William Brown
William Brown (1761 – 20 September 1793) was an Assistant gardener who became a Mutineer on the mutiny on the bounty.[1] As assistant to Botanist David Nelson aboard the HMS Bounty, his duty was to help care for the 600 breadfruit plants Commander Wiliam Bligh was transporting from Tahiti to the West Indies. He was kept below deck during the mutiny on April 28, 1789, but afterwards chose to remain with lead mutineer Fletcher Christian. It was Brown who determined that Pitcairn Island had sufficient natural resources for the Bounty fugitives to settle there, and a natural well he discovered is still called "Brown's Water". [2]On "Massacre Day", September 20, 1793, Brown, Christian, and three other mutineers were murdered in an uprising by Tahitian natives, who had been mistreated by some of the white men.[3]
William Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1761 Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 20 Sep 1793 Pitcairn Islands |
| Cause of death | Killed |
| Burial place | HMAS Bounty Mutineers Gravesite Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Assistant gardener (civilian) |
| Spouse(s) | Teatuahitea Brown |
References
- ↑ Pitcairn Islands Study Center. library.puc.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ↑ Papers relating to William Brown, one of the mutineers on HMS BOUNTY. | Royal Museums Greenwich. www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ↑ William Brown (1761-1793) - Find a Grave Memorial (in en). www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2025-05-02.