Matthew McCoy (Magistrate)
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Matthew McCoy served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island twice, in 1843, and in 1853. McCoy was the son of Daniel McCoy and Sarah Quintal, making him the grandson of the Bounty Mutineers William McCoy
and Matthew Quintal
. He married Margaret Christian, making him the brother in law of his predecessor Fletcher Christian II
. McCoy had 12 children, including magistrate James Russell McCoy
, and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy, who married Benjamin Stanley Young
. McCoy was terminally wounded when the Bounty cannon was fired to mark the departing of a ship, the cannon exploded shattering McCoy's right arm. The arm was amputated and he died days later.
William McCoy (mutineer)
William McCoy was a Scottish sailor and a mutineer on board the HMS Bounty.Following the mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the Bounty was taken to Tahiti for a few days before being compelled to set sail. McCoy joined Christian and seven other mutineers. They took with them eleven Tahitian women...
and Matthew Quintal
Matthew Quintal
Matthew Quintal was an Cornish able seaman and mutineer aboard HMS Bounty. His surname was, in all probability, the result of mis-spelling the Cornish surname "Quintrell". He was the last of the mutineers to be murdered on Pitcairn Island...
. He married Margaret Christian, making him the brother in law of his predecessor Fletcher Christian II
Fletcher Christian II
Fletcher Christian served as magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island in 1842. Christian was the grandson of Fletcher Christian, the Bounty mutineer, through his son Charles Christian. He was the cousin of Thursday October Christian. Like Thursday, Christian was of...
. McCoy had 12 children, including magistrate James Russell McCoy
James Russell McCoy
James Russell McCoy served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island 7 times, between 1870 and 1904. McCoy was among the first wave of settlers to return to Pitcairn from Norfolk Island in 1859. He was the son of Matthew McCoy and Margaret Christian...
, and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy, who married Benjamin Stanley Young
Benjamin Stanley Young
Benjamin Stanley Young served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands twice, from 1884 - 1885, and in 1892. Young's father, Simon Young, also served as magistrate...
. McCoy was terminally wounded when the Bounty cannon was fired to mark the departing of a ship, the cannon exploded shattering McCoy's right arm. The arm was amputated and he died days later.