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General Joseph Warren, MD
1741 - 1775 (34 years)-
Name Joseph Warren Title General Suffix MD Birth 10 Jun 1741 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 
Gender Male Death 17 Jun 1775 Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Burial Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Notes - Physician, Revolutionary War General, and Early American Patriot Leader. He was the son of Joseph Warren and Mary (Stevens) Warren. Dr. Warren's father, Joseph Warren, Sr., was a respected farmer, who died while climbing a tree gathering apples in October 1755. Joseph Warren, Jr. graduated from Harvard in 1759, then studied medicine with James Lloyd, and opened his own practice in 1764. On September 6, 1764, he married Elizabeth Hooten; they would have five children: Joseph III, H.C., Richard, Elizabeth, and Mary. His beloved wife, Elizabeth, died on February 28, 1773, leaving him with five children. In the early 1770s, Dr. Warren developed a close relationship with patriots Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, and he was one of the original members of the patriotic organization, the Sons of Liberty. After the Boston Massacre in 1771, he was at every town meeting, arguing for the rights of Americans. In 1772, Dr. Warren made a speech for the second anniversary of the Boston Massacre. Warren wrote the Suffolk Resolves, which said that the citizens of Massachusetts would create a militia to protect the citizens, and, that if General Thomas Gage (then Royal Military Governor of Massachusetts) was to arrest anyone for political reasons, the citizens' militia would retaliate by seizing crown officials as hostages. The First Continental Congress approved the Suffolk Resolves, and directed the Colonies to support Massachusetts. On April 18, 1775, Warren sent Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, as well as call out the citizens' militia, that the British Army was marching from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord to seize arms and the rebels. Warren was chosen the Provincial President, and, on June 14, was chosen as the second Major General of the Massachusetts Militia. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, he led the militia, and, while rallying them during one of the British advances on the hill, he was killed instantly when a musket ball hit him in the back of the head. After the battle when the British took the hill, his body was returned to his family for burial.
Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson
Person ID I56130 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 17 Jun 2026
Father Joseph Warren, II, b. 2 Feb 1696, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 23 Oct 1755, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 59 years) Mother Mary Stevens, b. 2 Jul 1713, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 14 Jan 1803, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 89 years) Family ID F20637 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Hooten, b. 10 Jan 1746, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 27 Apr 1773, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 27 years) Marriage 20 Aug 1764 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Children 1. Elizabeth Warren, b. 1765 d. 1804 (Age 39 years) 2. Joseph Warren, IV, b. 1768 d. 1790 (Age 22 years) 3. Richard Hooten Warren, b. 1770 d. 1797 (Age 27 years) 4. Mary Warren, b. 1771 d. 1826 (Age 55 years) Family ID F20638 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jun 2026
- Physician, Revolutionary War General, and Early American Patriot Leader. He was the son of Joseph Warren and Mary (Stevens) Warren. Dr. Warren's father, Joseph Warren, Sr., was a respected farmer, who died while climbing a tree gathering apples in October 1755. Joseph Warren, Jr. graduated from Harvard in 1759, then studied medicine with James Lloyd, and opened his own practice in 1764. On September 6, 1764, he married Elizabeth Hooten; they would have five children: Joseph III, H.C., Richard, Elizabeth, and Mary. His beloved wife, Elizabeth, died on February 28, 1773, leaving him with five children. In the early 1770s, Dr. Warren developed a close relationship with patriots Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, and he was one of the original members of the patriotic organization, the Sons of Liberty. After the Boston Massacre in 1771, he was at every town meeting, arguing for the rights of Americans. In 1772, Dr. Warren made a speech for the second anniversary of the Boston Massacre. Warren wrote the Suffolk Resolves, which said that the citizens of Massachusetts would create a militia to protect the citizens, and, that if General Thomas Gage (then Royal Military Governor of Massachusetts) was to arrest anyone for political reasons, the citizens' militia would retaliate by seizing crown officials as hostages. The First Continental Congress approved the Suffolk Resolves, and directed the Colonies to support Massachusetts. On April 18, 1775, Warren sent Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, as well as call out the citizens' militia, that the British Army was marching from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord to seize arms and the rebels. Warren was chosen the Provincial President, and, on June 14, was chosen as the second Major General of the Massachusetts Militia. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, he led the militia, and, while rallying them during one of the British advances on the hill, he was killed instantly when a musket ball hit him in the back of the head. After the battle when the British took the hill, his body was returned to his family for burial.
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Birth - 10 Jun 1741 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 
Marriage - 20 Aug 1764 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 
Death - 17 Jun 1775 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 
Burial - - Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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