The Pandora's 135 crew

MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS ABOUT THE 135 MEN ON BOARD HMS Pandora at the time of her departure from England.
Sources: The Pandora’s musters (The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office ADM 36/11136) and pay book (TNA: PRO ADM 35/1360) with additions from other sources (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11092; ADM 36/10776; ADM 36/11085).

Rank/rating	Name/Administrative details	Personal details/miscellaneous comments
CAPTAIN	EDWARDS, Edward - Commission dd. 6 Aug 1790, appeared 10 Aug 1790. Received £ 66.4s.3d advance pay on 26 Oct 1790. £235.9s.3d in ‘neat wages’ on 16 Oct 1792.	Age 48, born in Water Newton, Hunts. HMS Pandora was his last sea-going command. Subsequently appointed as a ‘regulating captain’ (i.e. recruiting superintendent) at Argyle in 1795 and at Hull in 1797. A series of honorary promotions followed—to Rear Admiral in 1799 and Vice Admiral in 1805—per the Royal Navy’s post captain’s seniority list. All honorary, these promotions saw Edwards eventually raised to Admiral of the White Squadron on 4 June 1814—titularly the third most senior officer in the Royal Navy. He died in April 1815.
CAPTAIN'S CLERK	EDMONDS, Edward King - Appeared on 10 Aug 1790. Received £5.14s advance wages and £28.15s.10d ‘neat wages’ on 16 Oct 1792.	From Ireland.
1ST LIEUTENANT	LARKAN, John – Commission dd. 6 Aug 1790, from half pay, appeared 14 Aug 1790. Received £33.1s.6d advance pay. Received £117.2s in ‘neat wages’; paid on 17 Oct 1792 to James Sykes (Attorney?).	Age 43, born in Athlone (Co. Roscommon, Ireland) Promoted to Commander’s rank after the Battle of the Glorious 1st June (1794); ended his career in command of an Irish division of ‘Sea Fencibles’ (Greatman’s Bay to Blackhead, Galway) He died in 1830.
LIEUTENANT'S YEOMAN	GERMAIN, John - Volunteer, appeared 22 Aug 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid. Promoted on 20 Sep 1790.
2ND LIEUTENANT	CORNER, Robert - Commission dd. 21 Aug 1790. Appeared on 13 Oct 1790; received £33.1s.6d advance pay; paid £110.12s. ‘neat wages’ on 26 Oct 1792.	Age 37. From London; christened 28 Jan 1753 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields as Robert Sedgely Corner (cf. IGI) Prior to his appointment to the Pandora as the 2nd. Lt, he was C O of a press gang operating in HMS Richard in the North Sea. It is interesting to note that a number of men in Corner’s press gang and from the Richard’s crew appear to have followed him to the Pandora (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11092). Hamilton (1793:27) mentions that Corner had been commissioned “in the land service” before joining the RN; Corner was first commissioned as an RN lieutenant in 1779 – at age 26. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of HMS Terrible in 1792. He ended his career as Superintendent of Marine Police in Malta; and was buried in February 1819, aged 66, in St Paul’s Cathedral (Valetta).
3RD LIEUTENANT	HAYWARD, Thomas - Appeared on 26 Oct 1790. Commission on same date; gave evidence at Bligh’s Court Martial on board HMS Royal William 22 Oct 1790.	Sailed with Bligh in the Bounty’s launch after the mutiny. Hayward drew the chart with the location of the Pandora wreck (original: Hydrographer’s Office, Taunton, Somerset).
MASTER	PASSMORE, George – By warrant dd. 10 Sep 1790, appeared 15 Sep 1790. ‘Superceded’ the original master. (Thomas Welsh) According to Edwards and surgeon George Hamilton, Thos. Welsh was unfit for service (it appears that he suffered from a ‘bilious complaint’, cf. TNA: PRO ADM 101/1338).	Appointed to the Pandora at Capt Edwards’ request. Passmore was court-martialled in 1794 for refusing to serve as a Warrant Officer; his naval record contains the comment “never to be appointed lieutenant” (TNA: PRO ADM 106/1317). Having made repeated requests to be commissioned, it would seem the Admiralty considered that Passmore did not have what they thought was required to be ‘an officer and a gentleman’!
MASTER'S MATES	BOWLING, Edward - Appeared 2 Oct 1790 as a midshipman, promoted 20 Oct 1790.
