Samuel Fenno

(July 1, 1745 – August 3, 1806) 

A housewright living on Tremont Street near Hollis Street in Boston, Massachusetts, Samuel Fenno was a neighbor to fellow Boston Tea Party participants John Crane, Joseph Lovering, and Nathaniel Bradlee.

After his participation in the “destruction of the tea,” it was rumored that he swore never to drink tea again. Fenno was noted by family members for his courage and patriotism. Beginning on April 17, 1777, Fenno served as a private for three weeks in General John Hancock’s Independent Boston militia on a march from Boston to Rhode Island and continued to serve in the American Revolutionary War through 1780. 

Samuel Fenno died in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 3, 1806. He may be buried in Boston’s Copp’s Hill Burying Ground.