284 Hall. 



owner of real est. in 1752. He m. at Boston, May 11, 1749, Mary 

 Lincoln, dau. of Hezekiah and Mary (Horswell) Lincoln of Hing. She 

 was b. in Hing. sec. pre. May 19, 1719. James prob. d. 1787, as the 

 inv. of his est. was appraised by Thomas Lothrop, Abel Kent, and 

 Josiah Oakes, 11 Apr. 1788. The personal property, valued at £94 6s. 

 Sd. was allowed to his wid. ; s. James administrator. " Shipwright." 

 Constable in 1753 and 1754. Resided in the sec. pre. 

 Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



2. i. James, Feb. 22, 1749-50. 



ii. Richard, ; no further record. 



iii. Susanna, , d. unni. 



iv. Mary, , d. young. 



2. James (James = Mary Lincoln), b. in Hing. sec. pre. Feb. 22, 

 1749-50. m. May 21, 1786, Mrs. Persis (Tower) Lincoln, wid. of 

 Allen Lincoln, and dau. of Daniel and Bethia (Nichols) Tower. She 

 was b. in Hing. sec. pre. Aug. 1, 1759. James d. at Boston. 3 Apr. 1819, 

 aet. 69 yrs. Tradition says he d. from the effects of a fall from an 

 upper story window while on a visit at Boston. He was an officer 

 under General Knox in the War of the Revolution ; captain in 1780 ; 

 was at Monmouth, Valley Forge, and Yorktown at the surrender of 

 Cornwallis ; aid to General Washington, etc. He afts. was a member 

 of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



Ch., prob. b. at Coh., — 



i. Henry Knox, , d. at the West Indies, 1801, of yellow fever. 



ii. James, . "Shipmaster," d. in 1809. 



iii. George, . "Shipmaster ;" resided at Coh., and had a fam. 



iv. Abraham, ) . . ( d. 1867. 



v. Isaac, j ™ 1DS ' ) d. unm. 1846. 



vi. Samuel, . "Master-mariner." m. (1) Harriet Wild, and (2) Joanna, 



dau. of Peter Barnes, 



vii. Mary, b. at Coh. Jan. 1800. m. Levi Nichols, 



viii. Henry Knox, . Resided at Coh., and d. unm. 



Abner, had a fam. in Hing., but how he was connected with others 

 of the name does not appear on Hing. rec's. The chris. name of his 

 w. was Elizabeth. She d. 3 Nov. 1782, set. 50 yrs. He d. 4 July, 1773, 

 aet. 47 yrs. 



Ch., b. in Hing., were — 



i. Mary, Jan. 14, 1751-52. m. March 18, 1769, Nathan Crocker. 



ii. Abner, May 12, 1754. 



iii. Elizabeth, Jan. 21, 1757. 



iv. Joab, bt. Sept. 9, 1759, d. 24 Oct. 1760. 



v. Lucy, bt. Oct. 5, 1760. m. Apr. 13, 1777, James Cook, 



vi. Joab, bt. Aug. 12, 1764. 



vii. Mahala, bt. July 12, 1767. 



viii. Thirza, bt. July 1, 1770. m. Dec. 2, 1786, Jeremiah Hobart, and d. 29 



Oct. 1797, fet. 27 yrs. 



Nathaniel, m. in Hing. March 19, 1753, Hannah Mansfield, dau. 

 of Joseph and Ruth (Bate) Mansfield. She was bt. in Hing. March 

 14, 1735-36. Their 



Ch., b. in Hing., were — 



i. John Mansfield, Sept. 28, 1755, d. 6 March, 1757. 



ii. Hannah, Aug. 26, 1760. 



iii. Mehitable, Aug. 8, 1762. 



iv. Lydia, May 22, 1764, d. 27 Aug. 1765. 



