David,
Take a look on our website at page https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/first-voyage
Scroll down to Samuel Evans name, and click on icon for his biographical details

Can you give me any additional information on Samuel Evans from the first voyage?

Eric, I have checked the names of all the crew of the First Voyage and there was nobody who had the initials HT. I then checked the crew of the 2nd and 3rd voyages, and all I managed to find was a marine who served on the Discovery, Cook's companion vessel on the 3rd voyage. His name was Hamlet Thompson.

Hi there I wonder if you can help. I have an artifact that may be connected to James Cook Voyages on it are the initials H.T with reference to New Holland and Cook's death of 1779. Could the initials refer to a crew member of his First voyage to Australia an his last voyage. Would it be possible to check the crew listings of these voyages. Regards Eric

Mandy, I have checked the list of crew on all of Cook's ships and there was nobody called Acland on any of Cook's voyages.

MY friends grand father believes that on board one of Cooks ships was a young lad called Acland who jumped ship in New Zealand. Is this at all possible. I thank you for any help you shed on this small mystery.

Deborah, I have checked all of the crew that sailed under Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery on Endeavour 1768-1771. I am sorry to have to inform you that there was nobody listed by the name of Meredith. It is true that some young boys were taken on the voyage, and were never listed in the official records. But I wonder if it is also possible that your ancestor sailed upon a ship that was called Endeavour, but it was not Captain Cook's Endeavour. There were many ships of that name in use in the merchant navy as well as the Royal Navy.

I have an ancestor who was a cabin boy on the Endeavour called Frederick Meredith.
Does anyone know if he is listed anywhere. I have tried to find him to no avail.

Michael, in all of Cook's three voyages, there was only one member of his crew called Cavanagh. This was John Cavanagh and he sailed on the Adventure, Captain Cook's companion vessel on his second voyage of exploration. This was the voyage in which he ventured into the Antarctic. He was born in Kilkenny in Ireland in 1742. Unfortunately he did not survive the voyage, being killed by Maori at the Grass Cove incident.
So in answer to your question, as he was not amongst the crew of Endeavour, he could not have rowed Cook ashore in Botany Bay.

Was there a Cavanough on the row boat that rowed Cook to Australian shores?