Thomas Lincoln, " Cooper.' 7 9 



1835, aet. 82d yr. He d. 18 Nov. 1822, set. 71 yrs. " Master-mariner." 

 Resided on the ancestral homestead, North St., West Hing. 

 Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



22. i. Nehemiah, Feb. 16, 1776. 



ii. Olive, Sept. 14, 1777. m. Dec. 8, 1799, Abel Lincoln (II. 482). 

 iii. Sarah, Apr. 1, 1779. m. Dec. 13, 1801, Moses L. Humphrey. 



23. iv. Barnabas, May 5, 1781. 



24. v. Allen, March 27, 1784. 



vi. Mary, March 14, 1786. m. Moses Pettingill, Jr., widj, and d. at Boston, 



25 Apr. 1859, set. 73 yrs. 

 vii. Deborah, July 13, 1788. m. Dec. 6, 1807, Ensign Barnes, J.. 

 viii. Zelinda, Oct. 10, 1790. m. July 14, 1811, Moses Pettingill, Jr., and d. 30 



May, 1827. 

 ix. Lydia, Sept. 27, 1793, d. at Boston, unm., 10 Aug. 1864, aet. 71st yr. 



25. x. Charles, Nov. 8, 1797. 



20. Joseph 6 (Israel « Joseph 2 Thomas *), b. in Hing. Dec. 28, 1753. 

 m. July 11, 1784, Susanna Marsh, dau. of Enhraim and Susanna (Todd) 

 Marsh. She was b. in Hing. Aug. 18, 1760, and d. 28 May, 1841, aet. 

 81st yr. Joseph d. 13 Apr. 1816, aet. 62 yrs. " Mariner." He 

 served on board the armed brig " Hazard " 1776 and 1777, and in 

 1778 was a prisoner at Halifax. Resided on North St., West Hing. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Joseph, March 25, 1785. m. at Boston Nov. 2, 1809, Amy Lamb. Deacon 

 Joseph Lincoln d. at Boston 1 Dec. 1857, aet. 73d yr. 

 26. ii. Marshall, June 27, 1787. 



iii. Polly, Nov. 26, 1789. m. Alexander Anderson, 

 iv. Bela, Aug. 27, 1792, d. 3 Oct. 1793. 

 v. Bela, March 27, 1796. m. Susan N. Cushing, who survived him, and m. 



(2) Jan. 4, 1832, Caleb Bailey, wid 1 :. Bela d. without issue, 

 vi. Susanna Marsh, Aug. 13, 1799. m. Nov. 5, 1820, Isaac Easterbrook. 

 vii. Ephraim, March 2, 1802, d. 13 Oct. foil. 



21. Benjamin 6 (Benjamin ^ Thomas J ), b. in Hing. Jan. 24, 1732- 

 33. m. at Pembroke, Mass., Jan. 15, 1756, Mary Cushing, dau. of 

 Elijah and Elizabeth (Barker) Cushing. She was b. at Pem., Apr. 

 22, 1734, and d. in Hing. 23 Jan. 1816, set. 82d yr. He d. 9 May, 1810, 

 aet. 77 yrs. " Farmer." Was constable in 1754 ; selectman 1765 to 

 1771 inc., and succeeded his fa. as town-clerk, having been elected to 

 the office March 7, 1757. On the 15th of Feb. 1769, he was chosen a 

 deacon of the First Church in Hing., and 1773, 1774, 1775, 1788, and 

 1789 was representative. He also in 1774 and 1775 represented the 

 town in the Provincial Congress held at Concord, at Cambridge, and 

 at Watertown. His first military office was adjutant of the 3d Regi- 

 ment in Suffolk County, July, 1755. In June, 1763, he was appointed 

 major ; and Jan. 1772, lieut.-colonel, which last office he held when 

 the war broke out. He was a major-general in the army of the Revo- 

 lution, and after the campaign of 1777 commanded the right wing of 

 General Gates's army ; was in the battles of Charleston, S. C, York- 

 town, Va., etc. ; and Oct. 8, 1777, was badly wounded in his leg, in an 

 attack of the enemy, and had to be carried off the field. He was 

 chosen Secretary of War in 1781, and in 1787 was elected Lieut.-Gov. 

 of Massachusetts. On behalf of the U. S. Government he was sent, 

 in 1789, to treat with the Southern Indians ; and later was in com- 



