Samuel Prescott

Samuel Prescott (1751 – 1777) was a Massachusetts Patriot during the American Revolutionary War. He was on the road at 1 A.M. on April 19, 1775 after an evening with his fiancée, Miss Lydia Mulliken, when he met Paul Revere and William Dawes on their ride from Lexington to Concord and joined them to warn of British attempts to seize arms. Although he joined the ride late, he was the only one of the three men to reach Concord.

He later became a surgeon in the Continental Army and joined the crew of a New England privateer. He was captured by the Royal Navy and died in 1777 while a prisoner in Halifax.

Source

• Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer ISBN 0195088476