	† OLIVER, William - Appeared 25 Sep 1790 as AB, from Neptune (tender), promoted 25 Sep 1790.	Age 19. In command of the tender ‘Matavai’, which he navigated from Tofua to Java. DD 30 Dec 1791 on VOC ship Vredenburg. Renouard mentions that Oliver died in his ‘20th year’.
	REYNOLDS, George – Appeared 22 Aug 1790 as a midshipman, promoted 1 Nov 1790. Received £5.14s advance and £46.6s.4d ‘neat wages’.
	RICKARDS, Thomas – Volunteer, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William.
QUARTER-MASTERS	† ANDREWS, John - Volunteer, appeared 16 Sep 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid, Promoted 30 Sep 1790. Received £4.18s advance. ‘Neat wages’ apparently not paid out!	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	DODDS, James - Volunteer, appeared 29 Sep 1790 as AB, from HMS Richard, £3 bounty paid, promoted 29 Sep 1790.	One of the Richard’s crew, one of the men who followed Lt Corner from HMS Richard (TNA: PRO ADM 3 6/11092).
	HAYTHORN, William - Volunteer, appeared 6 Aug 1790 from HMS Sandwich as AB, £3 bounty paid.	Promoted to Master's Mate, then 1 Nov 1790 promoted to Quartermaster.
	† LINDSEY, Thomas - Volunteer, appeared 8 Oct 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	DD 16 Jan 1792 on board VOC ship Hoornweg.
QUARTER-MASTERS' MATES	MANNERS, James – Volunteer, appeared 29 Sep 1790 from Richard (tender) as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	A member of Lt. Corner’s press gang; one of the men who followed Lt Corner from the Richard (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11092).
	MARSHALL, John - Volunteer, appeared 29 Sep 1790, from Richard (tender) as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Nov 1790	One of HMS Richard’s crew and one of the men who followed Lt Corner from the Richard (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11092).
	SPENCE, Charles - Volunteer, appeared 29 Sep 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 20 Sep 1790.
	WATSON, Thomas – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as AB, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	Pressed at sea by HMS Champion, in Burlington Bay?
CAULKER	BELL, Christopher - Volunteer, appeared 6 Aug 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 6 Sep 1790 to carpenter's crew and on 13 Oct 1790 to caulker; £31.10s remitted at ship’s pay-off; £6.7s ‘neat’ wages’ paid.	Punished on 8 Dec 1790 with one dozen lashes for insolence and quarrelling with his superior officer.
SURGEON	HAMILTON, George - From half pay by warrant dd. 10 Aug 1790, appeared 13 Aug 1790. £29.4s.6d advance pay; £97.12s.8d ‘neat wages’ on 17 Oct ‘92.	Published a voyage account (based on his voyage journal) in 1793 in Berwick. Invalided out of the RN in 1794 having lost an arm while serving on HMS Lowestoft.
SURGEON'S MATE	INNES, James - Appeared 21 Aug 1790, by warrant. £11.14s.2d advance. Paid £61.10s.8d ‘neat’ wages.
PURSER	BENTHAM, Gregory - Appeared 10 Aug 1790. Received £12.8s two month’s advance pay. £32.8s.11d ‘neat’ wages received 3 May 1793.	One of the Pandora’s standing officers. Bentham had been a clerk to Capt. Charles Clerke on Cook's third voyage (HMS Discovery) Recommended to Joseph Banks’ ‘interest’ by Clerke.
PURSER'S STEWARD	† BOWLER, Robert - Volunteer, appeared on 10 Aug 1790 as ORD, bounty paid £2; appointed purser's steward on 30 Sep 1790. Received £3.14s advance pay.	DD 29 Aug 1791. Age 28. From London, Christened 6 Jan 1763 at St James, Westminster, (cf. IGI) His sister Theodosia (one of 3 siblings, cf. IGI) received £8.1s.6d in ‘neat wages’ on 13 Nov 1792.
MIDSHIPMEN	ATKINS, James – Pressed by HMS Richard, appeared 8 Oct 1790 as AB, promoted 1 Nov 1790. £4.10s advance. ‘Neat wages’ £30.7s.6d paid to James Evans for attorney Thomas Scratcherd on 5 Oct 1792.
	† FENWICK, John Philip - Appeared 17 Sep 1790, £5.14s advance, £10.19s.6d remitted when ship paid off. ‘Neat wages’ acquitted with his brother Benjamin on 6 June 1794.	DD 17 Jan 1792, died at sea in VOC ship Hoornweg.
