William Dawes

1620 - 1703  (83 years)

• Name	William Dawes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1620	Sudbury, Suffolk, England   [1, 2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	GDCR-ST8
  Immigration	7 Jun 1635	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4]
  	At age 15, came to America on Ship Planter
  Death	24 Feb 1703	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 5]
  Burial	Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  		Kings Chapel Burying Grounds (also known as Kings Chapel Burial Ground) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find a Grave: #91147
  Person ID	I21822	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Edward Dawes,   b. 4 Oct 1590, Sudbury, Suffolk, England d. 1629, Sudbury, Suffolk, England (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Foscue,   b. 1590, England d. 1628, England (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Mills,   b. 1 May 1623, Lavenham, Suffolk, England d. Jun 1687, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1641	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Jonathan Dawes,   b. 3 Nov 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Oct 1690, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Dawes,   b. Abt 1644, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age < 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Susan Dawes,   b. 17 Oct 1652, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1695, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Hannah Dawes,   b. 2 Aug 1657, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Jan 1659, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Robert Dawes,   b. 8 Mar 1655, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Mar 1705, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William Dawes, II,   b. 8 Mar 1654, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1695, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Lieutenant Ambrose Dawes,   b. 24 Jul 1642, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Nov 1705, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Sarah Dawes,   b. 1635, England d. 23 Dec 1725, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Johanna Dawes, I,   b. Abt 1650, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Abt 1656, Massachusetts, USA (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Joanna Dawes, II,   b. 2 Aug 1657, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1657, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Adrian Dawes,   b. 1650, Nottinghamshire, England d. 1672, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Abraham Charles Dawes,   b. 1650, Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England d. 1672, Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   13. Thomas Dawes,   b. 1 Nov 1680   d. 17 Mar 1750 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   14. Susanna Dawes,   c. 28 Aug 1648, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1620 - Sudbury, Suffolk, England Immigration - At age 15, came to America on Ship Planter - 7 Jun 1635 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1641 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Death - 24 Feb 1703 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-DAWES Dawes coat of arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S5685] Find a Grave: DAWES William 1620-1703, William Dawes. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98227786/william-dawes [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1620-1650; Page Number: 127. [S375] Ancestry.com, New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;). New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [S984] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2003;). [S5688] Find a Grave: MILLS Susanna Dawes 1625-1687, Susanna Mills Dawes. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98234788/susanna-dawes