The 18 Citizens

The following is a list of the original 18 Citizens of Tamba- Tamba, based on the list as compiled by Rowley Rowley himself.
The original document is now kept in the Archives of The People at The People's Library of Palmerston.
I have included some additional notes by historian Thomas Jefferson Jackson, for example Rowley did not include the men's ranks. He noted only their names, ages, places of birth .
I am indebted to the Jackson family for the use of the following material.

Midshipman Thos. Lazenby Cock 19 aet, b Monmouthshire.

Coxswain Rowley Rowley 22 aet, b Bristol

Marcus Berry, 21 aet, b Rochester, ships carpenter

Ordinary Seaman Samuel Hooper, 32 aet b Lowestoft

Midshipman Andrew Sinclair ,20 aet, b Queensferry (Scotland)

Able Seaman Patrick Mehan, 55 aet b Cork (Ireland)

Ordinary Seaman John John, 16 aet b Portsmouth

Able Seaman Thos. Greene 38 aet b Dartmouth

Able Seaman Francis Greene 38 aet b Dartmouth

- these men were twin brothers.

Coxswain's Mate John Howard, 19 aet b Portsmouth

Ordinary Seaman John Stock, 18 aet b Liverpool

(this man was black)

Ordinary Seaman Owen Conway 24,aet b Anglesey (Wales)

(apparently Owen Conway was an alias of Thos Owen of Anglesey? tradition has it that on his deathbed he said that he had joined up under a false name as he was wanted in connection with the theft of some sheep).

Able Seaman Peter Renouf 23, aet b Jersey

Renouf was constantly in trouble aboard the Dreadfull; His disciplinary record in the service was very poor.

Ordinary Seaman Dick Baker 19,aet b Portsmouth

Donal Macintyre,aet 45, Strathclyde (Scotland)

The ship's cook. Tradition has it that Macintyre was responsible for producing alcohol from the local fruit, as well as learning traditional means of doing so from the Wessel's islanders.

Jan Van Damme cabin boy 14, aet b Ostende, The Low Countries.

Robert Mackay about 60 aet, place of birth not known.

Sailmaker's Mate. was thought by Capt Stokes to be suffering from insanity long before the mutiny.

Midshipman Morgan Rees 15 aet b Trecastle (Wales)

Capt Stokes wrote that Rees would have followed Cock to hell itself, so much was he in his thrall.

Thomas Cock placed a great deal of importance on literacy, and on the foundation of the Council he asked that Rowley Rowley should keep a journal of the important incidents in the life of the Island. This position, Recorder, was continued by their successors.
Of the 18 men Rowley noted that nine were 'literate', whilst the others had 'varied degrees of learning'.
Rowley's original document makes no reference to the Wessel's Islanders who accompanied the mutineers.