Abel Prescott

April 12, 1749 (age 26)

Concord, Massachusetts , United States

Abel rode south to warn the towns of Sudbury and Framingham. He was fired on by British soldiers as he was returning from the neighboring town, whither he had been to apprise the people of the approach of the "regulars" (so called), and slightly wounded in his side, but succeeded in making his escape by secreting himself in the house of a Mistress Heywood. He died from dysentery on the third of the following September 1775, at 26 years, 5 months, and 9 days of age." The rapid warning of Revere, Dawes, and Samuel and Abel Prescott alerted the Minutemen of this region in time for them to engage the British Army at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

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Abel Prescott, Junior. was born in Concord, Massachusetts and was the fourth child of father Abel Prescott and Abigail (Brigham) Prescott.

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Abel rode south to warn the towns of Sudbury and Framingham. He was fired on by British soldiers as he was returning from the neighboring town, whither he had been to apprise the people of the approach of the "regulars" (so called), and slightly wounded in his side, but succeeded in making his escape by secreting himself in the house of a Mistress Heywood. He died from dysentery on the third of the following September

1775, at 26 years, 5 months, and 9 days of age."

The rapid warning of Revere, Dawes, and Samuel and Abel Prescott alerted the Minutemen of this region in time for them to engage the British Army at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

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