CHAPTER VII. 
MR. NOBBS SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE TESTIMONIES TO 
HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN 
THE ISLAND SERVICES OF MR. NOBBS REUBEN NOBBS 
TESTIMONIES FROM THE REV. WM. ARMSTRONG AND CAPTAIN 
WORTH LETTERS FROM THE ISLANDERS STATE OF THE 
SCHOOL. 
THE arrival of Mr. George Hunn Nobbs at 
Pitcairn's Island, in the year 1828, may be 
considered a providential occurrence for the 
well-being of the inhabitants. Admiral Moresby 
has remarked, that the success of twenty-four 
years' labour is an abundant proof, that, under 
the blessing of God, this faithful teacher has 
educated in the principles of our Church, as one 
united family, a community, whose simple and 
virtuous lives are so preeminent. A brief notice 
of his career, and of the circumstances which 
led him to the spot, cannot fail to be interesting, 
especially as he has now received the proper 
sanction and authority to minister as a Clergy- 
man of the Church of England. 
Mr. Nobbs, who was born in Ireland in 1799, 
was in his youth a midshipman in the British 
navy, having first gone to sea when not much 
ore than eleven years of age. He had been 
entered in 1811 on the books of H. M. S. Roe- 
, through the interest of Rear-Admiral 
