Josiah Wyeth (1758-?)

You move to Boston in 1770 to begin an apprenticeship with a belligerent blacksmith. Your
new hometown is wracked with riots and protests. You are asked to participate in the destruction of British tea in 1773 along with several other young men and boys. You fight in the Continental Army. After the war ends you move west and settle on the Ohio frontier. Most participants in the famous tea protest keep their identities secret, but you are the first to publish an account of his role.