John Adams (mutineer)
John Adams | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 March 1829 | (aged 61)
Occupation | Sailor |
Spouses |
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Partner | Teio (c. 1804 until formally married) |
Children | Dinah, Rachel, Hannah and George Adams |
John Adams, known as Jack Adams (4 July 1767[1]– 5 March 1829), was the last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790, the year after the mutiny. His real name was John Adams, but he used the name Alexander Smith until he was discovered in 1808 by Captain Mayhew Folger of the American whaling ship Topaz. His children used the surname "Adams".[2]
Pitcairn
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The American sailing ship Topaz was the first to rediscover Pitcairn in 1808. Adams was eventually granted amnesty for the mutiny. On 17 December 1825 Adams was married to Teio, or 'Mary'. Teio had already borne Adams' only son, George Adams, in 1804.
Adams' grave on Pitcairn is the only known grave site of a Bounty mutineer. It has a replacement headstone, the original lead-covered wooden grave marker having been taken back to Britain where it is now on display in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.
The main settlement and capital of Pitcairn,
Adams is portrayed by Philip Martin Brown in the 1984 film The Bounty.
References
- ^ "John Adams". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Frederick Chamier Jack Adams, the Mutineer 1838
Further reading
- Conway, Christiane (2005). Letters from the Isle of Man – The Bounty-Correspondence of Nessy and Peter Heywood. The Manx Experience. ISBN 1-873120-77-X.
- Wilson, Erle (1959). Adams of the Bounty. Criterion Books.OCLC 1743726
External links
- Texts on Wikisource:
- "Adams, John (1760?–1829)". Dictionary of National Biography. 1885–1900.
- "New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- "Adams, John (mutineer)". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.