William Dawes
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 225 years ago |
Date of birth | April 6,1745 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Boston |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 25,1799 |
Died | Marlborough |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Place of burial | King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |
Spouse | Mehitable May |
Lydia Gendall | |
Children | Lucretia Dawes |
Hannah Dawes Newcomb | |
Mehetabel May Dawes Goddard | |
William Mears Dawes | |
Parents | Lydia Dawes |
William Dawes Sr. | |
Job | Army officer |
Tanner | |
Grandchildren | Henry Dawes |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 476173 |
William Dawes Life story
William Dawes Jr. was an American soldier, and was one of several men who, in April 1775, alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution.