Thomas Westbrook Waldron
Thomas Westbrook Waldron | |
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Portrait by John Greenwood, 1750 | |
| Born | January 6, 1721 |
| Died | April 3, 1785 (aged 64) |
| Occupations | merchant, magistrate, councilor, mill owner, Captain and Colonel of the New Hampshire militia, county treasurer and recorder of deeds, and chairman in Dover, New Hampshire of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety |
| Spouse | Constant or Constance Davis |
| Children | William, Elizabeth, Richard, Samuel, Eleanor, Charles, Abigail, Daniel |
| Parent(s) | Richard Waldron and Elizabeth Westbrook |
Thomas Westbrook Waldron was a prominent political figure in Dover, New Hampshire, and a military officer that fought in the Siege of Louisbourg of 1745. He later became a commissioner at Albany, New York, and then a royal councillor in 1782. During the American Revolution, Waldron abandoned his loyalist friend, British colonial governor of New Hampshire John Wentworth, to become a patriot of the United States.