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RHODE ISLAND MEN
WHO ATTACKED THE GASPEE.
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 Our list of the Gaspee Raiders includes biographical information on
the individuals in the Gaspee raiding party. It also is the place where we
discuss the inter-relations among the individuals.
 List of
probable raiders in the attacking boats
The Gaspee
Raiders. How can they be put into groups for study?
For ease in discussing individual persons in the attacking group, you
might want to consider the following sub groups of persons, such as the
following..
 | The ship captains who were the boat captains of the longboats rowed to attack
the Gaspee. There were eight boats from Providence plus one boat
that rowed all the way from Bristol, plus one boat from Bristol or its
neighbor Warren. ( Bristol was 11 miles of rowing from the attack site). |
| The
Brown brothers, four prominent merchants who included the attack leader John
Brown. |
| Persons consistently identified by all historians as Americans in the
attacking force for what they did: Joseph Bucklin,
Ephraim Bowen, and
John Mawney. Joseph Bucklin is the person from
whom this society is named. He fired the shot that struck and wounded
the English captain, and changed the character of the raid to a clear case of
treason and armed revolt from English law.. Ephirm Bowen gave the only
clear and comprehensive written account of the events of the raid itself. John
Mawney wrote another account, which is the main American source from which we can learn
what happened in the English ship's cabin when Mawney and Joseph Bucklin treated the English captain for
his wound. |
To see the full list of all the known men in the longboats attacking the
English Navy ship, with links to separate pages discussing each of those
men, go to our Raider List.
List of
probable raiders in the attacking boats
Persons
not in the boats but involved in the events before or after the attack
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