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George Robert Twelves Hewes

George Robert Twelves Hewes
"The Centenarian," painted 1835 by Joseph Cole

BIRTH: 25 Aug 1742, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
DEATH: 5 Nov 1840, Richfield Springs, Otsego, New York
BURIAL: Grand Army of the Republic plot, Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs, Otsego, New York
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Father: George Hewes (13 Aug 1701 - 3 Jul 1749)
Mother: Abigail Sever (1711 - 1755)

Family 1: Sarah "Sally" Sumner (1750 - 1828)

MARRIAGE: 17 Jan 1768, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

+Elizabeth "Betsey" Hewes (3 Feb 1773 - 23 Jul 1837)

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Notes

!SOURCE: Email from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to Weldon Whipple, 6 Mar 2002. Cites the book "The Shoemaker and the Tea Party," which is the story of George Robert Twelve Hewes.

!SOURCE: Alfred F. Young, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution (Boston: Beacon Press, 1999), p. 15-16, 26-27, 68-70, 83.

!ACTIVITIES: Noted for his participation in the Boston Tea Party. --A.F. Young

!SOURCE: Lieutenant Joshua Hewes, a New England Pioneer, and Some of His Descendants, with Materials for a Genealogical History of Other Families of the Name, and a Sketch of Joseph Hewes, the Signer," pp. 26-36. Ebook submitted by Hugh Hudson (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 13 Nov 2010.

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