Thomas Moore

(1753 – August 13, 1813) 

Aside from serving as keepers of Boston Wharf with his father, little is known of the life of Thomas Moore.   

According to Boston Tea Party historian Francis S. Drake in his 1884 book Tea Leaves, Benjamin Russell recalled seeing his father, John Russell, with Thomas Moore darkening their faces on the evening of December 16, 1773. Sarah Gammell, daughter of Boston Tea Party participant John Gammell, named Moore as a participant in a letter she wrote in the 1860s. These sources provide evidence that Moore was present at Griffin’s Wharf during the Boston Tea Party.  

Thomas Moore died in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 13, 1813, and is buried in the Granary Burying Ground.