John Piemont (1718-1802)

You move to Boston and set up a shop on King Street. Your customers are Loyalists and Patriots alike. You employ several boys as apprentices who help run your shop. When soldiers arrive in Boston to suppress political riots, a number of British officers become
your customers. You even hire one of the soldiers to work in your shop part-time. Your apprentices get into a fight with a soldier, sparking the Boston Massacre. Later, as wigs go out of fashion, you enter the tavern-keeping business.