George Robert Twelves Hewes

1742 - 1840  (98 years)

• Name	George Robert Twelves Hewes
  Birth	25 Aug 1742	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Nov 1840	Richfield Springs, Otsego, New York
  Burial	Grand Army of the Republic plot, Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs, Otsego, New York
  Person ID	I57371	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	George Hewes,   b. 13 Aug 1701, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 3 Jul 1749 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Abigail Sever,   b. 1711, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 1755, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1728	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F26056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah "Sally" Sumner,   b. 1750, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 1828, Richfield Springs, Otsego, New York (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1768	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth "Betsey" Hewes,   b. 3 Feb 1773, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 23 Jul 1837, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F5994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Aug 1742 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Marriage - 17 Jan 1768 - 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  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742-1840) "The Centenarian," painted 1835 by Joseph Cole

  
  

• 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.