Revised May 12 2021
Date | Event | Where | Notes |
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May 5, 1787 | Lord Sydney writes Admiralty | London | Regarding Breadfruit Mission |
May 9, 1787 | Admiralty instructs Navy Board | London | To purchase suitable vessel. |
May 26, 1787 | Bethia purchased for £1950 | Wapping Old Stairs | Moved to Deptford Yard |
Jun 8, 1787 | Bethia becomes Bounty | Deptford | Registered on list of Royal Navy Ships |
Aug 16,1787 | Bligh appointed to command Bounty | London | |
Aug 30, 1787 | Admiralty orders masts and yards cut down | Deptford | In accordance with Bligh's request. |
Oct 15, 1787 | Bounty ordered to proceed to Spithead | ||
Nov 4, 1787 | Bounty arrives Spithead | Spithead | Delay caused by bad weather. |
Nov 24, 1787 | Bligh receives final orders from Lord Hood | Spithead | |
Nov 28, 1787 | Crew receives 2 months pay | Spithead | Departure delayed by bad weather. |
Dec 23, 1787 | Bounty departs from England | Spithead | |
Jan 5, 1788 | Bounty arrives at Canary Is. | Teneriffe | Resupply. |
Jan 10, 1788 | Bounty departs Canary Is. | Teneriffe | |
Feb 7, 1788 | Bounty crosses the line | Equator | |
Mar 2, 1788 | Fletcher Christian promoted to LT | At sea. | Bligh had already given the third watch to Christian. |
Mar 10, 1788 | Matthew Quintal-24 lashes | At sea. | Insolence/contempt to Fryer. |
Mar 23, 1788 | First sighting Tierra del Fuego | At sea | |
Mar 24, 1788 | Begin attempt to round Cape Horn | Cape Horn | |
Apr 9, 1788 | Reach westernmost point | Cape Horn | Afterwards driven back. |
Apr 22, 1788 | Bounty turns for Africa | Cape Horn | Bligh thanks crew. |
May 24, 1788 | Anchor Simon's Bay John Williams-6 lashes | Cape of Good Hope |
Resupply. Neglect in heaving the lead. |
Jul 1, 1788 | Bounty departs Simon's Bay | Cape of Good Hope | Resupplied. |
Aug 21, 1788 | Bounty arrives Adventure Bay | Tasmania | Wooding, watering & plank resupply |
Sep 4, 1788 | Bounty departs Adventure Bay | Tasmania | Resupplied. |
Oct 9, 1788 | James Valentine dies | At sea. | Of asthma complaint.. |
Oct 19, 1788 | W. Brown, J. Mills grog stopped | At sea. | Refusing to dance/exercise. |
Oct 26, 1788 | Bounty anchors outer part of Matavai Bay | Tahiti | |
Oct 27, 1788 | Bounty reanchored quarter-mile off-shore | Tahiti | Matavai Bay |
Nov 2, 1788 | Breadfruit tent/shore party setup | Tahiti | 9 Bounty crew to collect plants |
Nov 4, 1788 | A. Smith-12 lashes | Tahiti | Gudgeon stolen under his watch |
Dec 5, 1788 | William Purcell refuses order Matthew Thompson-12 lashes | Tahiti | Confined Insolence, disobey orders. |
Dec 10, 1788 | Bounty Surgeon John Huggan died Thomas Ledward appointed Surgeon | Tahiti | alcohol poisoning |
Dec 27, 1788 | Wm. Muspratt-12 lashes | Tahiti | Neglect of duty. |
Dec 29, 1788 | R. Lamb-12 lashes | Tahiti | Neglect of duty-cleaver stolen. |
Jan 5, 1789 | 3 Bounty men deserted in the cutter | Tahiti | Churchill, Muspratt, Millward |
Jan 6, 1789 | Hayward confined in irons | Tahiti | Had watch when 3 deserted. |
Jan 17, 1789 | Bounty sails found mildewed/rotted | Tahiti | New sails in storage. |
Jan 23, 1789 | Deserters apprehended | Tahiti | With help from Tahitians. |
Jan 24, 1789 | 3 Bounty deserters punished | Tahiti | Churchill 12 lashes Muspratt 24 Millward 24 |
Jan 30, 1789 | Isaac Martin-19 lashes | Tahiti | For striking Tahitian. |
Feb 4, 1789 | 2nd flogging for 3 deserters | Tahiti | Churchill 12 lashes Muspratt 24 Millward 24 |
Feb 4, 1789 | Released from irons | Tahiti | Churchill, Millward, Muspratt, & Hayward |
Feb 6, 1789 | Bounty anchor line cut | Tahiti | Culprit not determined at the time. |
Mar 2, 1789 | Tahitian man flogged on Bounty | Tahiti | Stealing Peckover's bedding. |
