| Arabella | Abernathy | Young Grannie's daughter. Aka: Grannie Belly. |
| Hugh | Abernathy | Fraser's Ridge tenant. |
| Jocky | Abernathy | Fraser's Ridge tenant. |
| Old Mrs. | Abernathy | Elderly congregant commenting on Roger's nervousness. Aka: Old Grannie. |
| Willie | Abernathy | A teenage grandson of the Abernathys. Aka: Willie B. |
| Younger Mrs. | Abernathy | Old Grannie's daughter-in-law. Aka: Young Grannie. |
| John | Adams | American patriot and political thinker. |
| Samuel | Adams | Revolutionary leader and political agitator. |
| The | African-Voiced Man | A tall man with an African accent, possibly an ex-slave. |
| Squire | Allworthy | Character from Tom Jones which was mentioned by Tom Christie. |
| Father | Anselme | Franciscan priest at the Abbey of St. Anne. |
| John | Ashe | Is a fellow commander who worked with Jamie during the War of the Regulation. |
| Mr. | Ashe | John Ashe's father. |
| The | Assemblymen | Political figures MacDonald advises Fergus to handle carefully. |
| Saint | Athelais | Another saint associated with abduction and escape. |
| The | Auld Covenanter Woman | Another victim like Aunt Margaret. |
| Nathan | Baldwin | Town Clerk of Worcester. |
| The | Bear | Was thought by Claire as someone who ruin her beehives. |
| Aaron | Beardsley | Former Indian trader. |
| Josiah | Beardsley | One of Beardsley twins. Aka: Jo. |
| Keziah | Beardsley | One of Beardsley twins. Aka: Kezzie. |
| Rodney Joseph | Beardsley | Lizzie's son. |
| Alicia | Beardsley Brown | Two-year-old adopted daughter of the Browns. |
| The | Bee | Owned by Claire. |
| Lady | Bellaston | Character from Tom Jones which was mentioned by Tom Christie. |
| Mr. | Benjamin | Owner of the warehouse and merchant in town. |
| Monika | Berrisch | Potential wife for Mr. Wemyss. Aka: Fraulein Berrisch. |
| Pastor | Berrisch | Fraulein Berrisch's brother. |
| Peter | Bewlie | A potential interpreter for Cherokee dealings. |
| Israel | Bissell | Express rider. |
| Silent | Black Man | One of the marauders and tending the fire. |
| The | Black Woman | A prisoner and enslaved woman who gives birth in the sheriff's kitchen. |
| Mr. | Blogweather | Williamsburg glassmaker of exceptional skill. |
| Herr Doktor | Blumenbach | A renowned German physician and anatomist. |
| Harley | Boble | One of the marauders and a former thieftaker who has now become a thief |
| Georgie | Bogues | Another Bogues child, younger. |
| Melanie | Bogues | Ralston's wife. |
| Miranda | Bogues | The Bogueses' ten-year-old daughter. Aka: Randy. |
| Ralston | Bogues | The apothecary of Cross Creek. |
| Stephen | Bonnet | Brianna's rapist. |
| Robert | Borthy | Commander of another Patriot militia company. |
| The | Boston Mobs | Mobs who harass soldiers. Aka: Marching Societies |
| The | Braves | Cherokee men summoned to witness and receive the muskets. |
| Mr. | Brennan | A resident of Cross Creek. |
| Mrs. | Brennan | Wife of Brennan In labor and requiring Fentiman's immediate medical attention. |
| Mrs. | Briggs | A baker's wife from Claire's childhood. |
| Aaron | Brown | Lionel Brown's nephew. |
| Lionel | Brown | Richard's brother. |
| Moses | Brown | Another Lionel Brown's nephew. |
| Richard | Brown | One of the Brown brothers from Brownsville. |
| William | Buccleigh Mackenzie | Morag's husband and Roger's ancestor. |
| Seaumais | Buchan | A Ridge resident rumored to be dying. |
| Alexander | Buchanan | A guest at River Run. |
| Dougie | Buchanan | Roger's childhood friends in Inverness. |
| Arch | Bug | Husband of Mrs. Bug. Aka: Arch. |
| Murdina | Bug | Housekeeper at Fraser's Ridge. Aka: Mrs. Bug/Frances |
| The | Burned Little Girl | Tige's daughter. |
| The | Burned Man | A dutchman and he died of a stab wound—murdered before burning(husband/father). |
| The | Burned Young Woman | Burnt found inside the cabin (wife/mother). |
| Gilbert | Butler | A local smuggler. |
| The | Butler | The Governor's Butler. |
| Davy | Caldwell | Presbyterian minister who had married Roger and Brianna. |
| Alexander | Cameron | A middle-aged Scotsman who has lived among the Cherokee since youth. Aka: Scotchee. |
| Hector | Cameron | Jocasta's deceased husband. |
| Jocasta | Cameron Innes | Jamie's wealthy blind aunt and wife of Duncan Innes. Aka: Jocasta Isobeail MacKenzie Cameron Innes |
| Farquard | Campbell | Influential merchant and leader in Campbelton/Cross Creek. |
| Rachel | Campbell | The wife of Farquard Campbell. |