	McKENDRICK (or Kendrick), George - Volunteer, appeared 26 Aug 1790 as AB, from HMS Enterprize, £3 bounty paid, promoted 26 Aug 1790. £5.14s advance Received Paid £27.1s.8d ‘neat wages’.
	MATSON, John Grant - Volunteer, appeared 17 Sep 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Oct 1790. £4.10s advance. £18 remitted when ship paid off, ‘neat wages’ £8.2s.9d.
	PYECROFT (Pycroft), Henry - Appeared 15 Sep 1790 as master's servant, D 25 Oct 1790, re-entered 26 Oct 1790 as AB, promoted 1 Jan 1791.	A protégé of George Passmore.
	RENOUARD, David Thomas - Appeared 6 Aug 1790 as Captain's servant, discharged 22 Oct 1790, re-entered 23 Oct 1790 as midshipman.	In the Matavai tender when it was lost, he wrote a journal account of his experiences (Maude, 1964). A protégé of Captain Edwards.
	† SIVAL (or Sivall), John - Appeared 6 Sep 1790, £5.14s advance, £5.14s.6d owing wages remitted when ship paid off (to his mother, Susanna cf. TNA: PRO ADM 35/1360).	DD 24 May 1791, lost in the cutter.
BOATSWAIN (BOSUN)	CUNNINGHAM, John - Appeared 10 Aug 1790. Received £12.8s advance pay. £32.16s.1d ‘neat’ wages paid.	One of the Pandora’s standing officers. Joseph Cunningham (qv) was his son.
BOSUN’s MATES	† JOHNSON, James - Volunteer, appeared 17 Sep 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 30 Sep 1790.	DD 31 Dec 1790, off Rio de Janeiro.
	MOULTER (MOLTER), William Volunteer, appeared 26 Aug 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid; 28 Oct 1790. £22.6s.8d in ‘neat’ wages.	Punished with one dozen lashes for striking his officer; removed the scuttle from ‘Pandora's Box’ as the ship was sinking. ‘Entrance Cay’ (in Pandora Entrance) renamed Moulter Cay in 1984 in his honour.
COXWAIN	WISDOM, William - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Oct 1790.
CARPENTER	† MONTGOMERY, Alexander - Appeared 10 Aug 1790, from the ordinary book. Received £12.8s advance. £18.11s.8d paid to his estate on 2 Nov 1792. A James Evans received these monies for Hitchins & Baynture (Attorneys acting on behalf of Montgomery’s estate).	DD 7 Dec 1791 at Batavia Hospital. One of the Pandora’s standing officers.
CARPENTER'S MATE	FARRENS, Jonathan - Appeared 15 Aug 1790 as AB, promoted 31 Aug 1790. £3 bounty paid. Received £5.2s advance wages.	Brother of Robert Farrens (qv). Both brothers made wills in favour of their mother Jane Farrens, a widow in Chatham.
CARPENTER'S CREW	† BROWN, Robert – Pressed by HMS Champion, appeared 8 Oct 1790 from Sandwich as AB, promoted 8 Oct 1790.	DD 29 Aug 1791; a carpenter on a ‘Greenland ship’ (whaler); pressed at sea off Whitby.
	YOWELL, John – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from Royal William as ORD, promoted 1 Nov 1790.
GUNNER	PACKER, Joseph - appeared 10 Aug 1790, from the ordinary book. £12.8s advance. £34.5s.6d ‘neat wages’ paid on 26 Oct 1792.	One of the Pandora’s ‘standing officers.’
GUNNER'S YEOMAN	FOSTER, Robert - Appeared 29 Sep 1790 as AB, from HMS Richard, promoted 29 Sep 1790; paid £3 bounty and £4.6s advance.	One of the men who followed Lt Corner from the Richard (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11092). He was in Corner’s press gang.
GUNNER'S MATE	STEWARD, William - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790 as AB from HMS David (tender), £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Dec 1790.	Age 18, from Orkney; recruited by HMS David on 17 Aug 1790 at Kirkwall Roads.
QUARTER GUNNERS	CAMERON, John - Volunteer, appeared 29 Sep 1790 from HMS Richard (tender) as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	One of the men who followed Lt Corner from the Richard (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11092).