Mar 31, 1789 | Breadfruit collection completed | Tahiti | Loaded onboard Bounty. |
Apr 4, 1789 | Bounty departs Tahiti | Tahiti | 1015 breadfruit plants |
Apr 12, 1789 | J. Sumner 12 Lashes | Whytootackee | Neglect of duty |
Apr 22, 1789 | Bounty anchors at Nomuka | Friendly Is. | For water-natives a problem. |
Apr 26, 1789 | Bounty departs Nomuka | Friendly Is. | Bligh angry. |
Apr 28, 1789 | Mutiny on the Bounty | At sea, near Tofoa | |
Apr 29, 1789 | Bligh-launch to shore | Tofoa | 23' launch-19 men |
May 2, 1789 | John Norton died Bligh-launch depart Tofoa | Tofoa |
Killed by natives. Start of boat voyage. |
May 28, 1789 | Bligh-launch arrive Restoration Is. Bounty arrives Tubuai | New Holland Tubuai | At anchor to explore island. |
May 30, 1789 | Bligh-launch depart Restoration Is. | New Holland | |
May 31, 1789 | Bligh-launch on Sunday Island Bounty sets sail | New Holland Tubuai | confrontation w/Purcell returning to Tahiti for supplies |
Jun 6, 1789 | Bounty arrives Tahiti | Tahiti | concoct story for Tahitians |
Jun 14, 1789 | Bligh-launch arrive Timor | Coupang | 3618 miles |
Jun 16, 1789 | Bounty departs Tahiti | Matavai Bay | |
Jun 23, 1789 | Bounty arrives Tubuai | Tubuai | to set up colony |
Jul 1, 1789 | Bligh buys Resource | Coupang | 34 foot schooner for 1000 Rix-dollars |
Jul 20, 1789 | David Nelson died | Coupang | Botanist on Bounty |
Aug 9, 1789 | HMS Mercury passes | Tubuai | Fires guns, but does not land |
Aug 13, 1789 | HMS Mercury lands | Tahiti | In Matavai Bay |
Aug 15, 1789 | Brown (alias Bound) cuts messmate | Tahiti | Immediately put in irons |
Aug 20, 1789 | Bligh & 17 men sail for Batavia | Coupang | On schooner Resource |
Aug 23, 1789 | Brown (alias Bound) leaves Mercury | Tahiti | Goes ashore at his own request |
Sep 2, 1789 | HMS Mercury departs | Tahiti | |
Sep 12, 1789 | Bounty departs Tubuai | Tubuai | to Tahiti-failed colony |
Sep 23, 1789 | Bounty departs Tahiti w/9 Mutineers | Tahiti | last time in Tahiti 16 stayed |
Oct 1, 1789 | Bligh-crew arrive in Batavia | Batavia | in schooner Resource |
Oct 10, 1789 | Resource and launch sold Thomas Hall died | Batavia | AB/Cook |
Oct 16, 1789 | Bligh departs in Vlydt | Batavia | with John Samuel & John Smith |
Oct 1789 | William Elphinstone died | Batavia | master's mate |
Oct 1789 | Peter Linkletter died | Batavia | quartermaster |
Oct 26, 1789 | VOC Sparenrijk departs | Batavia | Thomas Hayward, John Hallett George Simpson, Lawrence Lebogue |
Nov 12, 1789 | VOC Castor departs | Batavia | William Cole William Peckover |
Nov 18, 1789 | VOC Rotterdam Welvaren departs | Batavia | Lost at sea Robert Lamb Thomas Ledward see below |
Dec 16, 1789 | Bligh arrives at Cape of Good Hope | Table Bay | in Dutch ship Vlydt |
Jan 2, 1790 | Bligh departs Cape of Good Hope | Table Bay | in Vlydt w/ Samuel & Smith |
Jan 2, 1790 | VOC Dordwijk departs | Batavia | John Fryer William Purcell Robert Tinkler |
Jan 7, 1790 | VOC Sparenrijk arrives | Cape of Good Hope | Thomas Hayward, John Hallett George Simpson, Lawrence Lebogue |
Jan 15, 1790 | Bounty arrives in Pitcairn | Pitcairn Is. | new settlement estab. |
Jan 23, 1790 | Bounty is burned | Pitcairn Is. | now 'Bounty Day' on Pitcairn |
Feb 2, 1790 | VOC Castor arrives | Cape of Good Hope | William Cole William Peckover |
Feb 17, 1790 | VOC Sparenrijk departs | Cape of Good Hope | Thomas Hayward, John Hallett George Simpson, Lawrence Lebogue |
Feb 26, 1790 | VOC Castor departs | Cape of Good Hope | William Cole William Peckover |
Mar 14, 1790 | Bligh arrives in England | Portsmouth | Isle of Wight boat from Vlydt |
Mar 16, 1790 | Bligh formally reports Bounty mutiny | London | to the Admiralty |
Apr 11, 1790 | Charles Churchill died | Tahiti | murdered by Matthew Thompson |