| The | Caretaker Girl | Eleven-year-old girl and daughter of the murdered trading-post caretakers. |
| Johnny | Cash | A person immitated by Jem. |
| Richard | Caswell | Another patriot commander. |
| The | Caterpillar | A small green worm that Brianna jokingly calls Roger's. |
| The | Catholic Nuns | Brianna's teacher in a Catholic school. |
| Bobby | Cawdor | Roger's childhood friends in Inverness. |
| Queen | Charlotte | The Queen. |
| The | Cherokee | Knowledgeable about gallberries. |
| Mr. | Chester | Owner of the brig docked in the harbor. |
| The | Chickasaw Leaders | Examples of tribes whose leadership he manipulated through British influence. |
| The | Choctaw Leaders | Examples of tribes whose leadership he manipulated through British influence. |
| Allan | Christie | Thomas Christie's son. |
| Edgar | Christie | Tom Christie's brother. |
| Malva | Christie | Tom Christie's daughter and is learning medicine to Claire. |
| Mona | Christie | Tom Christie's wife. Aka: Mrs. Christie. |
| Thomas | Christie | A most devout Presbyterian and school master. Aka: Tom Christie |
| Saint | Clare | Invoked silently by Claire during the eye procedure. |
| Mrs. | Coinneach | Friend of Mrs. Abernathy. |
| John | Collet | A Swiss-born officer commanding Fort Johnston at Brunswick. Aka: Captain Collet. |
| The | Committee Of Correspondence | Revolutionary body whose distrust of Jamie places him in political danger. |
| The | Committee Of Safety Member | Local Patriot official. |
| The | Constable | Tolliver's Constable. |
| Lord | Cornwallis | A British general. |
| Royal | Council | Political figures MacDonald advises Fergus to handle carefully. |
| Hiram | Crombie | The unofficial spokesman of the families from Thurso. |
| Mairi | Crombie | Hiram Crombie's wife and daughter of the deceased Mrs. Wilson. Aka: Mrs. Crombie. |
| The | Crombie Daughters | Present at the wake, grief-stricken and hosting mourners. |
| Amos | Crupp | The current owner of the Wilmington Gazette. |
| Saint | Dagobert | Patron saint of abducted persons. |
| The | Dockworkers | Edenton townspeople. |
| The | Doctors In Paris | Bought bodies of dwarfs for medical or occult purposes. |
| Wendigo | Donner | One of the marauders and another time traveler. |
| Gully | Dornan | A mischievous man who brought a snake to church. |
| Patrick | Dugan | A clergyman. |
| Geillis | Duncan | Raped Young Ian long time ago. |
| Geneva | Dunsany | William's biological mother. |
| Isobel | Dunsany | Lord John Grey's late wife. |
| Lord | Dunsany | William's grandfather. |
| Walking | Elk | Mohawk man and storyteller. |
| Ludovic | Ellesmere | William's legal father. Aka: The Eighth Earl of Ellesmere. |
| The | Farmers With Pigs | Travelers who inadvertently inform Bobby Higgins. |
| Dr. | Fentiman | Admires Claire's medical skills. |
| Sadie | Ferguson | Claire's cellmate. Aka: Mrs. Ferguson. |
| The | Ferryman | An unnamed man who was robbed and killed. |
| Henry | Fielding | Author of Tom Jones which was referenced by Claire. |
| The | First Mate | In charge to observe the Fort Johnston from the HMS Cruizer. |
| The | Fisher-Folk Children | Took Henri-Christian. |
| The | Fishermen | Present in Bree's recalled memory at MacDuff. |
| The | Fishwives | Members of the crowd, adding to the mob's volatility and noise. |
| Ian James | Fitzgibbons Fraser Murray | "Jamie's nephew. Aka: Young Ian/Okwaho'rohtsiah/Wolf's Brother/John |
| Murray." |
| Murtagh | Fitzgibbons-Fraser | Jamie's godfather. |
| Captain | Follard | Captain of HMS Cruizer. |
| Elspeth | Forbes | Acquaintance of Jocasta and Neil Forbe's mother. |
| Mrs. | Forbes | Wife of Neil Forbes. |
| Neil | Forbes | Holds a grudge against Frasers. |
| A | Foreign Nobleman | Alleged father of a syphilitic infant specimen. |
| The | Fortune-Teller | Old Palm-Reading Woman in Paris. |
| Jedidiah | Foster | Militia leader from Brookfield. |
| The | Four Cherokee Friends | Young men accompanying the Wilson siblings. |
| Bobby | Fraser | Fraser of Glenhelm who cut-off some fingers of Arch Bug. |
| Félicité | Fraser | Third child of Fergus and Marsali. The "Hell-kittens" and one of Germain's two younger sisters; extremely mischievous. |
| Fergus | Fraser | Jamie's adopted son and Husband of Marsali. |
| Germain | Fraser | Fergus and Marsali's eldest son and Jem's bosom friend. |
| Henri-Christian | Fraser | Marsali's youngest child (son). Aka: Monsieur L'Oeuf |
