Gershom Collier Boston Tea Party Participant

(April 31, 1738 – November 2, 1822)

Gershom Collier was a 35-year-old cordwainer from Scituate, Massachusetts, when he participated in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773.

He lived in Scituate most of his life, until he and his family eventually moved to Northport, Waldo County, Maine, in 1800. Gershom Collier died on November 2, 1822. He is buried in the private Collier family cemetery, which is part of a wild blueberry barren today, in Northport, Maine.

Spouse:
Abigail Nash (1753 – November 22, 1831)

Children:

Rowland Collier (April 16, 1784 – July 3, 1851)
John Collier (1787 – October 6, 1871)
Infant Collier (Died 1794)

Rowland Collier (April 16, 1784 – July 3, 1851)
Infant Collier (Died 1794)

John Collier (1787 – October 6, 1871)

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