According to an account by a Pitcairn woman named Jenny who left the island in 1817, Christian was shot while working by a pond next to the home of his pregnant wife.
Podla svedectva jednej ženy z ostrova menom Jenny, ktorá opustila ostrov v roku 1817 bol Christian zastrelený počas práce na rybníku vedľa domu, kde bola jeho tehotná manželka.