| James | Fraser | Leader of the Ridge settlers, protagonist and a colonel of militia. Owner of Fraser's Ridge. Aka: Jamie/Grandpère/Mac Dubh/Bear-Killer/James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser/ Scotus Americanus/Alexander Malcolm. |
| Jared | Fraser | Jamie's cousin. |
| Joanie | Fraser | Second child of Fergus and Marsali and first daughter. The "" and one of Germain's two younger sisters; extremely mischievous. Aka: Joan/Hell-kittens |
| Leslie | Fraser | Bobby Fraser's nephew. |
| Simon | Fraser | Jamie's grandfather. Aka: Lord Lovat. |
| William | Fraser | Jamie's dead young brother. |
| Jeremiah | Fraser Mackenzie | Roger and Brianna's son. Aka: Jem/Jemmy. |
| Janet | Fraser Murray | Jamie's sister and raised Fergus. Aka: Jenny |
| The | Fulani Men | Africans prisoned with Josh. |
| Thomas | Gage | British military governor in Massachusetts. Aka: General Gage. |
| The | Gaoler | Caused Donner's escape. |
| The | Gentleman From Philadelphia | A plant collector Jamie meets at the mill. |
| King | George Iii | His authority and treaties are being quietly undermined by colonial land speculators. |
| Captain | Gill | Friend of John Grey. |
| The | Goat'S Two Kids | Newly born goats of Frasers. |
| Mr. | Goodwin | A guest who comments on Simms's bravery and the danger he faces. |
| S. | Gowdy | Newspaper subscriber from Newbern. |
| Mrs. | Graham | Mentioned in Roger's memory. |
| Duncan'S | Grandfather | Used Margaret's death as proof of divine decree. |
| Malcolm | Grant | The rejected suitor Jamie's mother. |
| Amos | Green | Former Regulator from Salisbury. |
| John | Grey | A longtime friend of the Fraser family. |
| Richard | Gridley | An Engineer. Aka: Mr. Gridley |
| Mr. | Gwilty | Who might be either Mrs. Gwilty's husband or her father-in-law. |
| Mrs. | Gwilty | A professional mourning woman for funerals in Fraser's Ridge. |
| The | Half-Bearded Boys | One of the marauders and gawking to Claire and makes her uncomfortable. |
| John | Hancock | Colonial leader and a merchant. |
| A | Hanged Murderer | The source of a malformed brain specimen in Fentiman's collection. |
| The | Harbormaster | Whom Roger confirmed Bonnet's likely destinations. |
| Cornelius | Harnett | Another associate of Forbes. |
| Jezebel | Hatfield Morton | Isaiah Morton's first wife. |
| James | Henderson | A wealthy former Chief Justice of North Carolina. |
| Obadiah | Henderson | Considered by Claire as a possible admirer of Malva. |
| George | Herbert | A spokesman for a delegation of townsmen. |
| Robert | Higgins | New servant of Lord John Grey. Aka: Mr. Higgins or Bobby. |
| Arvin | Hodgepile | The leader of the marauders. |
| The | Housemaid | Doctor Fentiman's Servant. |
| Mr. | Houvener | Another prospective buyer of slaves. Aka: Monsieur Houvener. |
| Mr. | Howard | Another prospective buyer of slaves. |
| Robert | Howe | A loyalist and associate of Forbes. |
| James | Hunter | Another Regulator leader and had left the colony. |
| Hermon | Husband | Historical Regulator leader and had left the colony. |
| Bad Sweat | Indian Agent | An Indian Agent. |
| Duncan | Innes | Jocasta's husband. |
| Margaret | Innes | Duncan's Aunt and was executed by drowning. |
| The | Innkeeper | Provided shelter to Claire and Jamie in Salisbury |
| Samuel | Iredell | One of the two of the most prominent rebel leaders in Edenton. |
| The | Irish Coachman | Witnessed the death of Ludovic Ellesmere. |
| Captain | Jackson | A slave-ship captain. |
| Silas | Jameson | Owner of the ordinary infront of Mrs. Sylvie's brothel. |
| Thomas | Jefferson | Third U.S. president. |
| Dai | Jones | A blacksmith who stables Jamie's horse. |
| Tom | Jones | Protagonist of Henry Fielding's novel. |
| Wilbraham | Jones | A smuggler. |
| The | Judge | Presided over the trial that convicted Bobby. |
| Emperor | Justinian | He kidnapped Saint Athelais when she was young. |
| The | Kahnyen'Kehaka | The Mohawk man, central to Ian's current life, beliefs, and spiritual worldview. |
| Isaiah | Lachlan | Jacky Lachlan's father. |
| Jacky | Lachlan | One of the young boys in Fraser's Ridge. |
| Warren | Lee | Secretary to Reverend Doctor McCorkle. |
| William | Legge | Secretary of state for the colonies during the early part of the Revolution. Aka: Lord Dartmouth |
| Mrs. | Light On Water | The wife of Light on Water. Aka: Mrs. Light. |
| Alexander | Lillington | Another Patriot militia officer. |