Apr 13, 1790 | Matthew Thompson died | Tahiti | murdered by a Tahitian |
May 5, 1790 | VOC Dordwijk arrives | Cape of Good Hope | John Fryer William Purcell Robert Tinkler |
May 23, 1790 | VOC Sparenrijk arrives | Amsterdam | Thomas Hayward, John Hallett George Simpson, Lawrence Lebogue |
Jun 22, 1790 | VOC Castor arrives | Texel, Holland | William Cole William Peckover |
Jul 1, 1790 | Bligh book 'Narrative' is published | London | First of Bounty books |
Aug 10, 1790 | Edwards appointed | England | To search for mutineers |
Sep 25, 1790 | VOC Dordwijk arrives | Goeree, Holland | John Fryer William Purcell Robert Tinkler |
~Oct 2, 1790 | Prince of Orange arrives | Harwich, England | John Fryer William Purcell Robert Tinkler |
Oct 22, 1790 | Bligh court-martialed for Bounty loss | Spithead | exonerated-HMS Royal William |
Nov 7, 1790 | HMS Pandora departs England | Portsmouth | Capt Edward Edwards |
Nov 14, 1790 | Bligh to HMS Falcon-Capt | London | 14-gun sloop |
1790 | Fahoutu fell collecting eggs & died | Pitcairn Is. | William's wife-first Pitcairn death |
Oct ?, 1790 | Thursday October Christian born | Pitcairn Is. | first born on Pitcairn |
Mar 23, 1791 | HMS Pandora arrives in Tahiti | Tahiti | 14 Bounty crew taken prisoner |
May 8, 1791 | HMS Pandora departs from Tahiti | Tahiti | 14 Bounty crew in cage |
May 24, 1791 | Pandora's jolly boat lost | Palmerston Island | Midshipman John Sival and 4 crewmen lost |
June 22, 1791 | Pandora and Resolution/Matavy Tender become separated | Upolu Island | After two day search, nine men given up for lost |
Aug 3, 1791 | Providence/Assistant depart England | Spithead | Second Breadfruit mission |
Aug 29, 1791 | HMS Pandora wreck | Great Barrier Reef | Henry Hillbrant died - Cooper Richard Skinner died - AB John Sumner died - AB George Stewart died - AB/Midshipman |
Sep 17, 1791 | Pandora boats arrive in Timor | Coupang | 10 Bounty crewmen |
1791 | Puarei/Obuarei died | Pitcairn Is. | Smith/Adams first wife-from Tahiti |
Oct 6, 1791 | Edwards and survivors depart Coupang | Coupang | In VOC Rembang |
Oct 30, 1791 | Rembang reaches Samarang | Samarang, Java | Reunited with Resolution/Matavai Tender crew |
Nov 7, 1791 | Rembang and Resolution/Matavai Tender arrive | Batavia | |
Nov 11, 1791 | VOC Zwaan departs | Batavia | Pandora Lt. Larkan w/ 2 petty officers 18 seamen |
Dec 21, 1791 | VOC Horssen departs | Batavia | Pandora Lt. Corner w/ Surgeon 3 midshipmen 14 seamen |
Dec 21, 1791 | VOC Hoornweg departs | Batavia | Pandora Lt. Hayward w/ Boatswain Surgeon's Mate, 3 midshipmen 15 seamen |
Dec 21, 1791 | VOC Vredenburg departs | Batavia | Pandora Capt. Edwards w/ Master, Purser Gunner, Clerk, 2 midshipmen 14 seamen, 10 Prisoners |
Jan 25, 1792 | VOC Zwaan arrives | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Lt. Larkan w/ 2 petty officers 18 seamen |
Feb 21, 1792 | VOC Zwaan departs | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Lt. Larkan w/ 2 petty officers 18 seamen |
Mar 18, 1792 | VOC Vredenburg arrives | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Capt. Edwards w/ Master, Purser Gunner, Clerk, 2 midshipmen 14 seamen, 10 Prisoners |
Mar 19, 1792 | VOC Horssen arrives | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Lt. Corner w/ Surgeon 3 midshipmen 14 seamen |
Mar 31, 1792 | VOC Hoornweg arrives | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Lt. Hayward w/ Boatswain Surgeon's Mate, 3 midshipmen 15 seamen |
Apr 5, 1792 | HMS Gorgon departs | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Capt. Edwards w/ 10 prisoners |
Apr 9, 1792 | Providence/Assistant arrive Tahiti | Matavai Bay | |
Apr 11, 1792 | VOC Horssen departs | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Lt. Corner w/ Surgeon 3 midshipmen 14 seamen |
