{{Disputed|date=May 2026|what=These citations do not provide any evidence that Sons of Neptune was the actual name of the organization that would become known as the Liberty Boys or Sons of Liberty. Sons of Neptune is known terminology for an experienced sailor and all these examples point to is it being used as pseudonym once for one of several broadsides printed in protest, and would have been intended to refer to the pseudonymous writer's profession. Other pseudonyms were used as well, such as Vox Populi. These citations do not support the same overall claim of the article. See "https://usniarchives.squarespace.com/neptune" for more on the origin of the term Sons of Neptune.}}{{short description|Dissident organization during the American Revolution}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox militant organization | name = Sons of Neptune | logo = US Sons OfLiberty 9Stripes Flag.svg | caption = The Rebellious Stripes Flag | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = Free Sons of New York and Vox Populi | leaders = John Lamb, John Morin Scott and Isaac Sears | foundation = | dates = {{Start date|1765}}–{{End date|1776}} | dissolved = | merger = | split = | predecessor = | merged = | successor = | country = | allegiance = | motives = Opposition to the Stamp Act and British taxes | area = Province of New York | headquarters = | newspaper = | ideology = Radical Patriots<br>Initial phase:<br />"No taxation without representation"<br />Rights of Englishmen | position = | crimes = Public demonstrations, boycotts, and pamphleteering | attacks = | status = Merged into Sons of Liberty and Liberty Boys | size = | revenue = | financing = | partof = Radical branch of Sons of Liberty | allies = {{Flagdeco|United States|1776}} Patriot revolutionaries | opponents = {{flagicon image|Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg}} Parliament of Great Britain<br />{{flagicon image|Red Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg}} Royal Colonial Governments<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Empire Loyalists.svg}} Tories and other Crown Loyalists | battles = | flag = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = }} {{American Revolution sidebar}} {{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War}} {{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Northern 1775}} {{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: New York City area 1778-1781}}
{{for|the English environmental campaign group|Sons of Neptune (campaign group)}} The '''Sons of Neptune''' was a group of colonial sailors directly associated with and on whom the Liberty Boys may have been based.<ref name="bed">{{cite book |last1=Bedini |first1=Silvio A. |title=At the Sign of the Compass and Quadrant: The Life and Times of Anthony Lamb |date=1984 |publisher=DIANE Publishing Inc. |isbn=978-0-87169-741-7 |pages=69–70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYpqqNzQvIQC&dq=%22Sons+of+Neptune%22+%22Isaac+Sears%22&pg=PA69 |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="afr">{{cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Andrew |title=American Revolution: People and Perspectives |date=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-703-6 |page=192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTCj-SUyf9oC&dq=%22Sons+of+Neptune%22+revolution&pg=PA192 |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> They were active before and during the American Revolution. Among those affiliated with the Sons of Neptune are John Lamb, John Morin Scott and Isaac Sears. John Lamb, John Morin Scott, and Isaac Sears also used the title ''Free Sons of New York'' and ''Vox Populi'', Latin phrase meaning "voice of the people".<ref name="uow">{{cite book |title=Bulletin: History series |date=1909 |publisher=The University of Wisconsin |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-Q8AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Sons+of+Neptune%22+%22Isaac+Sears%22&pg=PA35 |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The Sons of Neptune began to defend themselves against trade restrictions imposed by the British. They were involved in the Stamp Act Crisis, the Townsend Acts, and the New York Tea Party.<ref name="rat">{{cite book |last1=Sullivan |first1=Robert |title=Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants |date=11 December 2008 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-59691-917-4 |page=199 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ULxMW8nfPMC&dq=%22Sons+of+Neptune%22+%22Isaac+Sears%22&pg=PA199 |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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{{Authority control}} {{American Revolutionary War|state=collapsed}} {{New York in the American Revolutionary War}}
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