| Randall | Lillington | Man Roger killed. |
| Bobby | Lindsay | One of Evan Lindsay's children |
| Caitlin | Lindsay | One of Evan Lindsay's children |
| Evan | Lindsay | One of the three Lindsay brothers. |
| Gordon | Lindsay | One of the Fraser Ridge tenant. |
| Grace | Lindsay | One of Evan Lindsay's children |
| Hugh | Lindsay | One of Evan Lindsay's children |
| Kenny | Lindsay | Tenant from Fraser's Ridge and one of the three Lindsay brothers. |
| Murdo | Lindsay | One of the three Lindsay brothers. |
| Rosamund | Lindsay | A woman whose death from anesthesia by Claire. |
| John | Linzee | Captain of HMS Falcon. |
| Bar | Louis | Claire was forced to become his mistress long time ago. |
| William | Lyons | A local smuggler. |
| Mrs. | Macafee | Mother of Twins. |
| Alistair | Macallister | A man Jamie knew who fought and died at the Battle of Culloden. |
| Maisie | Macardle | Geat niece of Seasumais Buchan. |
| Grannie | Macbeth | Claire's grannie patient with Arthritis. |
| Allan | Macdonald | Flora's husband. |
| Anne | Macdonald | Grown daughter of Flora MacDonald. |
| Donald | Macdonald | A former officer of His Majesty's Army. Aka: Major Donald. |
| Fanny | Macdonald | Grown daughter of Flora MacDonald. |
| Flora | Macdonald | The woman who had saved Charles Stuart from the English after Culloden. Aka: Mrs. MacDonald. |
| Hugh | Macdonald | Loyalist general. |
| Mr. | Macduff | Attended in roger's preaching while his wife and his sister were both sick. |
| Alexander | Macgregor | Owner of bible and co-prisoner of Jamie at Fort William. |
| Mairi | Macgregor | Sister of Alexander MacGregor. |
| Amanda | Mackenzie | Daughter of Roger and Brianna. Aka: Mandy/Amanda Claire Hope MacKenzie. |
| Colum | Mackenzie | The laird of the highlander(Mackenzie Clan) and Jamie's uncle. |
| Dougal | Mackenzie | Jamie's uncle on the mother side. |
| Hugh | Mackenzie | Father of Marsali. |
| Laoghaire | Mackenzie | Marsali's mother and Jamie's second wife. |
| Morag | Mackenzie | Roger's many-times-great-grandmother. |
| Red Jacob | Mackenzie | Jamie Fraser's ancestor. Aka: Seaumais Ruaidh. |
| Ellen | Mackenzie Fraser | Jamie's mother. |
| Joanie | Mackimmie | Sister of Marsali with Simon and Loaghire as parents. |
| Simon | Mackimmie | Marsali's Mother's second husband. |
| Marsali | Mackimmie Fraser | Fergus' wife and Jamie's step-daughter. |
| Murray | Macleod | The apothecary from Campbelton. |
| Gerry | Macmillan | Roger's childhood friends in Inverness. |
| Grannie | Macnab | An elderly, wise Highland woman who once explained Jenny and Ian's relationship dynamics to Jamie. |
| Mary | Macnab | Someone Jamie interacted with while Claire was away at Lalibroch. |
| Rab | Macnab | Mary MacNab's deceased husband. |
| Rabbie | Macnab | Mary MacNab's child. |
| Angelica | Macneill | Hortense and Padraic's infant. |
| Hortense | Macneill | Padraic's wife. |
| John | Macneill | Fraser's Ridge tenant. |
| Padraic | Macneill | Thought Roger used Latin or Catholic references. |
| The | Macneill Child | Five or six years old of Padraic and Hortense. |
| The | Madame | Brothel owner and profited from children, including dwarfs, and sold bodies when useful. |
| La | Maîtresse Des Scorpions | Another exploiter of exotics (example dwarf). |
| The | Male Servants | Helps carry water and rags during Jocasta's medical emergency. |
| The | Man Jamie Slashed | Personally hostile to Jamie |
| The | Marauders | A mixed group of violent men, responsible for theft, arson, assault, and murder of some people without required cause. |
| The | Marine | Maintain order in the HMS Cruizer. |
| Elizabeth | Martin | The Governor's wife. Aka: Mrs. Martin/Betsy. |
| Josiah | Martin | The new royal governor of North Carolina. Aka: Governor Josiah Martin. |
| Sam | Martin | Governor Josiah's dead son. |
| The | Masked Frenchman | A shadowy antagonist from Jocasta's past, never named. |
| The | Master Of Mushrooms | Dwarf trafficker. Aka: Le Maître des Champignons |
| Rab | Mcafee | Father of McAfee Boys. |
| The | Mcafee Boys | A group of mischievous half-grown lads. |
| Aidan | Mccallum | Young son of Orem McCallum. |
| Amy | Mccallum | Orem McCallum's wife and Ridge tenant. Aka: Mrs. McCallum. |
| Orem | Mccallum | Deceased husband of Mrs. McCallum. |
| Orrie | Mccallum | Amy's infant. |
| Doctor | Mccorkle | Presbyterian preacher that will ordain Roger. Aka: Reverend Doctor McCorkle |
