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134:, was the daughter of Nathan Aldis and Mary Chickering. She married Abel Allen on March 26, 1739 in Boston, becoming Mary Allen, and then later widow Allen. On November 26, 1743, Mary Allen married Moses Draper (1721–1775), becoming Mary Draper. The Drapers lived on a successful farm and dairy, which was on the border of Dedham and Roxbury. The house is in Roxbury, but she worshipped and frequented Dedham. Moses died on January 21, 1775.
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Draper had one daughter and five sons. At the time of the war, she had grown children, including Moses who was 31, and a son age 13. Moses, her eldest son who was a husband and a father, fought in the war. Moses assembled with other men at
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Draper planned how she would feed men passing by their farm to the battle. Draper, her daughter Kate, and a servant named Molly prepared food from their granaries and dairy. The women continually kneaded and baked brown bread that day, night, and the next day. When she ran out of goods for cooking,
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With the help of her daughter and a maid, she spun wool from her flocks of sheep and wove it into fabric to make coats and blankets and sheets were made into shirts for the soldiers. As Draper had throughout her life, if someone was in need of housing, she took them in. She also provided medical
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was named after her in 1896. The wife of her descendant, Amos G. Draper, was a member of the chapter. Its motto is, "Our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be defended by all our hands.
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