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Thomas Colman Christian (1 November 1935 – 7 July 2013) known as the "Voice of Pitcairn" for his nearly lifelong role in keeping the island connected to the world via ham radio, died at age 77 on the island where he was born. He was a great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher Christian.
The prisoners included the three detained loyalists—Coleman, McIntosh and Norman—to whom Bligh had promised justice; the blind fiddler Michael Byrne (or "Byrn"); Heywood; Morrison; and four active mutineers: Thomas Burkett, John Millward, Thomas Ellison and William Muspratt. [168]
Fletcher Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland, England.His father's side of the family had originated from the Isle of Man and most of Fletcher's paternal great-grandfathers were historic Deemsters, their original family surname being McCrystyn.
Thomas Ellison (1772 – 29 October 1792) was an able seaman. After participating in the mutiny, he remained in Tahiti rather than continuing on to the Pitcairn Islands , and in 1791 voluntarily turned himself in to the seamen of HMS Pandora to face justice in England.
Michael Byrn, Joseph Coleman, Thomas McIntosh, Charles Norman Mutineers led by Fletcher Christian: Pacific Ocean: Released Four crewmen on the HMS Bounty, they remained loyal to Captain William Bligh during the notorious mutiny. Unable to load them into the lifeboat with their fellow loyalists, the mutineers forcibly held them captive on board ...
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