| William | Mccrea | From Balgownie, who fought with Arch Bug. |
| Hilda | Mcgillivrays | One of the daughters of Robin and Ute McGillivray. |
| Inga | Mcgillivrays | Daughter of Robin and Ute McGillivray. |
| Manfred | Mcgillivrays | Tenant from Fraser's Ridge. Aka: Freddie. |
| Robin | Mcgillivrays | Father of McGillivrays and husband of Ute. |
| Senga | Mcgillivrays | One of the daughters of Robin and Ute McGillivray. |
| Ute | Mcgillivrays | Senga and Manfred's mother. Aka: Mutti. |
| Mrs. | Mclachlan | A settler whose children are ill with the flux. |
| Mrs. | Mclanahan | Owner of McLanahan's King's Inn. |
| Joey | Mclaughlin | A Fraser Ridge child. |
| Alexander | Mclean | One of General MacDonald's aides. |
| Donald | Mcleod | Loyalist officer working with General Hugh MacDonald. |
| Rabbie | Mcleod | Jemmy's friend. |
| Rufe | Mcleod | Rabbie's uncle. |
| The | Mcleod Children. | Rabbie's brothers. |
| Jonathan | Mcmanus | A man listed among Loyalist supporters. |
| Jay | Mcmillan | The reverend who let Roger stay in their house while he is in Edenton. Aka: Reverend McMillan. |
| Mrs. | Mcmillan | Reverend McMillan's wife. |
| The | Mcmillan Daughters | Three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. McMillan. |
| The | Mcmurchie Brothers | Settler brothers on the Ridge. |
| The | Men With Axes | Unnamed men heard chopping wood near Roger's location. |
| The | Men'S Choir Of Salem | A social group in Salem. |
| The | Merchant Associates | Business partners of Bonnet. |
| The | Merchants Representative | A civil authority figure present to witness the execution. |
| The | Messenger | Messenger of Colonel Ashe's current movement. |
| St. | Michael | Saint that Jamie prays to sometimes. |
| Harvey | Mickelgrass | A justice of the peace. |
| The | Minister | A clergyman who prays over Stephen Bonnet. |
| The | Ministerial Candidates | Men waiting to be ordained like Roger. |
| The | Mockingbird | A creature singing nearby. |
| The | Monsignor | A priest whom Jamie once fought beside in a past battle. |
| The | Montgomery Lasses | Young local ladies and present at Jocasta's luncheon. |
| James | Moore | Another patriot commander. Aka: Colonel Moore. |
| The | Moray Eel | An anecdotal creature but described in Brianna's memory. |
| Brother | Mordecai | Whom Brianna wishes to speak about making pottery. |
| Isaiah | Morton | Former member of Jamie's militia. |
| Dominic | Mulroney | An irishman who'd walked face-first into a chruch door in Edinburgh. |
| Sergeant | Murchison | Sergeant of the garrison to whom Claire and Jamie brought the Murdered girl 3 years ago. |
| The | Murdered Girl | The dead girl Claire and Jamie brought to the sergeant of the garrison in Cross Creek. |
| Emily | Murray | Ian's Mohawk wife. Aka: Wakyo'teyehsnonhsa/Works With Her Hands. |
| Ian | Murray | Young Ian's father and Jenny's husband. |
| John | Murray | Royal Governor of Virginia. Aka: Lord Dunmore. |
| Michael | Murray | Ian's brother. |
| The | New Scottish Emigrants | Recently arrived, poor, non-English-speaking Highlanders. |
| The | New Tenants | Settlers that are Protestants and are Fishermen. |
| The | Newborn Baby Boy | Revived by Claire. |
| Lord | North | British Prime Minister |
| Ensign | Northerton | Character from Tom Jones which was mentioned by Tom Christie. |
| The | Nunnahee | Supernatural beings referenced across cultures. |
| Mrs. | O'Brian | Wife of Tige O'Brian and killed. |
| Tige | O'Brian | Died of hanging and 1 of his kids were burnt. |
| The | Officers | 2 men from Wilmington Committee of Safety. |
| Miss | Ogilvie | Another luncheon attendee. |
| Mr. | Ogilvie | Grandfather of the baby Roger baptized earlier. |
| Mrs. | Ogilvie | Believes her baby is dying. |
| Rogerina | Ogilvie | Mrs. Ogilvie's Baby. Aka: Rory. |
| The | Older Cherokee Men | Engage Hiram in conversation. |
| The | Older Woman | Another member of the family and probably the mother of the Burned Young Woman. |
| Mr. | Orden | One of Bonnet's crew. |
| The | Other Brown Men | Six riders total, younger men accompanying the Browns. |
| The | Other O'Brian Children | Two older children missing (possibly abducted). |
| The | Palace Guard | A soldier who blocks Ian's entry. |
| J. | Palmer | Militia officer. Aka: General J. Palmer. |
| Sancho | Panza | Fictional character from Don Quixote. |
| Peter | Parker | Commander of the arriving British fleet. |
| The | Patriot Riders | 2 Whigs traveling with Green, Wherry, and Brown. |
