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John Adams ( 1768 ?– 5 March 1829 ) was the last survivor of the ''Bounty'' Mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790 , the year after the mutiny. His real name was John Adams; He used the name Alexander Smith until he was discovered in 1808 by Captain Mayhew Folger of the ship Topaz. His children used the surname "Adams". The mutineers of using the ship's Bible as their guide for a new and peaceful society. As a result, Adams and Young converted to Christianity and taught the children to read and write using the Bible. Young eventually died of an asthmatic infection, but Adams continued his work of educating the women and children. The Pitcairners also converted to Christianity . (The Pitcairners would later convert from their existing form of Christianity to Adventism after a successful Adventist mission in the 1890s.) When the America n sailing ship '' Topaz '' found Pitcairn again in 1808 , John Adams was granted Amnesty for his mutiny. In 1825 , Adams married Mary and she bore his only son, George. The main settlement and capital of Pitcairn, Adamstown , is named for John Adams. FURTHER READING
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