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Fletcher Christian
b.25 Sep 1764 Moorland Close, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England
d.20 Sep 1793 Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia
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m. 16 Jun 1789
  1. Thursday October Christian1790 - 1831
  2. Mary Ann Christian1793 - 1866
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Name[1] Fletcher Christian
Gender Male
Birth[2] 25 Sep 1764 Moorland Close, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England
Marriage 16 Jun 1789 Tahiti, French Polynesiato Isobella Maimiti Mauatua
Immigration[3] 15 Jan 1790 Pitcairn Islands
Death[2] 20 Sep 1793 Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia
Reference Number? Q316070?


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Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS Bounty during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the Bounty, Christian seized command of the ship from Bligh on 28 April 1789. Some of the mutineers were left on Tahiti, while Christian, eight other mutineers, six Tahitian men and eleven Tahitian women settled on isolated Pitcairn Island, and Bounty was burned. After the settlement was discovered in 1808, the sole surviving mutineer gave conflicting accounts of how Christian died.

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  1. ↑ Fletcher Christian, in Christian, Glynn. Fragile Paradise: The Discovery of Fletcher Christian, Bounty Mutineer. (The Long Riders' Guild Press, 15 May 2005)
    15 May 2005.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fletcher Christian, in Find A Grave
    10 Aug 2004.

    Birth: Sep. 25, 1764, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England
    Death: Sep. 20, 1793, Pitcairn Islands
    Burial: Body lost or destroyed
    Specifically: Unmarked grave on Pitcairn Island, location unknown to historians

    Early on September 20, 1793, the Tahitians, armed with stolen muskets and clubs, began slaughtering the mutineers at their homes. Five Bounty men were killed; Christian was the second to go, shot at least twice and finished off with a club and a rock.

  3. ↑ Fletcher Christian, in Pitcairn Island.

    On January 15, 1790, the mutineers of Bounty and their Tahitian companions arrived on the island. The group consisted of Fletcher Christian and eight other mutineers from the Bounty. These were Ned Young, John Adams, Matthew Quintal, William McCoy, William Brown, Isaac Martin, John Mills and John Williams. Also with them were six Polynesian men and twelve Tahitian women, as well as a Tahitian baby girl named Sally, daughter of one of the women, who would become a respected person in the community. The settlers took everything off the Bounty and then burnt the ship to hide all trace of their existence. The wreck of Bounty is still visible underwater in Bounty Bay.

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