| The | Patron Saints Of Childbirth | Saints Bride, Raymond, and Margaret of Antioch whom Claire is praying for. |
| St. | Paul | Apostle of christ who mentioned that a woman's head uncovered dishonored her head. |
| The | Philistines | Mentioned via Claire's Bible quote. |
| The | Pig | Its slaughter becomes a meditation on ritual, necessity, and moral responsibility. |
| Brother | Polycarp | A monk who told Jamie saints' stories at the Abbey of St. Anne in France. |
| The | Pope | Mentioned humorously in analogy. |
| The | Potter From Salem | Maker of the plate at Hilda's wedding. |
| Dr. | Potts | Local Physician who previously checked Bobby. |
| The | Presbyterians | Church authorities who examined Roger's doctrine. |
| William | Prescott | American officer. Aka: Colonel Prescott. |
| Daniel | Putnam | Colonial militia organizer. |
| Israel | Putnam | American general. Aka: General Putnam. |
| The | Pygmy Nuthatches | Briefly mentioned as part of the natural soundscape. |
| The | Quaker Girl | Gordon Lindsay's betrothed. |
| Josiah | Quincy | An acquaintance of Lord John Grey. |
| Don | Quixote | The book Claire reads for distraction and comfort. |
| The | Raccoon | The creature that invades Brianna's pantry |
| Mr. | Raintree | A resident of Cross Creek, who purchases Jack. |
| Frank | Randall | Claire's dead husband in the 20th century. |
| Jonathan | Randall | Jamie's rapist long time ago. Aka: Captain Jack Randall/Black Jack. |
| Claire | Randall Fraser | A doctor and the viewpoint character. Jamie's wife. Protagonist. Aka: Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser / Sassenach |
| Brianna | Randall Fraser Mackenzie | Jamie and Claire's daughter, and wife of Roger MacKenzie. Aka: Bree. |
| William | Ransom | Lord John Grey's adoptive son. Aka: Willie/William Clarence Henry George Ransom/Ninth Earl of Ellesmere. |
| Daniel | Rawlings | Past doctor before Claire and whose medical notes Claire uses. Aka: Dr. Rawlings |
| Master | Raymond | Powerful recollection from Claire's past in France. |
| Paul | Revere | American patriot and silversmith. |
| Mr. | Ricasoli | A prospective buyer of slaves. Aka: Signor Ricasoli. |
| The | River Trader | Bought the abducted young woman. |
| Captain | Roarke | Captain of the rented fishing boat by Jamie. |
| Mr. | Robinson | Founder of the New Bern Intelligencer. |
| The | Royal Council Member | Loyalist official. |
| A | Runaway Slave | Someone Claire and Phaedre tried to protect. |
| The | Sailors | Crew in the ship Anemone. |
| The | Scullion Boy | Seen briefly in the kitchen, harmless and unlikely to overhear secrets. |
| The | Secretary | Governor's Secretary. |
| Bond | Servants | Members of the crowd, adding to the mob's volatility and noise. |
| The | Servants | They carry food, fan guests, and physically support the grandeur of the event. |
| William | Shakespeare | Mentioned by Claire as someone who has stood in deck before. |
| Dr. | Sibelius | Mrs. Martin's preferred physician. |
| Fogarty | Simms | Proprietor of the local newspaper The Chronicle. |
| Ronnie | Sinclair | Tenant from Fraser's Ridge. |
| The | Sin-Eater | A mysterious, physically scarred man who performs the ritual of consuming the bread and wine to take on the sins of the dead. |
| The | Slave | Carries the ropes in the mooring post. |
| The | Slave Ship Captain | Refused Jamie's renting their ship. |
| The | Slave Woman | Jocasta's slave. |
| Tobias | Smollett | One of the authors in the amiable literary argument of Jamie, Ian and Christie. |
| Mrs. | Smoots | Tavern keeper at the Blue Boar. |
| The | Soldiers | Soldiers Involved in the Boston Massacre with Bobby. |
| Mohawk | Spirits | Ian worries whether invoking Christian prayers might anger them. |
| Robert | Springer | One of five in Donner's traveling group. Aka: Otter-Tooth/Bob Springer |
| John | Stark | American officer. Aka: Colonel Stark. |
| Several | Stillborn Infants | Preserved specimens in Fentiman's collection. |
| The | Stockbridge Indians | Native American group allied with Massachusetts. |
| Mr. | Stornaway | He showed a stone to Jem and Germain. |
| The | Stout Lady With Corn Fritters | Nearly knocked over by Jem. |
| Heinrich | Strasse | Ute's cousin's son and Senga's fiance. |
| Charles | Stuart | The prince that Jamie wants to hindrance to prevent the battle of Culloden. Aka: Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| John | Stuart | Head of the Southern Department dealing with Indian affairs. |
