David Thomas

male, deceased (1831)
David Thomas (June 11, 1762 - November 27, 1831) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Pelham, Massachusetts, he completed...
John Harvard

John Harvard

male, deceased (1638)
John Harvard (November 26, 1607 - September 14, 1638), despite having spent less than eighteen months of his life in Massachusetts, is known in the...
Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson

male, deceased (1748)
Charles Johnson was an English playwright, tavern keeper, and enemy of Alexander Pope's. He was a dedicated Whig who allied himself with the Duke...

Tyler

male
Tyler (or Tiler) is the name of the office of "outer guard" of a Masonic Lodge. Early speculative Masonic lodges met in rooms in taverns and other...
Steve Brodie

Steve Brodie

male, deceased (1901)
Steve Brodie was an American bookmaker from Brooklyn who claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived on July 23, 1886. The...
Judith Shakespeare

Judith Shakespeare

female, deceased (1662)
Judith Quiney, also known as Judith Shakespeare, was William Shakespeare's daughter, and twin sister to Hamnet Shakespeare. She was raised in...

Raffaele Esposito

male
Raffaele Esposito was the Italian owner of a tavern called Pizzeria di Pietro e Basta Cosi in the Nineteenth Century. It is suggested by some that...

Isaac Wyman

male, deceased (1792)
Isaac Wyman (1724-1792) was born January 18, 1724 in Woburn, Massachusetts to Joshua Wyman and his wife Mary Pollard. In 1747 he married Sarah...
Charles Callender

Charles Callender

male
Charles Callender was the owner of blackface minstrel troupes that featured African American performers. Although a tavern owner by trade, he...
John Reister

John Reister

male, deceased (1804)
John Reister (1715-1804) was a German immigrant to the United States who founded the town of Reisterstown, Maryland in 1758. Born in 1715 and...