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History often produces an often inexact record and the Boston Tea
Party is
an excellent example. Unlike the Declaration of Independence,
which had
signers, the Boston Tea Party was veiled in secrecy. In fact
it was not called the
"Tea Party," until many years later. It was
called "Destruction of the Tea in
Boston Harbor."1 Participants swore
themselves to secrecy and some did not
acknowledge each other even
when boarding the ships, breaking open the chests
and dumping the tea.
Some never talked about it except among close family
members. Lists
were produced, but were incomplete. So today, 225 years later, we
have
those incomplete lists, family oral tradition, and few artifacts to
trace participation (several artificacts are to be displayed at Old
South
Meeting House, Boston).
Even years later, some retained secrecy for fear of
lawsuits
possibly being brought by the British East India Company. Also, some of
the participants' families had become well to do and were not proud of
identifying with "civil disobedience," even though it was the most
significant act
leading to our nation's break with Great Britain.
Some 29 individuals thought to be in the Tea Party are buried in
Copp's Hill
Burying Ground. Either we know definitely or it is highly
likely they are
buried there.
This list of 175 names was compiled from Boston Tea Party Chapter,
Daughters
of American Revolution; from the 1973 Boston Globe 200th
Anniversary Boston
Tea Party Special Section; and the book, Tea
Leaves, published in 1884 in
Boston by Francis S. Drake
In the book, Bold Face indicates the individuals either known to be
or
probably buried in Copp's Hill Burying Ground. Rank after name
indicates
Revolutionary War Service. The number which follows is the
page number in the
Whitemore Book in Section B. Age is age when in Tea
Party; MCMA indicates member of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Assn,
Boston artisans and tradesmen of that
day; Mason indicates membership
in a Lodge of Freemasons; and then death date
if available.
Francis Akeley (Eckley), only one imprisoned for Tea Party.
Nathaniel Barber (Major) Tomb 28 Old Burial Ground (xiv), early
revolutionary and soldier, Mason, died 1787. Samuel Barnard
(Maj.), died 1782. Henry Bass, early revolutionary, died 1813.
Joseph Bassett (Cpt.), Tomb 65 (xv). Edward Bates. Adam
Beals Jr. Thomas
Bolter (Cpt.), 38, died 1811. David Bradlee
(Cpt.), 31, died 1811. Josiah Bradlee, 19, died 1798.
Nathaniel Bradlee, 27, MCMA, died 1813. Thomas Bradlee, 29,
MCMA, Mason, died 1805. James Brewer (Cpt.), possibly Tomb 22
Old Ground, MCMA, Mason, died 1805. John Brown (Cpt.), entry
1718, 27, died 1782. Seth Ingersoll Browne, 23, Bunker Hill,
died 1809 Stephen Bruce, 356, Mason, died 1801. Benjamin
Burton (Maj.), 24, died 1835. Nicholas Campbell, 41, died 1929.
George Carleton Thomas Chase, early revolutionary, Mason.
Nathaniel Child Benjamin Clark, Tomb 104, xvi, MCMA, died
1840, three sons may have been in Tea Party also. Jonathan
Clark (Sgt.), possibly Tomb 77 (Dana & Clark) xv. John
Cochran, 24, died 1839. Gilbert Colesworthy, 29, died 1818.
Gersham Collier, Mason, died 1825. Adam Collson, 35, early
revolutionary, Mason, died 1798. James Foster Condy, died 1809.
Daniel Coolidge Joseph Coolidge Samuel Coolidge
Samuel Cooper (LT), 18, died 1840. William Cox Thomas
Crafts (Col.), 33, early revolutionary, died 1799. John Crane
(Brig. Gen.), 29, early revolutionary, Mason, died 1805. …
Crockett Obadiah Curtis Thomas Dana, Jr. possibly Tomb 77
(Dana & Clark). Robert Davis (Maj.), 26, early
revolutionary, Mason, died 1798. John DeCarteret David
Decker John Dickman Edward Dolbeare, died 1796. Samuel
Dolbeare John Dyar, Jr. Joseph Eaton (Cpt.) Joseph
Eayres Eckley (see Francis Akeley) Benjamin Edes, possibly
482, 41, early revolutionary, died 1803. William Etheridge
Samuel Fenno, died 1806. Samuel Foster (Capt.), died 1778.
