According to William Mariner's book "Tonga Islands" there were 8 Hawaiians and 52 others on board the Port au Prince when she`arrived in Tonga in 1805. 20 of them were ashore when the ship was attacked,and 26 were killed by the Tongans of Lifuka, Haapai.
Those who survived the massacre were;
1) William Mariner,(returned to England);
2) 8 Hawaiians;
3)Tuitui-another Hawaiian;
4)John Scotland- gunner,
5)Jacob Myers-seaman,
6)William Ford- seaman,
(these last 3 escaped in an open boat, and probably perished at sea, as a paddle from the boat was later found washed ashore;
9)William Towel- Captain's steward, who returned to England;
10)John Hearsey-sailmaker,(accidently drowned in Fiji);
11)Robert FitzGerald- boy
(Towel and FitzGerald left on an Australian ship);
12)Hugh Williams-seaman;
13)Jeremiah Higgins- Landsman;
14)John Parish- landsman
(these 3 were rescued by an American ship)
15)John Watson- seaman(went to Fiji);
16)Samuel Carlton- boatswain;
17)George Wood- carpenter's mate;
18)William Singleton- landsman; (left on a ship)
19)Alexander Macay- boy;
20)James Waters- ordinary seaman(refused to leave Tonga);
21)Nicholas Blake- seaman
22)William Brown- boy
23)Thomas Eversfield- boy (returned to England);
24)John Roberts- "black native of Tortola"- boy;
25)William Stevenson, aged 2(a child from Oahu, Hawaii,being taken to relatives in Scotland, adopted by the late Tongan king's daughter.)
26)Robert Brown- cooper;
27)Thomas Dawson-seaman;(returned to England)
28)Thomas Brown- landsman;
29)Manuel Perez- seaman;
30)Josef- a black;
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I wonder what happened to little William Stevenson!
Christine