260 History of Hingham. 



Lieutenant Lincoln was taken to Quebec, where, after spending the 

 winter, he made his escape in the night with three others. Two 

 of these became so exhausted that they went to surrender to the 

 French at Crown Point, while Lincoln and his companion finally 

 reached Fort Edward after great suffering, during which they 

 were obliged to subsist upon the bark of trees. 



In November the army dispersed, leaving a small garrison at 

 Lake George. The provincials returned to their homes, while the 

 English regulars were billeted in different parts of the country ; 

 those at Boston being sent to Castle William. 



To the lists alreadv given as servine; in the Crown Point armv, 

 there should be added the following taken from a note in Mr. 

 Lincoln's private copy of his history : — 



Ralph Hassell, John Blancher, 



James Hayward, Jonathan Taunt, 



Seth Stowers, Jedediah Newcomb. 

 Elijah Lewis, 



Engaged also in this service was the Hingham sloop "Sea 

 Flower," commanded by John Cushing, a brother-in-law of Gen- 

 eral Lincoln. Here is a copy of a paper at the State House : — 



A Portledge Bill of sloop Sea Flower. Jno Cushing master and sailors 

 in His Majesty's Service in the Crown Point Expedition 



1756 

 Jno Cushing master Sept 30 



Jn° Burr mate 

 Seth Davis pilot 

 Samuel Tower sailor 

 Timothy Covell " 

 Isaiah Tower " 



Joseph Blake " 



To hire of Sloop Sea Flower 74 tons at 2 s per ton a month from Sept 

 30 1756 to Dec 15 



On the back of this is an acknowledgment by Benjamin Lincoln 

 for Capt. John Cushing of the receipt of 27 2 . 3 £. 



Captain Cushing married Olive, daughter of Colonel Lincoln, 

 and resided at South Hingham. John Burr, his mate, at this time 

 lived on Leavitt street. Samuel and Isaiah Tower were brothers. 

 Besides all these, Isaac Joy served in Colonel Gridley's own com- 

 pany, and Robert Townsend, Jr., in Captain Read's company, in 

 Colonel Clapp's regiment. Mr. George Lincoln says that Nehemiah 

 Joy was also in the service at Lake George. 



The next year Loudon with the best of the army sailed from 

 New York for Halifax, leaving Lake George comparatively un- 

 guarded, with the hope of taking Louisburg, — an expedition, by 

 the way, that proved a total failure. Meanwhile Montcalm gath- 

 ered an army at Ticonderoga, and by the end of July he had 



