Background
Quintal was the son of Matthew Quintal, the bounty mutineer, and his wife Tevarua.
Quintal was the son of Matthew Quintal, the bounty mutineer, and his wife Tevarua.
The elder Quintal was killed with a hatchet in 1799. 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.
Quintal died on Norfolk Island in 1873.