Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor

male, 54 years old
from Maine, the new republic, Colby College alumni, fellow, borderland, college of william and mary…AmericanColonies, American, american history, american revolution
Alan Taylor (born 1955) is an historian specializing in early American history. He is the author of a number of books about Colonial America, the...
Sam Houston

Sam Houston

male, deceased (1863)
Houston, texan, Governor of Tennessee, governor of texas, the republic of texas, cherokee…american civil war, American, AmericanColonies
Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793-July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Born in Virginia, Houston was a key...
Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

male, deceased (1797)
African-English, Nigerian American, caribbean, north pole, abolitionist, eighteenth century…Thirteen Colonies, AmericanColonies, African American
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 - 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the...
William Dawes

William Dawes

male, deceased (1799)
Congregationalist, From Boston, battle of lexington and concord, american revolution, tanner, American…militiaman in the American Revolution, AmericanColonies
William Dawes, Jr. (April 5, 1745 - February 25, 1799) was one of the three men who alerted colonial minutemen of the approach of British army...
John Woolman

John Woolman

male, deceased (1772)
quaker minister, American, tax resister, conscription, slavery, abolitionist…Thirteen Colonies, AmericanColonies
John Woolman (October 19, 1720 - October 7, 1772) was an itinerant Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the American colonies, advocating against...
Deborah Sampson

Deborah Sampson

female, deceased (1827)
Women in the American Revolution, British, Continental Army soldier, Kingdom of Great Britain, from Plymouth County, Massachusetts, wartime crossdresser…AmericanColonies
Deborah Sampson Gannett (December 17, 1760 - April 29, 1827) was the first known American woman to impersonate a man in order to join the army and...
Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

male, deceased (1825)
Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, American urban planner, Military engineer, French, Continental Army officer, revolutionary war…american revolution, French American, American, Thirteen Colonies, AmericanColonies
Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant (2 August 1754, Paris, France - 14 June 1825, Prince George's County, Maryland) was a French-born American...

Thomas Bond

male, deceased (1784)
quaker, from Maryland, AmericanColonies, surgeon, physician, American…Thirteen Colonies, american philosophical society, founder of the American Philosophical Society
Thomas Bond was an American physician and surgeon. In 1751 he co-founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first medical facility in the American...
Richard Worley

Richard Worley

male, deceased (1719)
east coast, pirate, skull and crossbones, caribbean sea, English, AmericanColonies…Thirteen Colonies
Richard Worley (d. February 17, 1719) was an English pirate who was active in the Caribbean Sea and the east coast of the American colonies during...
Ann Smith Franklin

Ann Smith Franklin

female, deceased (1763)
Rhode Island colonial, American, mercury, currency, Printer, almanac…American colonial, AmericanColonies
Ann Smith Franklin (1696-1763) was an American colonial printer. She inherited the business from her husband, James Franklin, half-brother of...