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Born | Tahiti |
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Other names | Te'o, Mary, Sore Mummy |
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Children | 4
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Teio, also known as Te'o, Mary, and Sore Mummy, (died March 14, 1829) was a Tahitian woman who settled on Pitcairn Island with the Bounty mutineers. Alongside Mauatua and Teraura, she is one of the island's six original matriarchs. [1] [2]
The Tahitian-born Teio's first connection to the Bounty crew was as the consort of Thomas McIntosh, who brought her to Tubuai. [3] [4] McIntosh was a loyalist and did not join the mutineers, remaining in Tahiti. [3] However, Teio sailed with the mutineers to Pitcairn in 1789, although it is unknown whether she went willingly or was brought by force. [3] She brought her daughter with a previous Tahitian partner, a 10-month-old known as Sully, Sarah, or Susannah by the mutineers, to the island, becoming the only woman in the party to arrive with a child. [3] [4] [5] [6]
On Pitcairn, Teio partnered with William McCoy, with whom she had two children: Daniel, born in 1792, and Kate or Catherine, born in 1799. [3] [7] McCoy died by suicide in 1798, shortly before their daughter's birth. [3] [4] Teio remained on the island, and a little over a decade later she began a relationship with John Adams, whose consort Vahineatua had died. [3] [4] [7] [8] Teio and Adams, who were formally married by the visiting Frederick William Beechey in 1825, had one son, George Adams, in 1804. [3] [4] [9]
Teio grew blind later in life, and she died in 1829, less than two weeks after her husband. [3] [10] [11] Hers is one of very few marked graves on the island from this period. [12]
Teio's descendants contributed significantly to the population of Pitcairn: Sarah had eight children with Charles Christian, including Charles Christian II and Fletcher Christian II; Daniel had nine children with Sarah Quintal, including Matthew McCoy; Catherine had nine children with Arthur Quintal I, including Arthur Quintal II; and George had three children with Polly Young. [4]
Teio | |
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Born | Tahiti |
Died | |
Other names | Te'o, Mary, Sore Mummy |
Spouse | |
Partners |
|
Children | 4
|
Teio, also known as Te'o, Mary, and Sore Mummy, (died March 14, 1829) was a Tahitian woman who settled on Pitcairn Island with the Bounty mutineers. Alongside Mauatua and Teraura, she is one of the island's six original matriarchs. [1] [2]
The Tahitian-born Teio's first connection to the Bounty crew was as the consort of Thomas McIntosh, who brought her to Tubuai. [3] [4] McIntosh was a loyalist and did not join the mutineers, remaining in Tahiti. [3] However, Teio sailed with the mutineers to Pitcairn in 1789, although it is unknown whether she went willingly or was brought by force. [3] She brought her daughter with a previous Tahitian partner, a 10-month-old known as Sully, Sarah, or Susannah by the mutineers, to the island, becoming the only woman in the party to arrive with a child. [3] [4] [5] [6]
On Pitcairn, Teio partnered with William McCoy, with whom she had two children: Daniel, born in 1792, and Kate or Catherine, born in 1799. [3] [7] McCoy died by suicide in 1798, shortly before their daughter's birth. [3] [4] Teio remained on the island, and a little over a decade later she began a relationship with John Adams, whose consort Vahineatua had died. [3] [4] [7] [8] Teio and Adams, who were formally married by the visiting Frederick William Beechey in 1825, had one son, George Adams, in 1804. [3] [4] [9]
Teio grew blind later in life, and she died in 1829, less than two weeks after her husband. [3] [10] [11] Hers is one of very few marked graves on the island from this period. [12]
Teio's descendants contributed significantly to the population of Pitcairn: Sarah had eight children with Charles Christian, including Charles Christian II and Fletcher Christian II; Daniel had nine children with Sarah Quintal, including Matthew McCoy; Catherine had nine children with Arthur Quintal I, including Arthur Quintal II; and George had three children with Polly Young. [4]