| Inez | Barter | The man who lives on the shore. |
| Mrs. | Brace | Truss's housekeeper. |
| Elias | Caines | Widow Caines's husband. |
| Widow | Caines | The widow. Abe's sister. |
| Moses | Cheater | The captain. |
| Abraham | Clinch | The man who sanctified the marriage. Cornelius's headman. AKA: Beadle. |
| John | Deady | The Moriah Captain. |
| Relief | Dowse | The mockbeggar's teacher. |
| Seamus | Fleet | Deceased. |
| Indian | Jack | Truss's slave girl. |
| Dominic | Laferriere | Captain Deady's former servant. |
| Bride | Lambe | Solemn's sister. |
| Dallen | Lambe | The witness. |
| Mrs. | Lambe | Dallen's wife. |
| Mrs. | Lambe | Bride and Solemn's mother. |
| Solemn | Lambe | Dallen's son. |
| Anna | Morels | Abe's bride. |
| Mr. | Morels | Anna's father. AKA: The Jerseyman. |
| Mary | Oram | The doctor who examined Imogen. |
| Mary | Oram | Midwife and healer. |
| Aubrey | Picco | The firm's headman. |
| Relief | Picco | Aubrey's wife. |
| Dallen | Purchase | Imogen's son. |
| Imogen | Purchase | Caines's servant. The girl Abe allegedly raped. |
| Abe | Strapp | The groom. |
| Cornelius | Strapp | Abe's father. |
| Myles | Taverner | Elisa's second cousin and long-time accountant. |
| Captain | Truss | An officer in the King's army. |
| Mrs. | Valentine | One of Abe's girls. AKA: The Abbess. |
| Mr. | Warren | The sailor. AKA: Bungs. |
| Cheater | | The gambling arbiter. |
| Frenchman | | Abe's gambling opponent. |
| Heater | | One of the men who found the missing groom. Abe's constable. |
| Lazarus | | Lynch's mate. AKA: Madge. |
| Lynch | | A convict at Newgate Penitentiary. |
| Matterface | | One of the men who found the missing groom. Abe's constable. |
| Molly | | One of Abe's servants. |
| Nancy | | Abe's cousin. |
| Price | | A convict at Newgate Penitentiary. |
| Trapnell | | A convict at Newgate Penitentiary. |
| Tweegok | | Truss's slave girl. |
| Webb | | A convict at Newgate Penitentiary. |
