Ancestry of
Charles Dawes

30th U.S. Vice-President

William Dawes Jr.

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Charles Dawes — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • William Dawes 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Boone   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Apr 1745 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Feb 1799 
  • Death Location:
  • Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mehitable May
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 May 1768 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  William Mears Dawes (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Dawes, Paul Revere, and Samuel Prescott were among the midnight riders who warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the approaching British. Paul Revere would receive most of the credit for these midnight rides due to the historically inaccurate poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

• Additional marriages for William Dawes Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Lydia Gendell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Nov 1795
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

• Sources for William Dawes Jr.

  • ¹ Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Cuneo Press (1931), Vol. 1, pp. 10, 37-46, 423.
  • ² Wikipedia, "William Dawes", (accessed 03/28/2021).