Apr 11, 1792 | VOC Vredenburg departs | Cape of Good Hope | Pandora Master Passmore w/ Purser Gunner, Clerk, 2 midshipmen 14 seamen |
May 21, 1792 | VOC Zwaan arrives | Zeeland, Holland | Pandora Lt. Larkan w/ 2 petty officers 18 seamen |
Jun 18, 1792 | HMS Gorgon arrives | Spithead | Pandora Capt. Edwards w/ 10 prisoners |
Jul 10, 1792 | VOC Vredenburg arrives | Amsterdam | Pandora Master Passmore w/ Purser Gunner, Clerk, 2 midshipmen 14 seamen |
Jul 12, 1792 | VOC Horssen arrives | Delft, Holland | Pandora Lt. Corner w/ Surgeon 3 midshipmen 14 seamen |
Jul 19, 1792 | Providence/Assistant depart Tahiti | Matavai Bay | |
Aug 14, 1792 | VOC Hoornweg arrives | Rotterdam | Pandora Lt. Hayward w/ Boatswain Surgeon's Mate, 3 midshipmen 15 seamen |
Sep 12, 1792 | Court-Martial begins | HMS Duke, Portsmouth | |
Sep 18, 1792 | Court-Martial ends | HMS Duke, Portsmouth | |
Oct 2, 1792 | Providence/Assistant wood & water | Coupang, Timor | |
Oct 27, 1792 | Heywood, Morrison, Muspratt released | HMS Hector, Portsmouth | |
Oct 29, 1792 | Burkitt, Ellison, Millward hanged | HMS Brunswick, Spithead | |
Dec 17, 1792 | Providence/Assistant wood & water | St. Helena | |
1793 | Nancy given to William | Pitcairn Is. | start of rebellion |
Feb 5, 1793 | Providence/Assistant arrive Jamaica | Port Royal, Jamaica | Voyage a success |
Aug 1, 1793 | Talaloo/Tararo died-Raiatean | Pitcairn Is. | killed by Menalee |
Aug 2, 1793 | Providence/Assistant arrive England | The Downs | |
Aug 2, 1793 | Oho/Uhuu died-Tubuain | Pitcairn Is. | killed by Menalee |
Sep 20, 1793 | Massacre - died: Fletcher Christian William Brown John Mills Isaac Martin John Williams | Pitcairn Is. | killed by Tahitian men b. England 1764 - 29 b. England 1762 - 31 b. Scotland 1750 - 43 b. Philadelphia 1758 - 35 b. England 1765 - 28 |
Sep 28, 1793 | Timoa/Teimau died-Tahitian | Pitcairn Is. | killed by Menalee |
Oct 1, 1793 | Menalee/Minarii died-Tahitian | Pitcairn Is. | killed by McCoy |
Oct 4, 1793 | Nehow/Nihau died Tetaheite/Taromiva died-Tubuain | Pitcairn Is. | killed by Young killed by Susan |
1798 | William McCoy died | Pitcairn Is. | suicide-drunk/b. 1763 Scotland |
1798 | William Muspratt died-tailor | England | |
1798 | John Hallett died-midshipman | At sea. | HMS Penelope sinking |
Apr ?, 1798 | Thomas Hayward died-midshipman | At sea. | HMS Swift sinking |
1799 | Tevarua/Big Sully/Sarah died | Pitcairn Is. | Quintal consort |
1799 | Matthew Quintal killed | Pitcairn Is. | by Adams/Smith and Young/b. 1766 |
Dec 25, 1800 | Edward Young died-midshipman | Pitcairn Is. | of asthma/b. 1782 W.I. |
Feb 1, 1807 | James Morrison died-masters mate | At sea. | gunner, HMS Blenhiem |
Feb 6, 1808 | Pircairn rediscovered | Pitcairn Is. | Capt Folger in American sealer Topaz |
I have received the following from a claimed descendent of Thomas Ledward:
"Returned to England from Batavia and sailed with George Vancouver as ships surgeon. Banks letters referring to Thomas Ledward being replaced as surgeon on George Vancouver's voyage by Archibald Menzies the Naturalist due to Ledward's illness."
However, the reference he cites refers to 'Ledward, surgeon,' not 'Thomas Ledward,' as he states. There is a note in the Bounty's muster book, "17th Nov., 1789. Embarked on board the Rotterdam Welfare. Q. What became of him?" The VOC ship Rotterdam Welvaren departed Batavia on the 18th and never arrived at the Cape. This seems the most likely to have been the fate of both Ledward and Lamb. There are also, reportedly, people in Hawaii who claim to be descended from Mr. Ledward, although there is no evidence that he fathered any children while at Tahiti. Whatever the case, he disappears from the Bounty story.