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Feb 23, 2017 · Christopher Seider, the son of poor German immigrants, was 11 years of age on the day a customs informant shot and killed him during a non-importation riot. He wandered by Ebenezer Richardson’s home in the North End as a radical mob began pelting Richardson’s home with rocks and excrement.
Pelted by stones, Richardson fled into his home, and when the crowd attempted to follow, Richardson fired a gun into the midst of his assailants, killing ten-and-a-half-year-old Christopher Seider. At Seider’s funeral, the procession extended from the Town House to the Liberty Tree, reportedly one of the largest ever seen in America.
Christopher Seider (or Snider) (1758 – February 22, 1770) was a boy who is considered to be the first American killed in the American Revolution. He was 11 years old when he was shot and killed by customs officer Ebenezer Richardson in Boston on February 22, 1770.
Feb 8, 2020 · The Life and Death of Christopher Seider. The younger boy hit by “Swan shot” from Ebenezer Richardson ’s musket on 22 Feb 1770 was named Christopher Seider (although that last name also showed up as Snider and in other forms). Christopher’s story starts with an effort to settle Maine.
The shot injured teenager Samuel Gore, but it killed 11-year-old Christopher Seider, the blast striking him in the chest. The news raced through the city, with newspapers halting their presses to include accounts of the shooting.
Christopher Seider’s tragic death is sometimes called the first bloodshed of the American Revolution. Looking at the young boy before the tragic event we are given a picture of a typical young boy from a poor family, working as a servant and spending his free time reading stories about military heroes.
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Feb 23, 2021 · Join Bob Allison (Suffolk University), Jonathan Lane (Revolution 250) in conversation with J.L. Bell (Boston 1775) as we discuss the life and death of Christopher Seider, an 11 year old killed...
