1. John I Tay was a Seventh-day Adventist missionary who was known for his pioneering work in the South Pacific.
12 Facts About John Tay
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John Tay settled in Oakland, California after the war, and joined the Adventists in 1873.
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John Tay married a woman named Hannah and built a house in Oakland.
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John Tay worked to spread the Adventist message on the ships in Oakland harbor.
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John Tay had been given the book Mutiny on the Bounty by his mother when he went to sea, heard more of Pitcairn Island from a shipmate on the Housatonic who had visited the island, and heard yet more from the captain of the Ocean King whom he met in Oakland harbor.
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John Tay sailed to Tahiti on the Tropic Bird as ship's carpenter.
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John Tay left San Francisco on 1 July 1886 and reached Tahiti on 29 July 1886.
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John Tay reached Pitcairn Island on 18 October 1886, and stayed until the last week of November.
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In five weeks John Tay converted the whole population to Adventism.
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John Tay was unable to perform baptisms since he was not ordained, but promised to return with a minister.
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John Tay left the island on 20 November 1886 on the 14-ton yacht General Evans, bound for Tahiti.
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However, the Phoebe Chapman was lost at sea without trace, and John Tay returned from Tahiti to the US.