Edward Quintal was the first Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island. Quintal was the son of Matthew Quintal

Matthew Quintal

Matthew Quintal was an Cornish able seaman and mutineer aboard HMS Bounty. His surname was, in all probability, the result of mis-spelling the Cornish surname "Quintrell". He was the last of the mutineers to be murdered on Pitcairn Island...

, the Bounty Mutineer, and Teraura, the partner of Ned Young

Ned Young

Edward "Ned" Young , was a British sailor, mutineer from the famous HMS Bounty incident, and co-founder of the mutineers' Pitcairn Island settlement. He was noted for his ability to sleep through important events....

, and the future spouse of Thursday October Christian

Thursday October Christian

Thursday October Christian may refer to:*Thursday October Christian I , son of Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and his wife Mauatua*Thursday October Christian II , his son, magistrate of Pitcairn Island...

. The elder Quintal was killed by a hatchet the year before Edward was born.
Quintal was appointed elder by Joshua Hill

Joshua Hill (Pitcairn Island leader)

Joshua Hill was an American adventurer.In 1832 he arrived on Pitcairn Island which was first inhabited in the 1790s by British mutineers from the HMS Bounty and some Tahitians who joined them. The descendants of the mutineers had recently migrated to Tahiti following the death of the last...

 in 1833, and he held the office of magistrate from 1838 - 1839. He was succeeded by his half-brother Arthur Quintal

Arthur Quintal I

Arthur Quintal was a Pitcairn Islander who served as the island's second magistrate, from 1840 - 1841. Quintal was the son of Matthew Quintal, the bounty mutineer, and his wife Tevarua. The elder Quintal was killed with a hatchet in 1799...