| Mrs. | Sylvie | Proprietor of a brothel behind Silas Jameson's ordinary. |
| Robert | Talltree | An elderly Cherokee man present at the storytelling circle. |
| The | Three Dutch Children | A small girl and two other children found dead in the cabin. |
| The | Thug | A young man, who is with Donner. |
| The | Tinker | Wandering tradesman. |
| Maisie | Tolliver | The sheriff's wife. Aka: Mrs Tolliver. |
| Sheriff | Tolliver | Sheriff of New Bern. Aka: Tolly. |
| Mr. | Townsend | A small, irate gentleman whose purse Donner stole. |
| French | Trader | He introduced Ian to the phrase "the hour of the wolf." |
| The | Tradesmen | A group of local citizens uneasy about military preparations. |
| William | Tryon | Former governor who appointed Jamie as militia colonel and later left for New York. Aka: Governor William Tryon. |
| The | Twin Daughter | Dies of the disease. |
| The | Twin Son | Survives the illness but stands traumatized at his sister's grave. |
| The | Two Cherokee Braves | Bird's retinue. |
| The | Two Cherokee Women | Enter Jamie's bed at night as bed companions. |
| The | Two Girls | The playmates of Mandy. |
| The | Two Men | Both found in the woods. |
| The | Unborn Child | Malva's Baby. |
| The | Unnamed Brigands/Marauders | Possibly one gang committing burnings, murders, and abductions across the region. |
| An | Unnamed Girl On The Ridge | Makes a comment about witchcraft regarding Henri-Christian. |
| The | Urchin | The messenger boy. |
| Reginald | Wakefield | Great-uncle and Roger's adoptive father/great-uncle. Aka: Reggie/Eigger/Reverend |
| Roger | Wakefield Mackenzie | Husband of Brianna. |
| Artemas | Ward | American general. Aka: General Ward. |
| George | Washington | Commander of the Continental Army. Aka: General Washington. |
| The | Watchman | Neil Forbes' warehouse watchman. |
| The | Watchmen | Ship's Watch. |
| George | Webb | A close associate of the Governor. |
| Elizabeth | Wemyss | Claire and Jamie's bondservant, engaged to Manfred and can brew beer. Aka: Lizzie. |
| Joseph | Wemyss | Father if Lizzie Wemyss. Aka: Mr. Wemyss. |
| Miss | Western | Character from Tom Jones which was mentioned by Tom Christie. |
| Kitman | Wherry | Another ex-Regulator from Salisbury. |
| The | White Men | Who seems to hurt Ian in the chaos. |
| The | White Sow | Livestock of Frasers. |
| The | Widow Baudry | The widow from Brownsville whom Donner stayed. |
| Ephraim | Wilson | Hiram Crombie's wife's kin. |
| Mouse | Wilson | A jovial Cherokee woman whom Claire treats for a broken tooth. |
| Mrs. | Wilson | Hiram Crombie's mother-in-law. Aka: Old Mrs. Wilson/Grannie Wilson. |
| Red Clay | Wilson | Mouse's brother. |
| Lieutenant | Wolff | Senior naval officer. |
| Mr. | Wolverhampton | A Ridge tenant that amputated his own toe. |
| Charlotte | Woolam | A most attractive young person and a most devout Quaker. |
| John | Woolam | Owner of the spotted mare meant to be bred with Jamie's horse, Gideon. |
| Richard | Woolam | Charlotte's brother. Aka: Richie. |
| Phillip | Wylie | A planter fond of Friesian horses. |
| The | Young Boy | Throw stone to Claire and Jamie. |
| The | Young Cherokee Woman | Leads Jamie and Ian to lodging in the Snowbird Cherokee Village. |
| The | Young Indian | One of the Marauders. |
| A | Young Ladd | One of the marauders and one of the Half-Bearded Boys who did assaulted Claire. |
| The | Young Man | Joined throwing stone. |
| The | Young Woman | A prostitute who reports to MacDonald that she was kidnapped, her grandmother murdered, their home burned. |
| The | Young Women | Drawn particularly to Ian. |
| The | Zinzers | A German settler family whose homestead near Salem was burned. |
| Adam | | Jamie compared himself to. |
| Adnil | | A girl Roger went to school with, named by backward spelling. |
| Adso | | Claire Fraser's cat. |
| Agrippa | | Roger's horse. |
| Alice | | A prostitute sent by Jamie to Mrs. Sylvie long time ago. |
| Angelina | | An enslaved servant of Jocasta. |
| Angels | | Lizzie's belief that when you sleep you give your soul up to the angels' keeping, so as no ghoulies shall come near. |
| Angie | | Apprentice of the builder. |
| Archie | | Hilda's husband. |
| Atta | | One of five in Donner's traveling group. |
| Bird-Who-Sings-In-The-Morning | | Snowbird Cherokee war chief / headman. Aka: Bird/Tsisqua. |
