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{ "pid": "MT4Q-VSB", "url": "https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/phineas-stearns", "name": "Phineas Stearns", "gender": "Male", "desc": "Phineas Stearns was a farmer and blacksmith of Watertown, born February 5th, 1736. In addition to participating in the Boston Tea Party, he was a soldier at Lake George in 1756, commanded a company of militiamen at Dorchester Heights, attained the rank of Captain at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and was eventually offered a colonel’s commission, but had to decline on behalf of his wife, who had died and left five children. He later died in 1798." }