List of crew members aboard the first voyage of James Cook
{{Short description|Crew of an expiditional voyage by James Cook}}
The first voyage of James Cook was a discovery expedition to the south Pacific Ocean, with aims of observing the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun{{sfn|Rigby|van der Merwe|2002|p=24}} and seeking evidence of the alleged southern territories, named by that time as Terra Australis Incognita.{{Cite web |date=2008-07-21 |title="Secret Instructions to Lieutenant Cook 30 July 1768 (UK)". National Library of Australia. 2005. |url=http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=34 |access-date=2024-02-29 |archive-date=2008-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721065703/http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=34 |url-status=bot: unknown }} The ship chosen for the voyage was {{HMS|Endeavour}}. The makeup of the crew during the voyage varied due the high mortality, for which contributed mainly malaria and dysentery, that the crew had contracted in Batavia.{{Cite web |title=James Cook and his voyages |url=https://www.nla.gov.au/collections/guide-selected-collections/james-cook-and-his-voyages |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=National Library of Australia |language=en}} There was also one occurrence of successful desertion of Patrick Saunders, who after being disrated, escaped the ship.{{efn|In case of his escape James Cook refrained from sending search party, which he normally would commend in similar cases.{{cite web |title=Patrick SAUNDERS - Captain James Cook R.N. Crew Database |url=https://www.captaincooksociety.com/Portals/ccs/Files/Documents/Crew/Patrick%20Saunders%20-%20Endeavour.pdf |website=Captain Cook Society}}}}{{Cite web |title=The People in Endeavour During Cook's First Voyage |url=https://www.captaincooksociety.com/cooks-voyages/first-pacific-voyage/the-people-in-endeavour-during-cook-s-first-voyage |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.captaincooksociety.com |language=en-US}}
Personnel
The following is a complete list of initial crew that departed from Plymouth on 26 August 1768 according to ship's journal.{{Cite web |title=James Roberts - 'A Journal of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour Round the World, Lieut. James Cook, Commander, 27th May 1768', 27 May - 14 May 1770, with annotations 1771 |url=https://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL4400282&embedded=true&toolbar=false&_gl=1*mnq2pi*_ga*MzAwOTc0Mzg0LjE3MDkxNTI2NzA.*_ga_CYHFMM592Q*MTcwOTE1MjY3MC4xLjEuMTcwOTE1MzY2MC40My4wLjA. |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=digital.sl.nsw.gov.au}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Personnel of HMS Endeavour !Name !Rank !Notes !Origin |
| James Cook
| |Marton-in-Cleveland |
| Zachary Hicks
|Second Lieutenant |Died on 26 May 1771 |Stepney |
| John Gore
|Third Lieutenant | |Colony of Virginia |
| Robert Molyneux
|Died on 16 April 1771 | |
| William Brougham Munkhouse
|Died on 05 November 1770 | |
| Charles Clerke
|Master’s mate | | |
| Richard Pickersgill
|Master’s mate | |West Tanfield |
| Alexander Weir
|Master’s mate |Died on 14 September 1768 at Madeira |Fife |
| Patrick Saunders
|Disrated to Able Seaman, then ran in Batavia on 25 December 1770 | |
| Jonathan Munkhouse
|Midshipman |Died on 06 February 1771 | |
| John Bootie
|Midshipman |Died on 04 February 1771 | |
| Francis Wilkinson
|Midshipman | | |
| William Perry
|Surgeon’s mate | |Chiswick |
| Richard Orton
|Clerk | | |
| John Gathrey
|Boatswain |Died on 04 February 1771 | |
| John Satterley
|Carpenter |Died on 12 February 1771 | |
| Stephen Forwood
|Gunner | | |
| Thomas Hardman
|Boatswain’s mate | |London |
| John Reading
|Yeoman of sheets |Died on 28 August 1769 |Kinsale |
| Timothy Rearden
|Boatswain's mate. Yeoman |Died on 24 December 1770 |Cork |
| Benjamin Jordan
|Carpenter’s mate |Died on 31 January 1771 |Deptford |
| George Nowell (Knowel)
|Carpenter's crew | | |
| Francis Haite
|Carpenter's crew. Yeoman |Died on 30 January 1771 |Rochester |
| Samuel Moody
|Carpenter's crew. Yeoman |Died on 30 January 1771 |Worcester |
| Richard Hughes