| Blackbeard | | A pirate who once used Ocracoke as a lair. |
| Brugge | | A Moravian gunsmith. |
| Buchan | | A butcher involved in the mob. |
| Calls-In-The-Forest | | Bird's elderly mother and a healer. |
| Cherokee, Catawba, Creek Indians | | Potential targets of Governor Martin's manipulations. |
| Cire | | A grocer's lad who got in the messages for old ladies in the neighborhood. |
| Clarence | | Claire's mule used by Frasers and MacKenzie. |
| Darla | | Relative of Allan and Malva Christie and took care of them. |
| Death | | This presence invites Claire to leave her body and "go," offering rest and release. |
| Delilah | | Jocasta's large, lazy hound. |
| Denys | | One of Stephen Bonnet's crew. |
| Dilman | | A young maidservant in the Governor's household. |
| Dottie | | One of Mrs. Sylvie's prostitutes. |
| Dubois | | Jamie's French fellow student. |
| Dunkling | | A Loyalist arms dealer. |
| Eats Turtles | | Finds Ian after the ordeal, confirms Emily's survival after the child birth. |
| Emmanuel | | Bonnet's butler. Aka: Manny. |
| Eve | | Jamie compared Claire to. |
| Ezra | | A member of Richard Brown's men. |
| Fiona | | Reverend Reginald's last housekeeper. |
| Gertrud | | Candidate as Mr. Wemyss' wife. |
| Ghoulies | | A demonic entities that Angels protect people while sleeping, as per Lizzie's belief. |
| Gideon | | Jamie's horse. |
| Goose | | Light on Water's brother. |
| Gretchen | | Candidate wife for Ronnie. Aka: wee German girl |
| Hector | | Lord John Grey's first lover. |
| Hepzibah | | Prostitute brought to Bonnet's cabin. Aka: Eppie. |
| Jack | | The Bogues family's wagon horse and Miranda's beloved pet. |
| Jed | | One of Donner's accomplices. |
| Jeremy | | One of five in Donner's traveling group. |
| Jerusha | | Ulysses' mare. |
| Jocky | | Ian's childhood dog in Scotland. |
| Jojo | | One of five in Donner's traveling group. |
| Joshua | | Jocasta's groom (tends and prepares horses). Aka: Josh. |
| Light On Water | | One of two young Tuscarora brothers helped by Jamie. Aka: Light. |
| Lilith | | A demon. |
| Looking At The Sky | | Sun Elk's wife and Emily's sister. Aka: Karònya. |
| Luc | | A beggar dwarf Fergus once knew. |
| Lucas | | A stallion and Jamie's former horse. |
| Manoke | | Cook of Lord John. |
| Martha | | Wife of one of the marauders. |
| Mary | | Ian prays to her while questioning whether this conflicts with Mohawk beliefs. |
| Massachusettensis | | Loyalist essayist opposing colonial resistance. |
| Matilda | | The laundress at River Run. |
| Melchizedek | | A Biblical priest. |
| Merilee | | A kitchen slave. |
| Michael | | A mouse. |
| Mirabel | | The family goat. |
| Mole | | A Cherokee underworld guide and spiritual figure. |
| Molly | | The Palace cook. |
| Moses | | Captain Roarke's crewman. |
| Myra | | Manfred's former lover in Hillsboro and a sex worker. |
| Oakes | | Acting leader in Richard Brown's group. |
| Olanna | | Mrs. Gwilty's niece and apprentice. |
| Oscar | | Household servant in the kitchen of River Run. |
| Ovid | | One of the authors in the amiable literary argument of Jamie, Ian and Christie. |
| Penstemon | | Bird's wife. |
| Phaedre | | Jocasta's enslaved lady's maid. |
| Quiet Air | | A Cherokee sachem offered deerskins to breed his mare to Gideon. |
| Raymond | | A mysterious organizer and guide of Donner's group |
| Richie | | One of Donner's accomplices. |
| Rollo | | Ian Murray's dog. |
| Running Fox | | War chief of Bird's village. |
| Sampson | | Amos Crupp's apprentice. |
| Samson | | Jocasta's small, aggressive lapdog. |
| Seona | | Archie's cousin and another Ronnie's candidate wife. |
| Seqouyah | | Brings the remains of the old settler to prove no murder occurred. |
| Sidhe | | Supernatural beings referenced across cultures. |
| Sky-Woman | | A spiritual figure from Cherokee cosmology. |
| Sleeps With Snakes | | One of Ian's Mohawk comrades |
| Stan | | The builder hired by Brianna. |
| Standing Bear | | A Cherokee man who received musket sets from Jamie. |
| Still Water | | Bird's Brother. |
| Sukie | | The Palace slave. |
| Sun Elk | | Originally expected to marry Emily. Aka: Ahkote'ohskennonton. |
| Tebbe | | One of the marauders and kind to Claire. |
| Tewaktenyonh | | A Mohawk midwife. |
| Tinsdale | | The cook in the HMS Cruizer. |
| Ulysses | | Jocasta's enslaved butler. |
| Wolves | | A hunting pair threatens Ian during his night journey. |
| Yeksa'A | | Ian's unborn daughter. Aka: Iseabaìl. |