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| Known Participants in The Boston Tea Party |
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| Written by Sons of Liberty Chapter, SAR |
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In 1884 Francis S. Drake, also of Boston, added fifty more names gleaned from family documents and oral traditions. Drake also tried to identify these men with their occupations and ages. Nathaniel Barber (3), 45, merchant Samuel Barnard, 36, occupation unknown Henry Bass (4), 34, merchant Edward Bates, age and occupation unknown Thomas Boulter, 38, housewright David Bradlee (6), 31, occupation unknown James Bradlee (6), 19, occupation unknown Nathaniel Bradlee (6), 27, occupation unknown Thomas Bradlee (6), 29, occupation unknown James Brewer, age unknown, pump maker Seth Ingersoll Brown, 23, house carpenter Stephen Bruce, age unknown, merchant Benjamin Burton, 24, occupation unknown Nicholas Campbell, 41, sailor George Carleton, age and occupation unknown Thomas Chase (3), age unknown, distiller Benjamin Clarke, 18, cooper’s apprentice John Cochran, 23, occupation unknown Gresham Collier, age and occupation unknown Adam Colson (4), 35, leather dresser James F. Condy (4), age unknown, bookseller S. Coolidge, age and occupation unknown Samuel Cooper, 18, cooper’s apprentice John Crane, 29, house carpenter Thomas Dana, age and occupation unknown Robert Davis, 26, importer of groceries and liquors Edward Dolbear, 18, cooper’s apprentice Joseph Eaton, age unknown, hatter Joseph Eayres, age unknown, housewright - Eckley, age unknown, barber Benjamin Edes (4), age unknown, printer William Etheridge, age unknown, mason Samuel Fenno, 28 ,housewright Samuel Foster, age and occupation unknown Nathaniel Frothingham, 27, coachmaker John Fulton (7), 30, occupation unknown John Gammell, 22, carpenter Samuel Gore, 22, house painter Moses Grant (4), 30, upholsterer John Greenleaf (4), age and occupation unknown Samuel Hammond, 24, farmer William Hendley, 25, mason George R. Hewes, 31, shoemaker John Hicks, 48, occupation unknown Samuel Hobbs, 25, tanner’s apprentice John Hooton, 18, oarmaker’s apprentice Samuel Howard, 21, shipwright Edward C. Howe, 31, ropemaker Jonathan Hunnewell, 14,(8) Richard Hunnewell, age unknown, mason Richard Hunnewell, Jr. ,16 (8) Thomas Hunstable, 20, occupation unknown Abraham Hunt, 25 ,wine merchant David Ingersoll, 23, housewright David Kennison, 37, farmer Joseph Lee, 28, merchant Amos Lincoln, 20, housewright apprentice Mathew Loring, 23, leather worker Joseph Lovering, 15, apprentice Thomas Machin, 29, laborer Ebenezer MacKintoch, 36, shoemaker Archibald McNeil, 23, occupation unknown John May, 25, occupation unknown - Mead, age and occupation unknown Thomas Melvill, 22, merchant’s clerk William Molineux (3), 57, merchant Thomas Moore, 20, operator of a wharf Anthiny Morse, age and occupation unknown Joseph Montford, 23, cooper Eliphalet Newell, age and occupation unknown Joseph P. Palmer, age unknown, hardware merchant Johathan Parker, age unknown, farmer Joseph Payson, 30, housewright Samuel Peck, age unknown, cooper John Peters, 41, occupation unknown William Pierce, 29, barber Lendall Pitts, 26, clerk of the market Thomas Potter, age unknown, merchant Henry Prentiss, 24, occupation unknown John Prince, 20, occupation unknown Edward Proctor (4), 40, importer Henry Purkitt, 18, cooper’s apprentice John Randall, 23, occupation unknown Paul Revere, 38, silversmith Joseph Roby, age and occupation unknown John Russell, age unknown, mason William Russell, 25, school teacher Robert Sessions, 21, laborer Joseph Shed, 41, carpenter Benjamin Simpson, 17, bricklayer’s apprentice Peter Slater, 14, ropemaker apprentice Samuel Spraque, 19, mason’s apprentice John Spurr, 25, occupation unknown James Starr, 32, occupation unknown Phineas Stearns, 37, farmer and blacksmith Ebenezer Stevens, 22, carpenter Elisha Story, 30, physician James Swan, 19, counting house clerk John Truman, age and occupation unknown Thomas Urann, age unknown, ship joiner Josiah Wheeler, 30, housewright David Williams, age and occupation unknown Ezekiel Williams, age 18, occupation unknown Isaac Williams, age and occupation unknown Jeremiah Williams, age unknown, blacksmith Thomas Williams, 19, apprentice Nathaniel Willis, 18, printer’s apprentice Joshua Wyeth, 25, apprentice Thomas Young, 41, physician Comments: The five men depicted below are all that we have found who had anything to do with the Boston Tea Party. Of the five, Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere are well known. The other two are David Kennison, who was born November 17th 1736, in Old Kingston, Maine. He served throughout the entire war, and was badly wounded at Sackett’s Harbor, New York, during the war of 1812. He was interviewed by Benson Lossing in 1848, while living in Chicago, age 112! The last man is George Hewes, whose son was interviewed by Lossing. He was born in Boston, September 5th, 1742, and died in Richfield, Otsego County, New York. He served as a privateer in the early part of the War and later in the Army. At age 101 he attended the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument was honored by all attending on June 17th, 1843. Notes: * (1) Medal struck as identification of members of the Sons of Liberty. Only a written description has survived. * (2) Logo of the Sons of Liberty Chapter, SAR * (3) Known member of the original Sons of Liberty * (4) Possible members of the original Sons of Liberty * (5) His name was Charles O’Conner * (6) All four Bradlee’s listed were brothers. * (7) Brother in law to the Bradlee’s * (8) Jonathan and Richard were the sons of Richard |