|Carpenter's crew | |London |
| Isaac Johnson
|Cooper | |Knutsford |
| John Goodjohn
|Cooper's Mate | | |
| William Dawson
|Cooper's Steward | |Deptford |
| Robert Stainsby
|Capitan's Steward | |Dinsdale near Darlington |
| John Woodworth
|Lieutenant’s Steward |Died on 24 December 1770 | |
| William Howson
|First Lieutenant’s Steward |Died on 30 November 1770 |London |
| William Harvey
|Second Lieutenant’s Steward | |London |
| Nataniel Morey
|Third Lieutenant's Steward | | |
| Isaac George Manley
|Master’s Servant | | |
| Nicholas Young
|Surgeon's Servant | | |
| Thomas Jordan
|Boatswain's Servant | | |
| Daniel Roberts
|Gunner's Servant |Died on 02 February 1771 | |
| Edward Terrell
|Carpenter's Servant | |London |
| John Thompson
|Ship's Cook |Died on 31 January 1771 | |
| Thomas Knight
|Cook's Servant | | |
| Thomas Matthews
|Cook's Boy | | |
| Samuel Evans
|Coxswain (Quartermaster) | | |
| Robert Taylor
|Armourer | | |
| John Ravenhill
|Sailmaker |Died on 26 January 1771 |Hull |
| William Collett
|Able Seaman; Barber | |High Wycombe |
| Archibald Wolf (Wolfe)
|Able Seaman; Taylor |Died on 31 January 1771 |Edinburgh |
| Henry Jeffs
|Able Seaman; Butcher |Died on 27 February 1771 | |
| Forby Sutherland
|Able Seaman |Died on 01 May 1770 |Orkney |
| Isaac Smith
|Able Seaman | |London |
| Peter Flower
|Able Seaman |Died on 02 December 1768 |Guernsey |
| John Ramsay
|Able Seaman | |Plymouth |
| Samuel Jones
|Able Seaman | |London |
| James Nicholson
|Able Seaman |Died on 31 January 1771 |Inverness |
| Issac Parker
|Able Seaman | |Ipswich |
| Thomas
Simmonds |Able Seaman | |London |
| Robert Anderson
|Able Seaman | |Inverness |
| James Gray
|Able Seaman | |Leith |
| Matthew Cox
|Able Seaman | |Gillingham |
| Richard Hutchins
|Able Seaman | | |
| Charles Williams
|Able Seaman | |Bristol |
| Joseph Childs
|Able Seaman | |Dublin |
| Alexander Simpson
|Able Seaman |Died on 21 February 1771 | |
| Henry Stephens
|Able Seaman | |Falmouth |
| Thomas Jones
|Able Seaman | |Bangor |
| Antonio Ponto
|Able Seaman | |Venice, Italy |
| John Dozey
|Able Seaman |Died on 07 April 1771 |Brazil |
| James Funley
|Able Seaman | |Blackwall |
| Michael Littleboy
|Able Seaman | |Deptford |
| William Peckover
|Able Seaman | |Eyot |
| James Maria Magra
|Able Seaman | |New York |
| Richard Littleboy
|Able Seaman | |Deptford |
| John Edgcumbe
|Marine Sergeant, Royal Marines | | |
| John Truslove
|Marine Corporal, Royal Marines |Died on 24 January 1771 | |
| Thomas Rossiter
|Marine Drummer, Royal Marines | | |
| William Judge
|Marine Private, Royal Marines | | |
| Henry Paul
|Marine Private, Royal Marines | | |
| Daniel Preston
|Marine Private, Royal Marines |Died on 15 February 1771 | |
| William Wilshire
|Marine Private, Royal Marines | | |
| William Greenslade
|Marine Private, Royal Marines |Died on 26 March 1769 | |
| Samuel Gibson
|Marine Private, Royal Marines | | |
| Thomas Dunster
|Marine Private, Royal Marines |Died on 25 January 1771 | |
| Clement Webb
|Marine Private, Royal Marines | | |
| John Bowles
|Marine Private, Royal Marines | | |
| Joseph Banks
|Naturalist | |Revesby Abbey |
| Daniel Carl Solander
|Naturalist | |Sweden |
| Charles Green
|Astronomer |Died on 18 December 1770 |Wentworth |
| John Reynolds
|Astronomer's Servant |Died on 18 December 1770 | |
| Sydney Parkinson
|Artist |Died on 26 January 1771 |Edinburgh |
| Alexander Buchan
|Artist |Died on 17 April 1769 |Edinburgh |
| Herman Diedrich Spöring
|Mr Banks’ Secretary |Died on 25 January 1771 | |
| James Roberts
|Mr Banks' Servant | |Mareham le Fen |
| Peter Briscoe
|Mr Banks' Servant | |Revesby Abbey |
| Thomas Richmond
|Mr Banks' Servant |Died on 16 January 1769 | |
| George Dorlton
|Mr Banks' Servant |Died on 16 January 1769 | |
See also
Notes and references
= Notes =
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= References =
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= Works cited =
- {{cite book |title = Captain Cook in the Pacific |first1 = Nigel |last1 = Rigby |last2 = van der Merwe |first2 = Pieter |year = 2002 |publisher = National Maritime Museum (UK) |isbn = 0-948065-43-5 }}
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