to papers in the Charlotte Helen Abbot Collection of the Andover Historical Society. Lois Kerschen, in the Encyclopedia of African American History, lists her as a "free African American". They had a son, Jonas, who was baptized on September 29, 1776. In 1780, he married his second wife, Mary Twing, a free African American. The couple moved to Providence; however, they were ordered to leave that city, presumably because they could not support themselves. In 1785, he placed an advertisement in the Boston Gazette to disown Mary's debts and "forewarn all Persons from trusting MARY, the Wife of the Subscriber". Poor then married Sarah Stevens, a white woman, in 1787, and in 1793 he spent several weeks in the Boston Almshouse. He was briefly jailed for "breach of peace" in 1799, married for the fourth and final time in 1801, and died in 1802. Details of his life after the Revolutionary War were not widely known until research by genealogist David Lambert, a descendant of Poor's former owners; an article about this research appeared in The Boston Globe in 2007. He was interred at Copp's Hill Burying Ground near Boston, Massachusetts. Honors The petition sent by Col. Prescott and the other 13 officers suggested the Continental Congress offer Poor "The Reward due to so great and Distinguish a Character." This memorial was dated at Cambridge on December 5, 1775. While the battle is thought to have been fought on Bunker Hill, it was actually fought on Breed's Hill. There is a monument commemorating the battle on Breed's Hill when General Warren fell on June 17, 1775. Daniel Webster gave two speeches at the 1843 ceremony which would later be known as the Bunker Hill Orations commemorating soldiers like Salem Poor who fought in the battle. The cornerstone of the monument was laid by Lafayette in 1825. In 1876, in a speech at the time of the United States' centennial celebration, George Washington Williams commemorated Poor and other African-American soldiers who fought at Bunker Hill. For the 1976 United States Bicentennial, Poor was honored in 1975 with a stamp in the "Contributors to the Cause" series. Poor Street in Andover was named after him. References External links African Americans in the American Revolution 18th-century American slaves Massachusetts militiamen in the American Revolution 1747 births 1802 deaths People of colonial Massachusetts People from Andover, Massachusetts Black Patriots Free people of color