George Robert Twelves Hewes

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George Robert Twelves Hewes
Portrait of Hewes painted by Joseph G. Cole in 1835
Born	August 25, 1742 (1742-08-25) Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	November 5, 1840(1840-11-05) (aged 98) Richfield Springs, New York
Buried	Grand Army of the Republic cemetery, Richfield Springs, New York
Allegiance	United States of America  Massachusetts
Service/branch	Massachusetts militia  Massachusetts Navy (Privateer)
Years of service	Massachusetts militia - 1777, 1778, 1780, 1781 Privateer - 1776 (with the Diamond), 1779 (with the Defence)
Rank	Private
Spouse(s)	Sarah Hewes, Sally Sumner
Children	15
Other work	Shoemaker

George Robert Twelves Hewes (August 25, 1742 – November 5, 1840)^[1] was a participant in the political protests in Boston at the onset of the American Revolution, and one of the last survivors of the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre. Later he fought in the American Revolutionary War as a militiaman and privateer. Shortly before his death at the age of 98, Hewes was the subject of two biographies and much public commemoration.