Benjamin Burdick (1742-?)

You make your living as town watchman, but you
are a trained barber and wigmaker. Watchmen and British soldiers argue about who has the right to police the town.
Insults are often exchanged. You are at the Boston Massacre, sword in hand (your wife insists you carry it for protection).
You help remove the bodies of the dead and later testify against the soldiers at their trial. In 1771 you purchase the Green Dragon
Tavern, an important Patriot meeting place.