William Pepperrell

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William Pepperrell was a colonial American merchant, landowner, and military leader best known for leading New England forces to capture the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George’s War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial American ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy George II of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: King George II
birthDate 1696-06-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Kittery, Maine ⓘ
surface form: Kittery, Massachusetts Bay Colony
burialPlace Pepperrell family tomb, Kittery, Maine ⓘ
citizenship Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
commanded Siege of Louisbourg (1745) ⓘ
surface form: New England expedition against Louisbourg
deathDate 1759-07-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Kittery, Maine ⓘ
surface form: Kittery, Massachusetts Bay Colony
economicActivity Atlantic trade ⓘ
familyName Pepperrell ⓘ
father William Pepperrell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Pepperrell Sr.
givenName William ⓘ
hasTitle Sir ⓘ
knownFor leading New England forces in the capture of Louisbourg ⓘ
role in King George's War ⓘ
legacy namesake of Pepperrell, Maine ⓘ
remembered as a leading New England military figure of the 18th century ⓘ
memberOf Massachusetts Governor's Council ⓘ
militaryBranch provincial militia of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant general ⓘ
mother Margaret Pepperrell ⓘ
nobleTitle baronet ⓘ
notableAchievement first American-born baronet in the British Empire ⓘ
notableBattle Siege of Louisbourg (1745) ⓘ
occupation landowner ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
owned large landholdings in Maine ⓘ
religion Congregationalist ⓘ
residence Kittery, Maine ⓘ
surface form: Kittery, Massachusetts Bay Colony
servedAs acting governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
spouse Mary Hirst ⓘ
war King George's War ⓘ

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Siege of Louisbourg (1745) → commander → William Pepperrell ⓘ
Pepperell, Massachusetts → namedAfter → William Pepperrell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William Pepperrell
William Pepperrell → father → William Pepperrell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Pepperrell Sr.