William Dawes

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The Midnight Ride of William Dawes

American Patriot, William Dawes, is notable as the other rider of The Midnight Ride in 1775. - AsNotedIn

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1745/04/06 William Dawes is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was baptized at the Old South Meetinghouse. Born Old South Meetinghouse Boston
1775/04/18 William Dawes leaves Boston via Boston Neck to warn John Hancock and Samual Adams. He began the second leg of his journey from the Church Green in Roxbury. Messenger John Eliot Square District, Roxbury Boston The Midnight Ride
1775/04/18 William Dawes passes through Dudley Square in Roxbury, turns right and climbs the hill to the Parting Stone, where he takes the right hand road to Brookline. Messenger Parting Ways Stone, Roxbury Boston The Midnight Ride
1775/04/19 William Dawes arrives at Clarke House Messenger Hancock-Clarke House Lexington, MA The Midnight Ride
1799/02/25 William Dawes died in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was believed to have been buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground, but modern research points to his resting place now being in his first wife's family plot in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain. Died Forest Hills Cemetery Boston
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