Thomas Fracker, Entry 884 (Charter St tombs), died 1806.
Nathaniel Frothingham, Jr. (LT.),Entry 1738, Tomb 27 (Thomas
Frothingham and others) Also possible 1837, Tomb 56; 27, died
1825. John Fulton, 40. John Gammell, revolutionary war
soldier, died 1827. Eleazer Gay, possibly 1733 (Ebenezer Gay
Tomb 21, 1819) Thomas Gerrish Samuel Gore, probably Tomb 112
(1810) with brother Gov. Christopher Gore; 22, MCMA, Mason, died
1831. Moses Grant, entry 1030, 30, MCMA, died 1817.
Nathaniel Greene, early revolutionary, MCMA. Timothy Guy
Samuel Hammond, 24, died 1842. Peter Harrington William
Haskins William Hendley, 25, Mason, died 1830. George Robert
Twelves Hewes, 31, shoemaker, left diary of Tea Party, died
1840. John Hicks, 48, killed at Arlington by British
retreating from Lexington-Concord, died April 19, 1775.
Samuel Hobbs, 23, died 1823.
John Hooton (Sgt.), possibly Tomb 15--Hooten & Watts Family
Tomb (13).
Evidence indicates the body may have been moved to
Mt. Auburn, Cambridge..
Elisha Horton
Elijah Houghton - Lancaster, Mass.
Samuel Howard (born Hayward), Tomb 120 Old Ground, 21, died
1797.
Edward Compton Howe, 31, died 1821.
Jonathan
Hunnewell, possibly Copp's Hill , 14, 1st president MCMA, died
1842.
Richard Hunnewell, probably Copp's Hill Tomb 36,
Mason, MCMA, died 1805.
Richard Hunnewell, Jr., possibly Copp's
Hill, 16.
Thomas Hunstable, 20, Mason.
Abraham Hunt (Col.),
25, Valley Forge, died 1793.
Daniel Ingersoll, 23, Mason, died
1829.
Daniel Ingoldson
Charles Jameson
Robert Jameson
(Cpt.)
Jared Joy
David Kinnison (doubtful he was in Tea
Party), died 1852.
Robert Lash, probably because wife Johanna
buried here (1114).
Amariah Learned
Joseph Lee (Cpt.), 28,
Mason, died 1831.
Nathaniel Lee (Cpt.)
Amos Lincoln (Lt.
Col.), Tomb 7 (1805) Old Burial Ground (697), 20, Bunker
Hill,
married 2 daughters of Paul Revere, MCMA, Mason, died 1829.
John
Locke (Sgt.)
Matthew Loring, possibly Tomb 88; Loring Family
Tomb, 1806; 23, died 1829.
Joseph Lovering, 15, MCMA, died 1848.
Joseph Ludden (Sgt.)
David Lyon
Thomas Machin (Cpt.),
29, Bunker Hill, Mason, died 1816.
Ebenezer MacIntosh, 36, early
revolutionary, died 1812.
Peter McIntosh
Archibald MacNeil,
23, died 1840.
John Marston (Bombadier), J. B. Marston Tomb,
1810,131)
Martin, probably Wm. P., MCMA.
Thompson Maxwell
(LT.), 31, Concord, Bunker Hill, died 1835.
John May (Col.), 25,
died 1812.
Mead, probably John, probably Copp's Hill Tomb 22 New
Ground, MCMA.
Henry Mellius
Thomas Melville (Maj.), 22,
early revolutionary, Mason, MCMA, died 1832.
Aaron John Miller
(Dr.)
James Mills
William Molineaux, 57, early
revolutionary, died 1774.
Francis Moore
Thomas Moore, 20,
died 1813.