	NICHOLAS, Henry - Appeared 13 Oct 1790 from Polly (tender) as AB, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	‘Run’ at Cape Town on 22 Feb 1792.
	PUDNEY, William – Appeared 6 Sep 1790 from Sandwich as AB, volunteer, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Oct 1790.
	REEVE (or Reeves), Robert - Volunteer, appeared 6 Sep 1790 from HMS Sandwich as AB, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Oct 1790.
SAILMAKER'S MATE	JACKSON, Thomas - Appeared 14 Aug 1790 as AB, promoted to Qtr. Gunner 31 Aug 1790, sail maker's mate 1 Nov 1790.
SAILMAKER'S CREW	† ARBUTHNOT, Alexander – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as AB, promoted 1 Dec 1790	DD 29 Aug 1791. Recruited at (off?) Yarmouth by HMS Richard.
COOPER	REYNOLDS, Henry - Volunteer, appeared 3 Sep 1790 as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 30 Sep 1790. Paid £19.16s.3d ‘neat’ wages.
MASTER AT ARMS	† GRIMWOOD, John - Volunteer, appeared 26 Aug 1790 as AB, paid £3 bounty, promoted 14 Sep 1790 to Corporal and 22 Oct 1790 to Master at Arms, £3.12s.9d 2 months' advance; no ‘neat’ wages calculated.	DD 29 Aug 1791. Reported to have remarked to the prisoners in the 'box': "Never fear my boys, we're all going to hell together", before jumping overboard himself.
CORPORAL	† RODRICK, William - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as ORD, paid £2 bounty, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
COOK	† MAHONEY, Denis - appeared 10 Aug 1790. Received £4.10s advance, £11.11s.6d remitted when the ship was paid off.	DD 1 Dec 1791 at Batavia Hospital. One of the Pandora’s standing officers. A William Dodd was a beneficiary of Mahoney’s will.
ARMOURER	† CLEMENTS, William – Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790 as AB, promoted 20 Sep 1790. Paid £3 bounty and £5.2s advance.	DD 2 Nov 1791 on VOC ship Rembang. His widow Ann Clements received £13.14s in ‘neat’ wages.
ARMOURER'S MATE	HODGES, Joseph - appeared 16 Sep 1790 as ORD, volunteer, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Nov 1790 to AB and subsequently to armourer's mate.
	STAPLETON, Philip - appeared 22 Aug 1790 as AB, volunteer, £3 bounty paid, promoted 1 Sep 1790.
ABLE SEAMEN	† BARKER, Thomas - AB. Volunteer, £2 bounty paid, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William.	DD 22 Oct 1791 on board tender Matavai at Surabaja; recruited by HMS Richard on 17 Sep ’90 off Whitby. According to David Renouard, Barker was ‘much advanced’ in age.
	BEACKIE (Brackie?), Thomas – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William.
	† BRIXLEY, Thomas – Pressed, appeared 3 Nov 1790 from HMS Flirt (sloop) as ORD, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	DD 29 Aug 1791
	BROWN, Allen - Appeared 1 Oct 1790, from Polly(tender). Volunteer, £3 bounty paid.
	† BROWN, James - Volunteer, appeared 29 Sep 1790 from HMS Tagus (tender) as ORD, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	DD 26/12/1791 on board VOC ship Hoornweg.
	CALLIGHAN, Timothy - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.
	CAMPBELL, John - Volunteer, appeared 25 Sep 1790, from HMS Friendship (tender), £3 bounty paid.
	† CARROLL (or Carrol), Thomas - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), £3 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791; recruited in Scottish waters (off Leith or Peterhead).
	† CARTER, William – Pressed, appeared 8 Oct 1790 from HMS Sandwich.	DD 29 Aug 1791. Pressed from a ‘Greenland ship’ (whaler) at King’s Lynn or Burlington Bay?
	COBB, Francis – Pressed, appeared 8 Oct 1790 from HMS Sandwich.	Pressed at sea by HMS Champion.*
	COLLINS, Henry - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as ORD, bounty paid £2, promoted 1 Oct 1790.	From Manchester; left a will in favour of his wife Fanny (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11136/62).
	† CULLEMORE, James - appeared 22 Aug 1790 as LM, promoted 1 Dec 1790, £2.18s advance paid. £9.14s.6d remitted to his heirs; among whom, his sister Eleanor Roberts, who received another 2d on final pay-out on 23 Apr 1793!	DD 29 Aug 1791. He left a will in favour of his sister Elinor (sic) (a milliner and mantua maker from Bromley).
