Crew of the Vixen
Crew of the VixenThis list is extracted from the much longer and more detailed account by F.S. Graves "The Story of the Vixen" in Proc IoMNHASoc vol vii #2 pp201-231 March 1968. See emigration page for brief story of the Peel men who sailed it to Australia in 1853 and returned 1859..
Of the thirty-seven men who contributed to the cost of fitting out and who sailed in the " Vixen " to Australia, fourteen were married and twenty-three single.
| Cain | John | Peel | settled in Australia |
| Cain | John | Foxdale | |
| Cain | William | Glen Meay | settled in New Zealand (Still living in 1916, aged 92 years) |
| Clarke | William | Peel | returned to the Island |
| Collister | R | ||
| Collister | P | ||
| Corris | Thomas | Glen Meay | returned to the Island |
| Corlett | Thos. | Dalby | (First Mate, Navigator), returned to the Island, had schooner " Maggie " built for him and later was Captain of the "Mona's Queen " and the first " Snaefell " of the I.O.M.SPCo. He had been to Australia before |
| Crellin | Thomas | Glen Meay | returned to the Island |
| Crellin | John | Glen Meay | returned to the Island |
| Cubbon | Thomas | Glen Meay | settled in U.S.A.(Captain) |
| Cubbon | E | Glen Meay | returned to the Island |
| Fargher | R | Peel, | returned to the Island |
| Gell | Evan | Dalby | returned to the Island |
| Gill | W. | Glen Meay | returned to the Island |
| Gordon | J. | Peel | (Second Mate), settled inAustralia |
| Graves | Henry Maddrel | Peel | returned to the Island |
| Graves | John James | Peel | returned to the Island (brother Thomas Joshua) |
| Graves | Robert | Peel | settled in Australia |
| Graves | Thomas Joshua | Peel | returned to the Island (brother John James) |
| Keig | W | Ballaugh | returned to the Island |
| Kelly | Robert | Peel | returned to the Island |
| Kelly | Thomas | Peel | |
| Kermeen | William | Glen Meay | settled in Australia |
| Lace | James | Glen Meay | returned to the Island |
| McArd | Thomas | Port Erin | returned to the Island |
| Powning | George | Foxdale | (a Cornish miner), did not return |
| Quayle | John | Peel | (aged 17), returned to the Island and afterwards owner of the brigantine" Amaryllis " of Peel |
| Quillian | Henry | Glen Meay | returned to the Island |
| Radcliffe | Thomas | Peel | |
| Smith | M | Foxdale | (a Cornish miner) |
| Watterson | John | Glen Meay | returned to the Island and was afterwards Master of the schooners " Manx Minx " and " Kate of Peel" |
| Watterson | H. | Dalby | returned to the Island |
| Watterson | John | Peel | |
| Watterson | Robert | Dalby | did not return |
| Watterson | William | Dalby | returned to the Island |
| Wattleworth | Thomas | Peel | returned to the Island |
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