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| Samuel Prescott |
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| Born: 19/Aug/1751 |
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| Died in a prison in Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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FATHER
Abel Presoctt
MOTHER
Abigail Brigham
From the Prescott Memorial
"On his return from Lexington, in the night previous to the 19th of April, 1775,
where he had spent the evening in paying his addresses to the daughter of a Mr.
Mulliken, he soon overtook Paul Revere and Wm. Dawes on their way to Concord to
alarm the people and apprise them of the intended expedition of the British
soldiers upon Concord. When the three had arrived near Harwell's tavern in the
lower bounds of Lincoln, they were attacked by four British officers of a
scouting party sent out the preceding evening. Revere and Dawes were taken
prisoners, Prescott was also attacked and had the reins of his horse's bridle
cut, but he succeeded in making his escape by jumping his horse over the wall;
and taking a circuitous route through Lincoln, he pushed on with the utmost
speed to Concord, and gave the alarm of the approach of the British. He was
subsequently taken prisoner on board of a privateer, and carried into Halifax,
Nova Scotia, where he died in prison."
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