The Census of 1805

In 1805 The Government of Great Britain ordered Bentall to conduct a census of the island's population. The garrison or others in the employ of the crown were not included.
Where men and women co-habited Bentall generously indicated the woman as 'wife' although there were no formal marriage arrangements on the island.

Cocktown:

Cocktown Square.

The Long Houses:

1) Morgan Rees 43 b Breconshire

2) Jan Van Damme 42 b the Low Countries

3) Hennie Van Damme 20, b Wessels, 'wife' of Jan Van Damme

4) Dick Baker 47 b Portsmouth

5) Owen Conway 52 b N Wales

6) Davey about 40 yrs b Wessels

7) Jack about 40 b Wessels

8) Marina about 35 b Wessels

9) Young Jack, 11, b Tamba- Tamba

10) Peter , 9 b Tamba- Tamba

John Stock’s Cottage:

11) John Stock 46 b Liverpool (Stock was black)

12) Flora Stock about 24 b Wessels his ‘wife’

13) John Stock, 3, b Tamba- Tamba

The White House:

14) John John (widower) 44 b Portsmouth

15) John John , 26 b Tamba- Tamba

The Fine House:

16) Marcus Berry 49 b Kent, carpenter.

17) Lily Berry about 40 b Wessels his ‘wife’

18) Lucius Berry 20, carpenter

19) Harry Berry 18, carpenter

20) Mary Berry 18‘schoolmistress’

21) Luke Berry 16

22) Matthew Berry 13

23) Ellen Berry 7

24) Anne Berry 3

The Old Longhouse:

25) Roderick Rowley, 24 b Tamba- Tamba -Recorder

26) Mary Rowley (nee John) 24, b Tamba- Tamba

27) Robert Rowley 10 mths b Tamba- Tamba

28) Peter Rowley, 22 b Tamba- Tamba

29) Poppet Rowley nee Hooper, 26 b Tamba- Tamba

30) George Rowley, 19 b Tamba- Tamba

31) Mary Rowley (nee Greene), 15 b Tamba- Tamba

32) Rowley Rowley, 1, b Tamba- Tamba

Cock’s Plantation:

The Big House:

33) Liza Cock about 40, (widow of Thos. Cock), b Wessels

34) Renton Lazenby Cock, 25 b Tamba- Tamba - Chairman of Council.

35) Lucy Cock (nee Rowley), 19, b Tamba- Tamba

36) Liza Cock, 2 b Tamba- Tamba

37) Julius Lazenby Cock, 23 b Tamba- Tamba

38) Anna Cock, 19 b Tamba- Tamba

The Low House:

39) Mirabelle Greene (about 50) widow. b Wessels

40) Clarice Greene , 24 b Tamba- Tamba ‘schoolmistress’

41) Charles Greene , 20 b Tamba- Tamba

42) Nina Greene, 19, b Tamba- Tamba

The Boats:

43) Michael Howard, 27 b Tamba- Tamba

44) Eve Howard, 26 b Wessels

45) Rachel Howard, 4, b Tamba- Tamba

46) Sarah- Jane Howard, 2 b Tamba- Tamba

The Womens House:

47) Dervala, about 50, b Wessels

48) Grace, about 15 b Wessels

49) Louisa, about 20 b Wessels

50) Sally- Ann, about 20 b Wessels

51) Luarte, about 25 b Wessels

Captain’s House:

52) Paul Crowther Nixon, 31, b London

53) Tilly, about 20, b Wessels

54) Daisy, about 20, b Wessels

Hooper’s Point Settlement:

The Hooper House:

55) Samuel Hooper 60 b Lowestoft

56) Susan Hooper about 50 b Wessels his ‘wife’

57) Teanna Hooper about 30 b Wessels his ‘wife’

58) Trina Hooper, 18 b Tamba- Tamba

59) Suffolk Hooper, 16 b Tamba- Tamba

60) Marjorie Hooper, 10 b Tamba- Tamba

61) Miranda Hooper, 8 b Tamba- Tamba

62) David Hooper, 7 b Tamba- Tamba

63) Tom Cock Hooper, 4 b Tamba- Tamba

The Bothie:

64) Andrew Hooper 27

65) Daisy Hooper, about 20, b Wessels his ‘wife’

66) Samuel Hooper, 4, b Tamba- Tamba

67) Roger Hooper, 1, b Tamba- Tamba

Place of birth:

Britain- 8

Low Countries- 1

Wessels – 19

Tamba- Tamba – 39

Men- 24

Women- 24

Under 16- m- 10

f- 9

Records from the Colonial Office point to the garrison, the jetty and Bentall's family and staff numbering in total somewhere in the region of 75 people.