Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749 - 1820)

Born 15 May 1749 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Waldo) Lincoln — married 25 Nov 1781 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1820 at age 70 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Preceded by 3rd Attorney General Charles Lee Preceded by 7th Governor James Sullivan

Levi Lincoln, Sr. 4th United States Attorney General 1801—1805 Acting Governor of Massachusetts 1808—1809

Succeeded by 5th Attorney General John Breckinridge Succeeded by 8th Governor Christopher Gore

Biography

Levi Lincoln Sr. is Notable.

Levi Lincoln Sr. served with Minutemen, Militia during the American Revolution.

Levi Lincoln Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A070444.

Levi Lincoln was born on 15 May 1749 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Enoch Lincoln and Rachel Fearing Lincoln.^[1]

In his youth he was apprenticed by his father to a blacksmith, but he showed such a strong liking for scholarship that he was later allowed to enroll in Harvard. After graduation in 1772, he studied law in Northampton until the outbreak of the revolutionary war. During the Lexington Alarm he joined the Minutemen and served in Captain James Lincoln's Company of Colonel Benjamin Lincoln's Regiment^[2][3] which had marched on Cambridge. Afterwards he turned his hand to writing a series of appeals to patriotism entitled "Farmer's Letters." During the remainder of the war, he practiced law in Worcester and steadily rose to prominence in the community. He served as clerk of the court and judge of probate of Worcester County, commissioner for confiscated estates, and delegate to a convention in Cambridge to frame a state constitution.

His life Achievements are:

US Congressman, Continental Congressman, 7th Lt Governor Of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Governor. Elected to represent Massachusetts' as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1800 to 1801. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1775, Delegate to the Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention in 1779, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts in 1781, Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1796, Member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1797, United States Attorney General from 1801 to 1805, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1807, and Governor of Massachusetts from 1808 to 1809.

Spouse:

Martha Waldo Lincoln (1761 - 1828)

Levi married Martha Waldo on 25 November 1781 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.^[4] The couple had ten children (three of whom died young).

Children:

Levi Lincoln (1782 - 1868)

Enoch Lincoln (1788 - 1829)

Levi died on 21 April 1820 in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[5] Levi was mentioned on a memorial in Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 14 April 1820.^[6]

Levi wrote his will on 22 March 1820. His estate passed probate on 2 May 1820.^[7]

Beneficiaries:

• my beloved wife Martha Lincoln
• my son Levi Lincoln, Junr
• my son John W. Lincoln
• my son Enoch Lincoln
• my son William Lincoln, the youngest of the family
• my daughter Martha Parker
• my daughter Rebecca Newton
• Lucy Lincoln

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
   FamilySearch Record: FHF6-XQH (accessed 14 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-897M-YWR4 Image number 00214
   Levi Lincoln born on 15 May 1749, son of Enoch Lincoln & Rachell, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
2. ↑ State library of Massachusetts Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War; ocm12601336-1902. Volume 9.pdf; Page #812
3. ↑ DAR: Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Dec 2022), "Record of Levi Lincoln Sr", Ancestor # A070444.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
   FamilySearch Record: QP8J-HT8Q (accessed 14 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-42S2 Image number 00164
   Levi Lincoln marriage to Martha Waldo on 25 Nov 1781 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
5. ↑ Death: "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930"
   Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 50015 #56341 (accessed 14 December 2022)
   Levi Lincoln death 21 Apr 1820 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #7504831 (accessed 14 December 2022)
   Memorial page for Levi Lincoln Famous memorial (15 May 1749-14 Apr 1820), citing Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
7. ↑ Probate: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Worcester Cases 36000-37999; Case 37345 dated 1820 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/rd/30223/37345-co1/682861615

See Also:

• Wikipedia:Levi_Lincoln,_Sr.
• "Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889"; Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. III; Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61360 #9296 (accessed 14 December 2022); Name: Levi Lincoln; Birth Date: 15 May 1749; Birth Place: Hingham, Massachusetts; Death Date: 14 Apr 1820; Death Place: Worcester, Massachusetts; Occupation: Statesman.
• 'History of the Lincoln family : an account of the descendants of Samuel Lincoln, of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1637-1920 by Lincoln, Waldo, 1849-1933', 1923, pp 184, archive.org (accessed 16 December 2022)
• Worcester Light Infantry, 1803-1922, A History, Published by Worcester Light Infantry History Assoc., Worcester, MA, 1924, Page 317 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/586153/317