Peerage Record – 15758

     Robert Montague was born in 1455 at Boveney, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was the son of Edward Montague.¹ He died in 1520 at Boveney, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Edward Montague was born in 1429 at Boveney, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Richard de Montacute is the son of John de Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Maud Francis.¹

     Matthew Quintal was born on 3 March 1766 at Padstow, Cornwall, England^G.¹ He died in 1799 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     He gained the rank of Able Seaman in the Royal Navy, on board H.M.A.V. Bounty.² He and Tevarua (?) were associated circa 1789 at Pitcairn Island^G.³ He and Teraura (?) were associated at Pitcairn Island^G.⁴
     His mother died when he was young, and he lived with an uncle for two years. After two years at Plymouth with his father, he shipped aboard the sloop-of-war, H.M.S. Nymphas as servant to his uncle, a gunner. After his uncle’s death, he was appointed servant to the Captain of a man-o-war, serving three years. There is no question that he was one of the most violent of the crewmembers and Pitcairn residents. He had a permanent attachment to Tahiti, and had no particular interest in returning to England. Although it is interesting to note that he, more than any other Pitcairn mutineer, not only named his consort after his mother, but each of his children is named for a member of his family. Not the act of a man with no feelings for family. On 10 Mar 1788, Quintal became the first person on board the Bounty to feel the lash. Upon complaint to Bligh by Fryer, he was given two dozen lashes for insolence and mutinous behavior. He was the first crewman approached by Christian concerning the mutiny. Initially he was frightened of the possible consequences, but after Martin overheard and agreed, he became an ardent supporter of Christian. After the Pitcairn landing, he favored destroying the Bounty, and, while the others discussed it, he went below and set the ship on fire. Like McCoy, who appears to have been a friend of his prior to his time on the Bounty, the introduction of liquor on Pitcairn affected him badly. As an instance of his ferocious nature, the story is handed down that one day his wife went fishing, and not succeeding in catching enough to satisfy Quintal, he flew into a rage abusing her unendingly, and finally bit off her ear. In 1799, in a drunken rage, he threatened to kill all of Christian’s children unless he could take Isabella, his widow, as a wife. Adams and Young refused his demand, and realized that their lives and the lives of many other were in danger, and decided that something had to be done. They invited him to Adams’ house, at which time he was set upon and overpowered by the two men. By means of a hatchet, the dreadful work of his execution was soon completed. The dreadful scene was eyewitnessed by 9-year-old Elizabeth Mills.¹

     Edward Quintal was born on 18 July 1844 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Arthur Quintal and Martha Quintal.¹ He married, firstly, Cordelia Ruth Christian, daughter of Charles Christian and Charlotte Quintal, on 8 January 1865 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He married, secondly, Angeline Ophelia McCoy, daughter of Philip McCoy and Sarah Quintal, on 16 January 1873 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He died on 4 January 1901 at age 56 at Norfolk Island^G.¹

     Fairfax Leslie Quintal was born on 19 May 1882 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He was the son of Gustave Adolph Krisman Quintal and Eleanor Catherine McCoy.¹ He married Ellen Beatrice Yager, daughter of Charles Frederick Yager and Helen Amelia Quintal, on 15 September 1910 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He died on 1 March 1969 at age 86 at Norfolk Island^G.¹

     Margaret Monthermer is the daughter of Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron Monthermer.² She married John Montagu, son of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison.¹

     John Quintal was born in 1820 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Arthur Quintal and Catherine McCoy.¹ He married Dinah Young, daughter of George Young and Hannah Adams, on 5 November 1837 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He died on 2 November 1912 at Norfolk Island^G.¹
     At Surgeon’s Quarters, Norfolk Island, (an unknown value.)¹

     Matthew Quintal was born in 1791 at Pitcairn Island^G.² He was the son of Matthew Quintal and Tevarua (?)¹ He married Elizabeth Mills, daughter of John Mills and Vahineatua (?), in 1811 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He died in September 1814 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     As a child, it was he who found a clasp knife on the island. There had been two ships that stood by the island with crews coming ashore to pick coconuts. The crews were unaware of the island inhabitants. This was a year or so after Folgar’s visit in 1808.
‘On a day in September of 1814, most of the young men of the village went out in their canoes to fish. They were mostly within speaking distance of one another, but Matt was not seen tending his canoe, and the others thought he was lying down in it. It was afterwards discovered that the canoe was, and had been for no one knew how long, floating around without an occupant. He had apparently fallen overboard, making no sound, and his body had sunk and was never seen again.²‘

     Sir Turlough MacMahon, Bt. married Eleanor FitzMaurice, daughter of Colonel Garret FitzMaurice and Lady Lucy Tuchet.¹