Samuel Adams – Prolific polemicist of the Revolution, he was a key leader of anti-British Massachusetts radicals, founder of Secret Committees of Correspondence, delegate to Continental Congress (1774–81), signer of Declaration of Independence, and governor of Massachusetts (1794–97). Died, October 2, 1803.

Ethan Allen – Explorer, farmer, firebrand who served in the French and Indian War and American Revolution. He attained the rank of colonel in the Continental Army, advocated Vermont becoming an independent colony, state, country, and even part of Canada. Allen was held as POW in England after a failed attempt to capture Montreal in 1775. Died, February 12, 1789.

Benedict Arnold – Promoted to Brigadier General after Quebec disaster, had serial victories over British at Valcour Island, NY (October, 1776), Danbury, CT (April, 1777), Fort Stanwix, NY (August, 1777), and Saratoga, NY, where he was with Morgan and wounded again (September 19–October 7, 1777). Promoted to Major Gen. and given command of forces defending Philadelphia (June, 1778). Initiated intrigues with British to defect (May 9, 1779) and did so (September 24, 1779). Treason compounded by heinous crime of leading British troops killing hundreds of Americans in Virginia (December, 1780–May 20, 1781) and Connecticut (September, 1781). Died, June 14, 1801.

Timothy Bigelow – Ardent Patriot and initially a farrier. He was a delegate to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, member of Sam Adams’s Secret Committee of Correspondence. Bigelow was a major in Massachusetts Militia at Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775), captured at Quebec, New Year’s Eve (1775), POW in Canada, and paroled in a prisoner exchange along with Morgan. He was promoted to colonel, Continental Line (February 8, 1777), and was Commanding Officer of 15th Massachusetts at Saratoga (October 7, 1777). He served with Washington at Valley Forge (1777–78), West Point, Monmouth, NJ (June 28, 1778), and Yorktown, VA (October 19, 1781). After the war, Officer in Charge, Springfield Arsenal, Massachusetts. Died, March 31, 1790.

Aaron Burr – After Quebec, briefly served on Washington’s staff, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel (January 4, 1777), spent winter at Valley Forge (1777–78), commanded a brigade at battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778), and was critical of Washington after battle. Burr resigned from the army (March 3, 1779), opened New York law office with Alexander Hamilton (1783), appointed New York Attorney General (1789), elected to U.S. Senate (1791), ran unsuccessfully for President (1796), elected Vice President (1800), and mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel (July 11, 1804). Died, September 14, 1836.

Reuben Colburn – After the Arnold Expedition reached Pointe Lévis across from Quebec, Colburn and his crew of boat builders returned to Maine. He continued to build boats and support the American Revolution throughout the war. He was later a delegate to the unsuccessful Falmouth Convention dedicated to the statehood of Maine. He was financially ruined by the War of 1812 and died September 16, 1818.