's mate. Yeoman | Died on 24 December 1770 | Cork |
| Benjamin Jordan | Carpenter’s mate | Died on 31 January 1771 | Deptford |
| George Nowell (Knowel) | Carpenter's crew | ||
| Francis Haite | Carpenter's crew. Yeoman | Died on 30 January 1771 | Rochester |
| Samuel Moody | Carpenter's crew. Yeoman | Died on 30 January 1771 | Worcester |
| Richard Hughes | Carpenter's crew | London | |
| Isaac Johnson | Cooper | Knutsford | |
| John Goodjohn | Cooper's Mate | ||
| William Dawson | Cooper's Steward | Deptford | |
| Robert Stainsby | Capitan's Steward | Dinsdale near Darlington | |
| John Woodworth | Lieutenant’s Steward | Died on 24 December 1770 | |
| William Howson | First Lieutenant’s Steward | Died on 30 November 1770 | London |
| William Harvey | Second Lieutenant’s Steward | London | |
| Nataniel Morey | Third Lieutenant's Steward | ||
| Isaac George Manley | Master’s Servant | ||
| Nicholas Young | Surgeon's Servant | ||
| Thomas Jordan | Boatswain's Servant | ||
| Daniel Roberts | Gunner's Servant | Died on 02 February 1771 | |
| Edward Terrell | Carpenter's Servant | London | |
| John Thompson | Ship's Cook | Died on 31 January 1771 | |
| Thomas Knight | Cook's Servant | ||
| Thomas Matthews | Cook's Boy | ||
| Samuel Evans | Coxswain (Quartermaster) | ||
| Robert Taylor | Armourer | ||
| John Ravenhill | Sailmaker | Died on 26 January 1771 | Hull |
| William Collett | Able Seaman; Barber | High Wycombe | |
| Archibald Wolf (Wolfe) | Able Seaman; Taylor | Died on 31 January 1771 | Edinburgh |
| Henry Jeffs | Able Seaman; Butcher | Died on 27 February 1771 | |
| Forby Sutherland | Able Seaman | Died on 01 May 1770 | Orkney |
| Isaac Smith | Able Seaman | London | |
| Peter Flower | Able Seaman | Died on 02 December 1768 | Guernsey |
| John Ramsay | Able Seaman | Plymouth | |
| Samuel Jones | Able Seaman | London | |
| James Nicholson | Able Seaman | Died on 31 January 1771 | Inverness |
| Issac Parker | Able Seaman | Ipswich | |
| Thomas
Simmonds |
Able Seaman | London | |
| Robert Anderson | Able Seaman | Inverness | |
| James Gray | Able Seaman | Leith | |
| Matthew Cox | Able Seaman | Gillingham | |
| Richard Hutchins | Able Seaman | ||
| Charles Williams | Able Seaman | Bristol | |
| Joseph Childs | Able Seaman | Dublin | |
| Alexander Simpson | Able Seaman | Died on 21 February 1771 | |
| Henry Stephens | Able Seaman | Falmouth | |
| Thomas Jones | Able Seaman | Bangor | |
| Antonio Ponto | Able Seaman | Venice, Italy | |
| John Dozey | Able Seaman | Died on 07 April 1771 | Brazil |
| James Funley | Able Seaman | Blackwall | |
| Michael Littleboy | Able Seaman | Deptford | |
| William Peckover | Able Seaman | Eyot | |
| James Maria Magra | Able Seaman | New York | |
| Richard Littleboy | Able Seaman | Deptford | |
| John Edgcumbe | Marine Sergeant, Royal Marines | ||
| John Truslove | Marine Corporal, Royal Marines | Died on 24 January 1771 | |
| Thomas Rossiter | Marine Drummer, Royal Marines | ||
| William Judge | Marine Private, Royal Marines | ||
| Henry Paul | Marine Private, Royal Marines | ||
| Daniel Preston | Marine Private, Royal Marines | Died on 15 February 1771 | |
| William Wilshire | Marine Private, Royal Marines | ||
| William Greenslade | Marine Private, Royal Marines | Died on 26 March 1769 | |
| Samuel Gibson | Marine Private, Royal Marines | ||
| Thomas Dunster | Marine Private, Royal Marines | Died on 25 January 1771 | |
| Clement Webb | Marine Private, Royal Marines | ||
| John Bowles | Marine Private, Royal Marines | ||
| Joseph Banks | Naturalist | Revesby Abbey | |
| Daniel Carl Solander | Naturalist | Sweden | |
| Charles Green | Astronomer | Died on 18 December 1770 | Wentworth |
| John Reynolds | Astronomer's Servant | Died on 18 December 1770 | |
| Sydney Parkinson | Artist | Died on 26 January 1771 | Edinburgh |
| Alexander Buchan | Artist | Died on 17 April 1769 | Edinburgh |
| Herman Diedrich Spöring | Mr Banks’ Secretary | Died on 25 January 1771 | |
| James Roberts | Mr Banks' Servant | Mareham le Fen | |
| Peter Briscoe | Mr Banks' Servant | Revesby Abbey | |
| Thomas Richmond | Mr Banks' Servant | Died on 16 January 1769 | |
| George Dorlton | Mr Banks' Servant | Died on 16 January 1769 |
See also[edit]
Notes and references[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Rigby & van der Merwe 2002, p. 24.
- ^ ""Secret Instructions to Lieutenant Cook 30 July 1768 (UK)". National Library of Australia. 2005". 2008-07-21. Archived from the original on 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "James Cook and his voyages". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "Patrick SAUNDERS - Captain James Cook R.N. Crew Database" (PDF). Captain Cook Society.
- ^ a b "The People in Endeavour During Cook's First Voyage". www.captaincooksociety.com. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "James Roberts - 'A Journal of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour Round the World, Lieut. James Cook, Commander, 27th May 1768', 27 May - 14 May 1770, with annotations 1771". digital.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
Works cited[edit]
- Rigby, Nigel; van der Merwe, Pieter (2002). Captain Cook in the Pacific. National Maritime Museum (UK). ISBN 0-948065-43-5.