The Fessendens of Lexington, MA: Minutemen, Wheelwrights, and Witness to the First Shot Fired
Patriots Day has once again come and gone, and still while I live within a few miles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, I have yet to attend the reenactments and festivities that take place. Maybe next year. I have every reason to attend - not only due to the proximity of the historic sites - but given that my ancestor and four times great grandfather Nathan Fessenden was enrolled in Captain Parker's Company of Minutemen and was at the Battle of Lexington in 1775. On one of my off season jaunts to Lexington, I visited the Old Burying Ground in the town center and came across several graves of ancestors, including those for Thomas and Hannah Fessenden -- my five times great grandparents. [1] Memento mori Memento mori Here lies the remains Here lies the