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Discover Your Connection to Revolutionary Boston

In partnership with the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, we are pleased to introduce the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program. Our mission is to foster interest in genealogical connections to participants in the Boston Tea Party, their families, and those involved in the making of colonial rebellion in Boston. As the program grows, the Boston Tea Party Descendants database will become an indispensable resource, bringing new personal and cultural context to an iconic historic event.

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Boston Tea Party Descendants | December 16th, 1773

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Who is Eligible?

The Boston Tea Party Descendants Program is open to applications for the following membership tiers:

  • Lineage Member: Includes any documented descendants from the following groups: Boston Tea Party Participants, Loyal Nine, Boston Sons of Liberty, North End Caucus, St. Andrew’s Lodge, Ship guard volunteers, or Signers of November 1773 petitions to town selectmen.
  • Eyewitness to History: Includes any documented descendants from inhabitants of Boston in 1773, or any eyewitnesses to the Boston Tea Party.
  • Co-conspirator: Researchers, educators, or members of the general public who wish to support the program.
Illustration: Boston Tea Party

Membership Benefits

Lineage Member

This tier is open to anyone who is a descendant with documented lineage to any of the following groups: Boston Tea Party Participants, Loyal Nine, Boston Sons of Liberty, North End Caucus, St. Andrew’s Lodge, Ship guard volunteers, or Signers of November 1773 petitions to town selectmen.

Cost: $400 application fee, plus $125 annually for members

Includes:

  • Access to genealogical resources via the Boston Tea Party Descendant website
  • Vetted lineage information from American Ancestors
  • Coupon code to sign up for membership to American Ancestors (Learn More)
  • Complimentary copy of Defiance of the Patriots by Benjamin Carp
  • Complimentary packet of 5 teas in Robinson Tea Chest
  • 15% discount to the museum, gift shop, and tea room at Boston Tea Party Ships & Museums
  • 15% discount on merchandise specific to descendants program
  • Decorative Membership Certificate and wallet card (used for in-person discounts)
  • Commemorative pin
  • Access to webinars, members-only events, other public events, quarterly newsletters, and special content throughout the year.
Eyewitness to History

This tier is open to anyone who is a descendant with documented lineage to inhabitants of Boston in 1773 or any eyewitnesses to the Boston Tea Party.

Cost: $400 application fee, plus $100 annually for members

Includes:

  • Access to genealogical resources via the Boston Tea Party Descendant website
  • Vetted lineage information from American Ancestors
  • Coupon code to sign up for membership to American Ancestors (Learn More)
  • 10% discount to the museum, gift shop, and tea room at Boston Tea Party Ships & Museums
  • 10% discount on merchandise specific to descendants program
  • Decorative Membership Certificate and wallet card (used for in-person discounts)
  • Commemorative pin
  • Access to webinars, members-only events, other public events, quarterly newsletters, and special content throughout the year.
Co-conspirator

This tier is open to any researchers, educators, or members of the general public who would like to support the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program and access the following resources.

Cost: $75 annually for members

Includes:

  • Access to genealogical resources via the Boston Tea Party Descendant website
  • 10% discount to the museum, gift shop, and tea room at Boston Tea Party Ships & Museums
  • 10% discount on merchandise specific to descendants program
  • Decorative Membership Certificate and wallet card (used for in-person discounts)
  • Commemorative pin
  • Access to webinars, members-only events, other public events, quarterly newsletters, and special content throughout the year.

 

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor Library of Congress
Dates of event
April 20, 2023

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