Lawson Buckminster

Lawson Buckminster
Birthdate:	April 08, 1742
Death:	February 26, 1832 (89)
Immediate Family:	Son of Joseph Buckminster and Sarah Buckminster Husband of Mary Buckminster Father of Harriet Brewer Brother of Rev. Joseph Buckminster; Martha Curtis; Frances Brewer (Buckminster); William Buckminster; Francis Buckminster and 1 other; and Anna Williams « less Half brother of Thomas Buckminster

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Last Updated:	April 28, 2022

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Peter Salem Peter Salem was a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War, who spent two months fighting alongside his former owners at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Salem is credited with killing British Major John Pitcairn during the Battle of Bunker Hill. Peter Salem was born enslaved in Framingham, Massachusetts, on October 1, 1750. He was owned by Army Captain Jeremiah Belknap and spent most of his early life working on his owner’s farm. Early in 1775, Salem was sold to a Patriot soldier, Major Lawson Buckminster, who emancipated Salem so he could enlist in his regiment of Massachusetts Minutemen.

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1742	April 8, 1742	Birth of Lawson Buckminster
1793	October 7, 1793	Birth of Harriet Brewer
1832	February 26, 1832 Age 89	Death of Lawson Buckminster

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