The crew of the Essex consists of Captain George Pollard, First Mate Owen Chase, Second Mate Matthew Joy, Boatsteerers Benjamin Lawrence, Obed Hendricks, Thomas Chappel, Steward William Bond, and sailors Owen Coffin, Isaac Cole, Richard Peterson, Charles Ramsdell, Henry DeWitt, Barzillai Ray, Samuel Reed, Isaiah Sheppard, Charles Shorter, Lawson Thomas, Seth Weeks, joseph West, William Wright, Cabin Boy Tom Nickerson, and you