Anthony Morse (LT.)
Joseph Mountfort (LT.), 23,
MCMA, died 1838.
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Eliphalet Newell, 38, artillery officer, Mason.
Joseph
Nicholls (Cpt.)
Samuel Nowell
Joseph Pearse Palmer (Major),
Mason, died 1788.
Jonathan Parker of Roxbury,
Mass.
Joseph Payson, 30.
Samuel Peck, early revolutionary,
Mason.
John Peters, 41, Lexington, Bunker Hill, died 1832.
William Pierce, 29, barber, MCMA, died 1840.
Isaac Pitman
(Cpt.)
Lendall Pitts, 26, early revolutionary, MCMA, died 1787.
Samuel Pitts, 28, also early revolutionary.
Thomas Porter,
died 1800.
Henry Prentiss (Cpt.), 24, MCMA, Mason, died 1821.
Nathaniel Prentiss, probably 1626 (N. S. Prentiss).
Rev.
John Prince, 22, Mason, died 1836,later said he was a witness and
not a Tea Party participant.
Edward Procter (Col.), 40, early
revolutionary, Mason, died 1811.
Henry Purkitt (Col.), 18, MCMA,
Mason, died 1846.
Seth Putnam
John Randall
Joseph Reed
(Cpt.)
Paul Revere (Col.), 38, early revolutionary, MCMA
founder, Mason, died 1818.
Benjamin Rice (Cpt.)
Jonathan
Dorby Robins
Joseph Roby
John Russell, MCMA, Mason, died
1778.
William Russell (Sgt.-Maj.), 25, Mason, died 1784.
John Sawtelle
George Sayward
Edmund
Sears (Cpt.)
Robert Sessions (LT.), 21, died 1836.
Joseph
Shed, 41, died 1812.
Benjamin Simpson, soldier, died 1849.
Peter Slater, Jr. (Cpt.), 14, died 1831.
Samuel Sloper
Ephriam Smith
Josiah Snelling, Tomb 31 (1803)(xiv,1681),
MCMA, died 1873.
Thomas Spear, died 1789.
Samuel Sprague
(Sgt.),19, MCMA, died 1844.
John Spurr (Maj.), 25, died 1822.
James Starr, 32, died 1831.
Phineas Stearns (Cpt.)32,
Lexington, Dorchester Hts., died 1798.
Was one of the Boston Tea Party and a Captain of a
company
in Dorchester Heights when the British evacutated Boston. He
died in 1798
Ebeneezer Stevens (Gen.), 22, Revolution + War of 1812, died
1823.
James Stoddard
Elisha Story (Dr.), 30, Lexington,
Bunker Hill, died 1805.
James Swan (Col.), 19, Bunker Hill,
Mason, died 1831.
Abraham Tower (Sgt.)
Bartholomew Trow
(Cpt.)
John Truman, xvi, Tomb 118 Old Ground.
Benjamin
Tucker Jr.
Thomas Urann (Cpt.), Mason, died 1791.
James
Watson (Cpt.)
Henry Wells (Cpt.), Mason.
Thomas Wells,
probably Tomb 18, 26, Tea Party evidence at Old South Meeting
House, died 1810.
Josiah Wheeler (Cpt.), 30, Dorchester
Hts., died 1817.
John Whitehead (LT.)
David Williams
Isaac Williams
Jeremiah Williams
Thomas Williams (Sgt.),
19, Lexington, died 1817.
Nathaniel Willis, 18, MCMA, died 1831.
Joshua Wyeth, 16, Revolutionary soldier, died after 1827.
Thomas Young (Dr.), 41, early revolutionary, Army svc., died
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NOTE: Introductory information was taken from discussions 2 October,
1998,
with Albert F. Young of Oak Park, IL, senior research fellow at
The Newberry
Library, Chicago, and author of the upcoming books, The
Shoemaker and the Tea Party and
Masquerade: The Adventures of Deborah
Sampson Gannett in the American Revolution.
Transcribed by Janice
Farnsworth
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