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Col Thomas CRAFT

Col Thomas CRAFT

Male 1740 - 1799  (58 years)

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  • Name Thomas CRAFT 
    Prefix Col 
    Born 13 Jul 1740  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    BTPG Y 
    Memberships Freemason, Loyal Nine, Sons of Liberty 
    Noteworthy Participated in the Boston Tea Party 
    Occupation Japanner (decorative painter) 
    Military Event American Revolution - Col of an Artillery unit 
    Served American Revolution? Y 
    Military Flag Y 
    Died 14 Jan 1799  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I47440  Main
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2023 

    Father Thomas CRAFT,   b. 8 Apr 1706, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1789, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Anna WHITE,   b. 29 Jan 1711, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 31 Jan 1796, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F19661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances GORE,   b. 3 Feb 1744, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1788, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F19662  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Jul 1740 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jan 1799 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • His first act of patriotism occurred when he joined the “Loyal Nine”, a revolutionary group formed in August of 1765. The Loyal Nine originally formed to protest the Stamp Act by driving away all stamp distributors from the city. It was only four months after this association was born that it morphed into the Sons of Liberty, December of 1765. Despite being a pivotal figure in the Sons of Liberty, he was accused of being a Tory [a British loyalist] because of his hesitation to use violence in their proceedings. Ignoring the accusation, Crafts moved on to testify in the Boston Massacre trial. He was also one of the men who hung the effigy of Andrew Oliver, a distributor of stamps, on a giant elm tree at the crossing of Essex and Orange Streets; this tree was later known as the “Liberty Tree”. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S241] Misc, https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/participants-in-the-boston-tea-party.


Notes

This website uses dates from the Gregorian calendar (New Style), unless otherwise noted.

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Updated 23 Dec 2023