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     Lady Maria Walpole was born illegitimately between 1723 and 1744.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford and Maria Skerret.¹
     Her father procured her the rank of an earl's daughter, extremely unusual for an illegitiamte child.¹

     Sir Edward Walpole was born in November 1621.² He married Susan Crane, daughter of Sir Robert Crane, 1st and last Bt., in 1649.¹ He died on 18 March 1667 at age 45.²
     Sir Edward Walpole held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.).² He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 23 April 1661.²

     Susan Crane was baptised on 10 June 1630.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Robert Crane, 1st and last Bt..¹ She married Sir Edward Walpole in 1649.² She died circa July 1667.¹ She was buried on 8 July 1667.¹
     From 1649, her married name became Walpole.²

     Hon. Sewallis Shirley was born on 19 October 1709.⁴ He was the son of Sir Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Selina Finch.^2,3 He married Margaret Rolle, Baroness Clinton, daughter of Samuel Rolle and Margaret Tuckfield, on 25 May 1751.¹ He died on 25 October 1765 at age 56, without issue.⁵ He was buried on 2 November 1765 at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, Mayfair, London, England.⁶
     Hon. Sewallis Shirley was Comptroller of the Household to Charlotte, Queen Consort.⁶

     Katherine Walpole was the daughter of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford and Catherine Shorter.¹ She died, unmarried.¹

     Alice (?) married Dolfin fitz Uchtred, Lord of Raby, son of Uchtred fitz Maldred.¹

     Lt.-Col. Edward Walpole was born illegitimately in 1737.¹ He was the son of Hon. Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement.¹ He died in 1771.¹

     Daniel McCoy was born in 1792 at Pitcairn Island.² He was the son of William McCoy and Teio (?).¹ He married Sarah Quintal, daughter of Matthew Quintal and Tevarua (?), in 1811 at Pitcairn Island.¹ He died on 26 December 1832 at Pitcairn Island.¹
     
     One day, Daniel and his best friend, Arthur Quintal, swam out to a rock a considerable distance from the shore, and there agreed to seek each other's sister for a wife. That place is now known as 'Tane M'A' (the place of the men's agreement).²

     Princess Æthelreda of England was born circa 1042 at Dunbar, Scotland.¹ She married Gospatric, Earl of Northumberland, son of Maldred, Lord of Allerdale and Ealdgyth of Northumberland.¹

     William McCoy was born circa 1763 at Ross-shire, Scotland.² He died on 20 April 1798 at Pitcairn Island.¹
     William McCoy and Teio (?) were associated circa 1789.³ He gained the rank of Able Seaman in the service of the Royal Navy, on board H.M.A.V. Bounty.¹
     Little is known of his early life, but he appears to have been an employee of a Scottish distillery at one point. McCoy was one of the last crewmen to sign on the Bounty. He and his friend, Quintal, enlisted together, and that may well have been a black day for the future of the ship. Quintal was truly the brutal bully, and McCoy was the provider of spirits. His record on the Bounty was less controversial than most. The only incident in which he was involved may well give a better picture of this man. Bligh, in one of his frequent attacks of vocal frustration, was furiously upbraiding the whole crew for a number of failings. Suddenly he pointed a pistol at the head of McCoy and threatened to shoot him for not paying attention. Apparently even his involvement in the mutiny was peripheral, although there is no question of his willingness to throw his lot in with Christian. It was in 1796 that McCoy used the skills he learned as a youngster, and it was that contribution which, as much as anything, led to the early troubles of the Pitcairn colony. He was the first to distill liquor on Pitcairn, making it from the sweet syrup of the ti tree root. It was this skill that killed him, for in a fit of delirium tremens, he lept to his death from a cliff in 1798.¹ According to Bligh, he was 5'6' tall, fair complexion, light brown hair with a heavy beard, strong-made, a scar where he had been stabbed in the belly, and a small scar under his chin. He was heavily tattooed all over his body.²