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About Dr. Abel Prescott, II
Dr. Abel Prescott, II "was an unknown Revolutionary War Patriot! He was the younger brother of Dr. Samuel Prescott, M.D., who rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Concord, Massachusetts that the British were coming. Concord was the location that the militia kept their arms and supply hidden from the British. After Samuel Prescott made it to Concord, he told his brother Abel. Abel then rode south to warn the towns of Sudbury, Natick, and Framingham. He was fired upon by the British and was wounded in his side. He managed to escape to the home of Mrs. Heywood. He died of dysentery in September 1775."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73435030/abel-prescott
"Concord's young Doctor Abel Prescott Jr. who carried the alarm to Sudbury and Framingham, lived only a few months after the battle. As he rode home from Sudbury he ran into the British guard at Concord's South Bridge and was shot. The wound did not heal properly and he died in August 1775, of dysentery it was said."
Paul Revere's ride by Fischer, David Hackett, [1935-]; Revere, Paul, [1735-1818], Published 1994, page 287
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Prescott_Jr.
Abel Prescott, Jr. (April 12, 1749 – September 3, 1775) was one of the Americans who rode to warn that the British soldiers were coming to Concord, Massachusetts on the eve of the American Revolution. His brother Samuel Prescott was also an American patriot.
Abel Prescott, Jr. was born in Concord, Massachusetts and was the fourth child of father Dr. Abel Prescott and Abigail (Brigham) Prescott. He never married and died at the age of 26 years, 5 months and 3 days.
His brother Samuel Prescott who had joined Paul Revere and William Dawes later was the only one of the three to actually make it to Concord. 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 Mrs. Heywood. He died from dysentery on the third of the following Sept. 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 Battle of Lexington and Concord.
He, his brother Samuel, and father were all medical doctors.
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Dr. Abel Prescott, II's Timeline
| 1749 |
April 12, 1749
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Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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| 1775 |
September 3, 1775
Age 26
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Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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