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The most complete List of the Gaspee
Raiders.
The Rhode Island men that captured and destroyed the English
Navy ship Gaspee: The Gaspee Raiders.
Their identities
were deliberately concealed
from
1772 to 1781, and then their names were forgotten for two centuries.
This century, we have identified triple the number of
names of men above the number identified by historians during the last two centuries.
Plus,
this list gives you the links to facts about each of
the Gaspee Raiders. There
were over 100 attackers, so our Joseph Bucklin Society research continues. Further, a separate research effort of the Joseph Bucklin
Society is to identify more of the various family, social, church, government, and business
relationships among the raiders. It was those
family, social, church, government, and business connections that firmly supported the conspiracy
to hide the identities, from
friend and foe alike, through almost 20 years!
Raiders A -
G
See Qualifications to be Listed |
Raiders H -
Q
See Qualifications to be Listed |
 Raiders R -
Z
See Qualifications to be Listed
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| Allen,
Paul. Only one writer has named Allen as a raider.
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Hammond, Benjamin, was named in a history prepared for a reputable
Rhode Island organization, but we have nothing more to connect him
as a Raider.
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Richmond, of
Providence.
Named by the English admiral as a leader of the attack.
This was probably Barzillia Richmond, who with the known leaders from
Providence, joined in the conspiracy to discredit Briggs. We name him
because his involvement may also have been as a member of the attacking
raiders. |
| "Left open for further thought and
research." [See explanatory note at end of
this web page.] |
Harris, Joseph.,
was 20 years old at the time of the attack, and
later was a ship captain. |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
| Bowen, Ephraim
Author of the first American written account of the raid. |
Hopkins, John B., Capt.,
a ship captain placed in charge of one of the attacking longboats, he
was in charge of one wing of the line of attacking longboats. |
Salisbury, Nathan,
possibly from Bristol, in Potter's boat, or possibly from Cranston, in a
boat from Providence.
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| Briggs, Aaron
slave impressed by Potter to row a boat |
Jacobs, Justin. |
Sheldon,
Christopher. A family tradition places him as one of
the
raiders. |
| Brown, Abial.
We think it likely
that the Abial Brown family tradition is right. |
Jencks, Joseph |
Sheppard, Capt.,
a ship captain placed in charge of one of the attacking longboats. |
| Brown. John ,
Perhaps the most wealthy man in Providence, because of his aggressive
merchant adventures. He was the sheriff of Bristol County. He planned and
organized the attack on the Gaspee. |
Kilton,
John L Natalie Robinson lists him as a Providence resident who was a
raider, but says her evidence is a "dubious source". |
Smith, James |
| Brown, Joseph
is listed because of two accusers at the time. Joseph was a bother of John Brown. Joseph was the social and political
leader of Providence, and perhaps was along on the raid. |
Kinnicut, Hezekiah,
one of the persons identified in the Ormsbee pension
application. |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
| "Left open for further thought and
research." |
Luther, Abner |
Smith, Turpin one of the youthful companions of Bowen. Like
Page, Smith later became a prominent ship master |
"Left open for further thought and
research."
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"Left open for further thought and
research." |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
| Bucklin,
Joseph shot the English Navy captain, and was one of
the youthful companions of Bowen |
Mawney, John
doctor who attended the wounded Lt. Dudingston, and one of the youthful
companions of Bowen |
Sutton, Robert His grandson claimed that Robert Sutton was a
Gaspee raider. |
| "Left open for further thought and
research." |
Olney, Simeon.
Providence resident, age 18, son of the best known
Innkeeper in town. |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
| Dunn, Samuel, Capt.,
a ship captain placed in charge of one of the attacking longboats. |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
Swan,
Thomas, Capt A sea captain from Bristol, whose name is associated with
a poem written immediately after the attack, describing the attack, sung
to a tune of the day, and published after the Revolution. |
Easterbrooks, Abel
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Olney, Simeon H. He and his siblings intermarried with the
Browns. |
Sylvester, Amos |
| Easterbrooks, Nathaniel |
Ormsbee, Ezra.
In a whale boat
from Warren. |
Tillinghast, Joseph, Capt.,
a ship captain placed in charge of the largest longboat. Prominent family in society of
Providence. |
| Godfrey, Caleb, Capt. |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
"Left open for further thought and
research."
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| Godfrey, Samuel, Capt. |
Page, Benjamin. One of the youthful companions of Ephraim
Bowen. Like Turpin Smith, Benjamin Page went on after the Revolutionary
War to become a well-known ship captain |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
| Green,
Rufus, Capt. At an earlier date, his ship Fortune had been seized
for smuggling, by Lt.
Dudingston. |
Potter, Simeon,
Capt. . With a history as a privateer who made a
fortune, he captained the longboat from Bristol |
Whipple, Abraham, Capt.,
a ship captain , he was in charge of one of the attacking longboats
and also was in charge of the entire fleet of
longboats. |
| Greenwood, John, Capt. |
"Left
open for further thought and research." |
"Left open for further thought and
research." |
"Left open for further thought and research." That
phrase is one that Dr. William Worrall Mayo, father of the sons that
started the famous Mayo Clinic, often used to end items in his journal
in which he described a particular case of interest in which he intended
to further involve himself. We
think that is an apt phrase to use in our research on the persons in the
American boats that attacked the English Navy ship Gaspee. The Joseph Bucklin
Society will always be engaged in history research on the Gaspee Affair. Our list of the Gaspee Raiders will always be
"Left open for further thought and research."
Citation to materials on this site. Suggested
citation to materials viewed on this "Raiders" potion of this website:
Leonard H. Bucklin, "The Gaspee Raiders", Sun
Lakes, AZ. Published online
by the Joseph Bucklin Society.
Accessed on [ _insert your date of viewing this site_ ] at [_insert
the full and exact URL of the page you viewed].
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one of the Gaspee Scholars, and he acknowledges he received the benefit
of the research and thinking of each of them. The Gaspee Scholars is an
informal group of persons exchanging ideas and information for the
purpose of furthering scholarly research about the causes and events of
Gaspee Affair, those involved in the background, the attack itself, and
the historical consequences and responses to the attack on the Gaspee.
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