Term 1840 - 1841 Successor Fletcher Christian II Name Arthur I Predecessor Edward Quintal | Role Matthew Quintal's son Children Arthur Quintal II Parents Matthew Quintal | |
Born May 6, 1795 ( 1795-05-06 ) Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands Resting place Norfolk Island Cemetery Title Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands Spouse(s) Catherine McCoy Quintal
Mary Christian Quintal Died November 19, 1873, Kingston, Norfolk Island | ||
Arthur Quintal (6 May 1795 - 19 November 1873) was a Pitcairn Islander who served as the island's second magistrate, from 1840 - 1841. Quintal was the son of Matthew Quintal, the bounty mutineer, and his wife Tevarua. The elder Quintal was killed with a hatchet in 1799. Arthur appears to have inherited some of his father's bad temper; he allegedly treated his sister Jane 'so harshly' she left the island and never returned. Quintal also allegedly made a pact with his best friend Daniel McCoy, to take each other's sister as a wife. Quintal married Catherine McCoy, and they had 9 children, including Arthur Quintal II, who also became magistrate. After Catherine's death in 1831, Arthur married Mary Christian and had a further 5 children. He succeeded his half brother as magistrate, and was succeeded by his brother-in-law. Quintal died on Norfolk Island in 1873.