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John Lovewell
Born
October 14, 1691 Dunstable, Province of New Hampshire
Died
May 9, 1725 (aged 33) Pequawket, Massachusetts Bay (present day Fryeburg, Maine)
Allegiance
New England Colonies
Service/branch
New Hampshire Militia
Rank
Captain
Battles/wars
Dummer's War
Lovewell’s Raids
Battle of Pequawket †
Spouse(s)
Hannah Lovewell Smith
Children
Jonathan Lovewell; Lieut. John Lovewell; Hannah Baker; Col. Nehemiah Lovewell
Signature
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Father Rale's War
Winnepang
1st Northeast Coast
Annapolis Royal
2nd Northeast Coast
Norridgewock
Lovewell's raids
Pequawket
John Lovewell (October 14, 1691 – May 9, 1725) was a militia captain in the 18th century who fought during Father Rale's War (also known as Dummer's War or Lovewell's War). He lived in present-day Nashua, New Hampshire. He led three expeditions against the Abenaki Indians.[1] Lovewell became one of the most famous rangers of the 18th century.[2]
Although the outcome was a draw, Lovewell's Fight in May 1725 marked the end of hostilities between the English and the Abenakis of Maine. This conflict was a turning point. So important was it to western Maine, New Hampshire and even Massachusetts colonists that the Fight was celebrated in song and story; more than 100 years later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau all wrote about Lovewell's Fight.[3]
^Grenier 2003, p. 38.
^Grenier 2003, p. 50.
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