	CURLING, John Godfrey - Volunteer, appeared 25 Sep 1790 from HMS Neptune (tender) as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Dec 1790.
	† DEDWORTH, William – Pressed, appeared 8 Oct 1790 from HMS Sandwich.	DD 29 Aug 1791; pressed at sea by HMS Champion; from ‘Greenland ship’ ‘The Fountain’.
	DENEEN, John - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	Treated for ‘venereals’ on board HMS Alcide (January 1792)!
	DOUGHTY, Thomas - Volunteer, appeared 16 Sep 1790 as AB, £3 bounty paid.
	DUNNETT, John – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William.
	† DURLING, Daniel - Volunteer, appeared 16 Sep 1790 as LM, bounty paid £1, promoted 1 Apr 1791. £6.12s.6d neat wages paid to his uncle John Brock.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	† EGLINGTON, George - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), £3 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791. Recruited by HMS David while in Kirkwall Roads. Age 22. From Orkney.
	† FARRELL, William - appeared 4 Sep 1790, volunteer, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Oct 1790.	DD 30 Dec 1791 on board VOC ship Vredenburg. £10.8s remitted to his mother Thirza Gardner in Chatham.
	FARRENS (Farran?), Robert - Volunteer, appeared 15 Aug 1790 as ORD, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	Brother of Jonathan Farrens (qv), carpenter’s mate. Both brothers made wills in favour of their mother Jane Farrens, a widow in Chatham.
	† FLETCHER, William – Volunteer, appeared 3 Oct 1790.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	FUSS, James – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 as AB, from HMS Royal William.
	GEORGE, Joseph - Volunteer, appeared 21 Aug 1790, £2 bounty paid.	He made a will in favour of his wife Elisabeth and his mother Martha George, a mantua maker from Holbourne.
	† HAMMOND, Samuel - Volunteer, appeared 2 Oct 1790 as ORD, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	DD 29 Aug 1791. Recruited off Shields, Whitby or Scarborough by HMS Richard.
	HANZELL, Jacob - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790 from David (tender) as ORD, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	Of German origin? Apparently he received no bounty!
	† HENRY, Patrick - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790 as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	HOUSTON, Hugh - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), £3 bounty paid.	Age 33, from Orkney. Recruited by HMS David while at Kirkwall Roads.
	INGLESBY (Ingoldsby?) William - Volunteer, appeared 15 Aug 1790 as ORD, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Dec 1790.
	KEMP, William – Pressed, appeared 11 Oct 1790.	Pressed at sea by HMS Champion from a ‘Greenland ship’ or at King’s Lynn?
	KING, Peter – Pressed by HMS Richard tender, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William.
	LAYSELL, James - Volunteer, appeared 6 Sep 1790 from HMS Sandwich as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791. Paid £20.18s.3d ‘neat’ wages.	From Feversham (Faversham?)(Kent).
	LOFT, Henry - Volunteer, appeared 25 Sep 1790 from HMS Neptune (tender) as LM, bounty paid £1, promoted 1 Dec 1790.
	† LION (Lyon?), William - Volunteer, appeared 2 Oct 1790 from HMS Richard (tender) as ORD, bounty paid £2, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	DD 29 Aug 1791. His son William and daughter Margaret received £9.0s.6d neat wages; he had made a will in favour of his son William (in Seaton, Devonshire) and wife Mary (from Hyde Littleton, Somerset).
	MANSON, John – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as ORD, promoted 1 Nov 1790.
	† MURPHY, John - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as LM £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	DD 26 Oct 1791 on VOC ship Rembang (Coupang to Batavia). £9.11s neat wages paid to his brother Robertson on 4 Dec 1792 and £1.6s to his mother Margaret.
	† MILTON, Robert –Pressed, appeared 8 Oct 1790 from HMS Sandwich.	DD 19 Nov 1791 in Batavia Hospital; pressed at sea from a ‘Greenland ship’ (whaler ‘The Fountain’) by HMS Champion.
	MITCHELL, Moses – Pressed, appeared 29 Sep 1790 as AB.	Punished with one dozen lashes for disobedience of orders (19 Dec 1790).
	† MURRAY, James - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from David (tender), £3 bounty paid.	DD 21 Mar 1792; age 21, from Orkney. Recruited by HMS David off Leith on 6 Aug 1790, died at sea while returning home in VOC ship Zwaan.
