Lemuel Trescott

(March 23, 1750 – August 10, 1826) 

A carpenter by trade, Lemuel Trescott resided in Boston during the tea crisis of 1773. During the Revolutionary War, Trescott served several roles within the Continental Army.        

He first enlisted in May 1775 and likely participated in the Siege of Boston. In 1778, he was promoted to the rank of Major by General George Washington and served until 1783. 

After the war, Trescott and fellow Boston Tea Party participant John Crane ventured to Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine, to establish a lumber business. Although the business proved unsuccessful, Trescott’s legacy lives on in a 1785 settlement named for him and incorporated in 1827. 

Two historians mentioned Trescott’s participation in the Boston Tea Party, first by Francis S. Drake, who provided Trescott’s name in his 1884 book Tea Leaves. Dr. Benjamin Carp also mentioned Trescott’s involvement in his book Defiance of the Patriots, published in 2010.  

Lemuel Trescott died on August 10, 1826, in Lubec, Maine, and is buried in Major Trescott Cemetery