Thompson Maxwell, strangely, was born in New Hampshire in 1743, and still managed to participate in the Boston Tea Party. He also fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant. He returned to Massachusetts and later migrated west and served in the War of 1812. He later died in 1835.
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