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| Daniel
Martin (c1751-1838) The Gaspee Days Committee at www.gaspee.COM is a civic-minded nonprofit organization that operates many community events in and around Pawtuxet Village, including the famous Gaspee Days Parade each June. These events are all designed to commemorate the 1772 burning of the hated British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, by Rhode Island patriots as America's 'First Blow for Freedom' TM. Our historical research center, the Gaspee Virtual Archives at www.gaspee.ORG , has presented these research notes as an attempt to gather further information on one who has been suspected of being associated with the the burning of the Gaspee. Please e-mail your comments or further questions to webmaster@gaspee.org. |
| Evidence
implicating Daniel Martin: Herald
of
the Times. (Newport, R.I.) February 22,
1838, Vol
8, No 48, Page 3, column 4 (available at LoC)
Died:
In Putney, Vermont, Mr. Daniel Martin, a
Revolutionary Pensioner, aged 86. He was born in
Providence, R. I. and was of
those daring band of Patriots that on the morning of
the 10th of
June, 1772, boarded the Gaspee schooner and
set her on fire. |
| Biographical
and
Genealogical
notes LDS records list his spouse as Bethiah Martin (1754-1843)
His
obituary cites his birthplace as Providence, RI and
his death age of 86 would calculate to a birth year of
1751, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143989332/daniel-martin Nothing else is returned in a search of LDS, Whipple, Ancestry.com, RIHistSoc and the NEHGS sites. . |
| The Gaspee Days Committee recognizes Daniel Martin as a Gaspee burner, and therefore, a true American patriot. |
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