<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> between November 23, 1776 and December 26, 1777 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Surgeon, Express courier </Td> </Tr> <P> Samuel Prescott (August 19, 1751--c. 1777) was a Massachusetts Patriot during the American Revolutionary War . He is best remembered for his role in Paul Revere's "midnight ride" to warn the townspeople of Concord of the impending British army move to capture guns and gunpowder kept there at the beginning of the American Revolution . He was the only participant in the ride to reach Concord . </P> <P> Dr. Samuel Prescott was born August 19, 1751 . He lived in colonial Concord, Massachusetts, among his large extended family . (His uncle was Jonathan Prescott .) Much of this history was probably passed on to the family by his grand uncle Samuel Prescott, who knew many of the early Prescotts, and was even old enough to remember the first ancestor of the Concord branch of the family, John Prescott, founder of Lancaster, Massachusetts . Indeed, the Prescotts and their extended family played an important and often heroic role in colonial history . These include settling Concord, fighting in colonial wars, and negotiating for the ransom of Mary Rowlandson . </P>

Who warned concord that the british were coming