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Joseph Hawes was primarily a farmer. In addition, he served in the French and Indian War 1755-1761 along with his father and his brothers. He assisted in raising the first band of Minute Men in Massachusetts, then several more bands. He was an Ensign, then Lieutenant, and participated in the battles of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and others. In 1778, Joseph helped found the town of Franklin, Massachusetts, where he was a town Selectman and Representative of the General Court 1778-1781. Joseph and his wife, Hannah Fisher, had six children.
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