Ancestry of Rev.
William Greenleaf Eliot

Founder, Washington Univ - St Louis

Thomas Dawes

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• • Great-grandfather of William Greenleaf Eliot — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Dawes 
  • Mother:
  • Elisabeth Underwood   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Aug 1731 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 8 Aug 1731 
  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Jan 1809 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Blake
  • Marriage Date:
  • Jul 1752 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Thomas Dawes (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • After the deaths of both Governor Increase Sumner and Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill, the Governor's Council, headed by Thomas Dawes, served as the executive for ten days. At no point was Thomas Dawes named governor or acting governor as is often claimed.

• Sources for Thomas Dawes

  • ¹ Boston, MA: Births 1700-1800, p. 202, Birth record for Thomas Dawes.
  • ² Boston, MA: Births 1700-1800, p. 291, Birth record for son Thomas Dawes.
  • ³ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), p. 6619, Record for the family of son Thomas Dawes.
  • ⁴ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), p. 6615, Record for family of Thomas Dawes.
  • ⁵ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), p. 6615, Record for family of father Thomas Dawes.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Death record for son Thomas Dawes.
  • ⁷ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Death record for spouse Hannah Dawes.
  • ⁸ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1924, Vol. 78, p. 315, Death record for Thomas Dawes.
  • ⁹ Holland, Henry W., William Dawes and His Ride with Paul Revere: An Essay Read Before the New England Historic Genealogical Society . . ., Boston: John Wilson and Son (1878), 59-67.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Thomas Dawes", (accessed 03/27/2021).