The Crew on the Endeavour
The Crew
| Name | Rating and Duty |
|---|---|
| James Cook | 1st Lieutenant in command |
| Zachary Hicks | 2nd Lieutenant |
| John Gore | 3rd Lieutenant |
| Robert Molyneaux | Master of the ship |
| Richard Pickersgill | Master's Mate |
| Charles Clerke | Master's Mate |
| Francis Wilkinson | A.B. (Able Bodied seaman) / Master's Mate |
| John Bootie | Midshipman |
| Jonathan Munkhouse | Midshipman |
| Patrick Saunders | Midshipman |
| Isaac Smith | A.B. |
| William Harvey | 1st Lieutenant's servant / A.B. |
| James Maria Magra | A.B. |
| Isaac Manley | Master's servant |
| William Monkhouse | Surgeon |
| William Perry | Surgeon's Mate |
| Richard Orton | Clerk |
| Stephen Forwood | Gunner |
| John Gathray | Boatswain |
| John Satterly | Carpenter |
| John Thompson | Cook |
| Alex Weir | A.B. / Quartermaster |
| Samuel Evans | Quartermaster / Boatswain |
| Thomas Hardman | Carpenter's Mate |
| John Reading | Boatswain's Mate / Yeoman, Sheets |
| Benjamin Jordon | A.B. / Carpenter's Mate |
| John Ravenhill | Sailmaker |
| George Nowell | A.B. / Carpenter's Crew |
| Isaac Parker | A.B. / Boatswain's Mate |
| Robert Anderson | Quartermaster |
| James Gray | A.B. |
| Robert Taylor | Armourer |
| Richard Hutchins | A.B. / Boatswain's Mate |
| Josiah Childs | A.B. Captain's Cook |
| Peter Flower | A.B. |
| Timothy Reardon | A.B. / Boatswain's Mate |
| Isaac Johnson | A.B. / Cooper |
| John Ramsay | A.B. |
| William Dawson | A.B. |
| Francis Haite | A.B. / Carpenter's Crew |
| Samuel Jones | A.B. |
| Forby Sutherland | A.B. / Poulterer |
| James Nicolson | A.B. |
| Thomas Simmonds | A.B. |
| Richard Hughes | A.B. / Carpenter's Mate |
| Sam Moody | A.B. / Carpenter's Crew |
| Isaac Johnson | A.B. / Cooper |
| Robert Stainsby | A.B. |
| William Collett | A.B. / Barber |
| Archibald Wolfe | A.B. / Tailor |
| Matthew Cox | A.B. |
| Charles Williams | A.B. |
| Alexander Simpson | A.B. |
| Thomas Knight | A.B. / Lieutenant's Cook |
| Henry Stephens | A.B. |
| Thomas (2nd) Jones | A.B. |
| Anthonio Ponto | A.B. |
| John Dozey | A.B. |
| James Tunley | A.B. |
| Michael Littleboy | A.B. |
| John Goodjohn | A.B. / Cooper's Mate |
| John Woodworth | A.B. |
| William Peckover | A.B. |
| Richard Littleboy | A.B. |
| Manoel Pereira | A.B. |
| Henry Jeffs | A.B. / Butcher |
| William Howson | Capt. Cook's servant |
| Nathaniel Morey | 2nd Lieutenant's servant |
| Thomas (1st) Jones | Surgeon's servant |
| Edward Terrell | A.B. / Carpenter's servant |
| Thomas Jordon | A.B. / Boatswain's servant |
| Thomas Mathews | Cook's servant |
| Daniel Roberts | Gunner's servant |
| John Thurmund | A.B. / Sailmaker's Mate |
The Marines
| John Edgecombe | Sergeant of marines |
| John Trusslove | Corporal |
| Thomas Rossiter | Drummer |
| William Judge | Private |
| Henry Paul | Private |
| Daniel Preston | Private |
| William Wiltshire | Private |
| William Greenslade | Private |
| Samuel Gibson | Private |
| Clement Webb | Private |
| John Bowles | Private |
| Thomas Dunster | Private |
The Civilians
| Joseph Banks | Naturalist & Botanist |
| Daniel Solander | Naturalist & Doctor |
| Charles Green | Astronomer |
| John Reynolds | Artist |
| Sydney Parkinson | Artist |
| Herman Sporing | Artist |
| Alexander Buchan | Artist |
| James Roberts | Servant |
| Peter Briscoe | Servant |
| Thomas Richmond | Servant |
Deaths
Forty men died on the voyage. However, most of these died in 1771 on the way home through the East Indies (Indonesia) where they caught diseases which spread quickly through the crew because of their close, unhygienic quarters.
The deaths on board the Endeavour were recorded as follows:
1768 - drowned 2
1769 - drowned 1
1769 - frozen 2
1769 - died 1
1770 - deserted 1
1770 - discharged 1
1770 - died 1
Compiled from several sources.
For further information see:
- Beaglehole, J.C. (ed.), The Journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery. Vol. 1 The voyage of the Endeavour (Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1955-1974) pp.588-600.
- Historical Records of New South Wales. Vol. I, Part 1. - Cook. 1762–1780 (Sydney: Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1893) pp. 334-336
- Parkin, Ray, H.M. Bark Endeavour. Her place in Australian history. With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770 (Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2003) pp. 96-98