	ORCHARD, Robert – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as ORD, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	D in Cape Town Hospital (March 1792).
	† PATTERSON, John - Volunteer, appeared 2 Oct 1790, £3 bounty paid, from HMS Richard (tender).	DD 15 Nov 1791 in Batavia Hospital; recruited at King’s Lynn by HMS Richard.
	PAXTON, Alexander – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as ORD, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	Pressed by HMS Polly(tender).
	† PERRYMAN, William – Pressed, appeared 26 Aug 1790 as ORD, promoted 1 Oct 1790.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	† PILCH, William - Volunteer, appeared 2 Oct 1790, £3 bounty paid.	DD 28 Nov 1791 at Batavia Hospital; recruited at King’s Lynn by HMS Richard.
	POWELL, Henry - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), bounty paid £3.
	† PUMMELL, Charles, Volunteer, AB. Appeared 24 Oct 1790.	DD 12 Mar 1792; died at sea when returning home on a VOC ship (Zwaan?).
	RANCE, Silas - Volunteer, appeared 17 Sep 1790 as ORD, £2 bounty paid.	Treated for ‘venereals’ on board HMS Alcide (January 1792)!
	† REEVES (Reeve), William - Volunteer, appeared 16 Sep 1790 as LM, paid £1 bounty, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	ROBINSON, Alexander - Volunteer, appeared 29 Aug 1790, £3 bounty paid.	Paid £5.7s 6d ‘neat’ wages.
	RUFFEY, John - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	He had made a will in favour of his father Peter Ruffey (a silk weaver from London).
	† SKELTON, William – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as ORD, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	SMITH, Thomas - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790 from HMS David (tender), £2 bounty paid. Promoted 1 Dec 1790.
	SPRACKLEY, Thomas - Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as ORD, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	Treated for ‘venereals’ on board HMS Alcide (January 1792)!
	† SWAN, William - Volunteer, appeared 22 Aug 1790 as ORD, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Nov 1790.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	SWEENEY (or Swiney?), Roger - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.
	TAYLOR, Robert - Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 as ORD, promoted 1 Dec 1790.
	THOMPSON, Lewis - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.
	VARLING, Thomas - Volunteer, appeared 25 Sep 1790 from Neptune (tender) as ORD, £2 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.
	WELLS, Daniel - Volunteer, appeared 17 Sep 1790 as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Dec 1790.
	WELLS, William - Volunteer, appeared 29 Sep 1790, £1 bounty paid, promoted to AB 1 Dec 1790.
	WIDOW'S MAN - Appeared 10 Aug 1790, rated as an AB.	A fictitious man, entered for charity purposes, his wages were paid into a benefit fund for seamen's widows. Usually a vessel of the Pandora’s class had 3 ‘widow’s men’ – this number was reduced by Admiralty order on 25 Oct 1790.
	WILMOTT, John - Volunteer, appeared 3rd time on 21 Sep 1790 from HMS Defence as LM, £1 bounty paid, promoted 1 Apr 1791.	Discharged twice to Portsmouth Hospital on 17 Jul 1790 & 25 Aug 1790.
	WORLDHAVE, Richard - Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William as ORD, promoted 1 Dec 1790.
ORDINARY SEAMEN	† ADAMS, Henry – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William.	DD 14 Aug 1791 at sea (buried at sea off Vanikoro, Solomon Is.).
	† CRAY, William – Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS Sandwich, £2 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791. Age 26, from Orkney. Recruited by HMS David (tender) 15 Aug 1790 (TNA: PRO ADM 36/11085).
	† CUNNINGHAM, Joseph - Originally on board as boatswain's servant and discharged by Admiralty order, re-entered as AB 26 Oct 1790.	DD 24 May 1791; lost in the cutter. The bosun’s son.
	† FEA, Robert - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), £2 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791; Age 21, from Orkney. Recruited by HMS David on 17 Aug 1790 at Kirkwall Roads. B. 26 Apr 1769, christened in Stronsay, Orkney 2 May 1769 (cf. IGI).
	† GORDON, James - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), £2 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791; Age 21, from Orkney. Recruited by HMS David in Scottish waters, off Leith?
	† MACKIE, Richard - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), £2 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791;Age 24, from Orkney, recruited by HMS David on 17 Aug 1790 at Kirkwall Roads.
