Jeremiah
Lincoln
Born in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Josiah Lincoln
and Susanna Lincoln
Brother of
Lydia Lincoln, Josiah Lincoln, Joseph Lincoln, Lydia (Lincoln) Waterman, Susanna Lincoln, Isaiah Lincoln, Hosea Lincoln, Susanna Lincoln and Olive (Lincoln) Beal
Husband of
Sarah (Hersey) Lincoln
— married
3 Apr 1760 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Else (Lincoln) Hobart, Laban Lincoln, Laban Lincoln, Sarah (Lincoln) Marsh, Jeremiah Lincoln, Lydia (Lincoln) Smith, Jerusha (Lincoln) Litch, Hosea Lincoln, Josiah Lincoln and Joseph Lincoln
Died after
after age 70
in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jul 2016
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Biography
Private Jeremiah Lincoln served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Jeremiah Lincoln is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A070429.
Jeremiah, son of Josiah and Susanna (Lincoln) Lincoln, was born at Hingham, MA on October 28, 1733.[1]
Jeremiah married Apr. 3, 1760, Sarah Hersey, daughter of Noah and Alice (Mitchell) Hersey.[1]
Jeremiah was taken prisoner at the capitulation of Fort William Henry (1757), and carried to Canada, but escaped and returned to Hingham.[1]
"Blacksmith."[1]
Jeremiah was Constable from 1777 to 1782 and again in 1784.[1]
He also held the commission of lieutenant.[1]
He resided on South, near West Street in Hingham, but late in life sold his homestead to Dr. Levi Lincoln, and removed with his family to Lunenburg, Massachusetts.[1]
He died in 1803. He is buried in South Cemetery in Lunenburg.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol III, p.7
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for Jeremiah Lincoln (1733–26 Nov 1803), Find A Grave: Memorial #60375285, citing South Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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