	† MAYSONER, Martin – Volunteer, appeared 6 Sep 1790, from HMS Sandwich, £2 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791; from Feversham (Faversham?)(Kent).
	† MILLER, James - appeared 8 Sep 1790, from David (tender). Volunteer, £2 bounty paid. £5 12s 6d ‘neat’ wages paid on 26 Jun 1793 to a William Miller (of Orkney)	DD 29 Aug 1791; Age 21, from Orkney, recruited by HMS David.
	† SCOTT, James - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from David (tender), £2 bounty paid.	DD 24 May 1791; lost in the cutter. Age 19, from Orkney; recruited by HMS David, age 19.
	† THOMPSON, William - Volunteer, appeared 8 Sep 1790, from HMS David (tender), £2 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791; Recruited by HMS David, off Leith?
	† WEBBER, Robert – Pressed, appeared 26 Oct 1790 from HMS Royal William.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
LANDSMEN	† BANDY, Joseph - appeared 26 Aug 1790, Volunteer, £1 bounty paid. He had a brother, Samuel, to whom neat wages were paid (cf. TNA: PRO ADM 35/1360).	DD 29 Aug 1791. Probably from the Bedfordshire branch of the Bandy family. If so, Joseph was born in Houghton Regis in March 1774 and was 17 years’ old at the time of the wreck.
	† CONNELL, James - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790, from HMS Defence, £1 bounty paid.	DD 11 Nov 1791 in Batavia Hospital. He was from near Lymbreck (Ireland) and made a will in favour of his wife Jane. Connell was the sailor who drank seawater after the wrecking and ran ‘amok’ during the first night on ‘Escape Cay’.
	† DAVIS, John - Volunteer, appeared 6 Sep 1790, from HMS Sandwich, £1 bounty paid.	DD 29 Oct 1791 on board VOC ship Rembang.
	† GOOD, James - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790, from HMS Defence, £1 bounty paid.	DD 24 May 1791, lost in the cutter.
	† JONES, Evan - Volunteer, appeared 21 Sep 1790, from HMS Defence, £1 bounty paid.	DD 29 Aug 1791.
	† WASDELL (or Wasdel or Wasdale), William -V olunteer, appeared 10 Aug 1790, £1 bounty paid; received £2.4s.10d advance pay.	DD 24 May 1791, lost in the cutter.
NOTES: Appeared = physically reported on board; a man’s pay was reckoned from this day. Bounty paid = paid in pounds sterling, depending on skills and experience (£3, £2 or £1, respectively to petty officers, AB and ORD). Advance pay = the Pandora’s crew was paid this advance on 28 Oct 1790. According to the logbook (28 October 1790), the officers were paid 6 months’ advance; the petty officers and seamen were advanced 4 months’ wages. ‘Neat wages’ = final payment of wages owed a member of the crew (or his designated heir). Received when the vessel was paid off. Expenses incurred by him during the voyage [e.g. for medical treatments (‘venereals’), tobacco, ‘slops’ purchases etc.] were deducted. Standing officers = specific senior petty officers (e.g. bosun, carpenter, purser and gunner) who were on the ship’s books even when the ship was decommissioned and ‘in ordinary’; they saw to maintenance matters and provided a measure of continuity in terms of the administration and management of the ship’s stores, furniture and fittings. Pressed (or ‘prest’) = forced into naval service, not in receipt of ‘bounty’ money, i.e. the premiums received if someone volunteered, or was persuaded to ‘volunteer’. DD = Discharged Dead. Most men designated DD died as a result of the wrecking, on 29 August 1791 – but not all; many were DD upon succumbing to illness after surviving the wreck or they were ‘lost’ during the voyage – e.g. the 5 men in Sival’s cutter. Two men died of illness during the voyage before the wrecking. It is noteworthy that none of the men who were signed on as ordinary seamen or landsmen survived the voyage! D = Discharged (by Admiralty order or because the man had been deemed unfit for service) † = Died during the voyage, either before, during or after the wrecking. AB = Able Seaman. ORD = Ordinary Seaman. LM = Landsman. IGI = International Genealogical Index Family Search. The content found by using this link is not created, controlled or approved by this department. No responsibility is taken for the consequences of viewing content on this site. This link will load into a new window. *HMS Champion = Engaged on impressment cruises in the North Sea between July-September 1790. Commanded by Sampion Edwards (apparently not related to the Pandora’s Captain Edward Edwards).

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