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Birth: 18 Mar 1753 Hingham / / MA Death: 14 Jan 1829 Quincy / / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
1776, he served as a Captain-Lieutenant in the company of Captain Winthrop Gray, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Craft.
1778-1780, he served as a Captain, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Revere.
Additional References:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume IX, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1901, pg 799
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Author: David A. Peters
Amos Lincoln was born on 18 March 1753 in Higham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the son of Enoch and Rachel (Fearing) Lincoln. This branch of the Lincoln family was descended from Samuel Lincoln (1601-1676), who emigrated from England during the “Great Migration” of the 17th century and settled in Higham, Plymouth Colony. President Abraham Lincoln is descended from this branch of the Lincoln family; his Grandfather, Captain Abraham Flowers Lincoln [Patriot P-236587], and Major General Benjamin Lincoln are both third cousins to Amos Lincoln if I have the genealogy correct.
Amos, at age 20 in 1773, was a painter’s apprentice employed by Thomas Crafts, a leader among the Sons of Liberty. Crafts and Lincoln supplied lamp black pigment for the “Tea Party,” where many of the participants darkened their faces to disguise themselves. Amos is well documented as a “Boston Tea Party” participant.
In 1776, Amos was commissioned Captain-Lieutenant (an obsolete rank, senior 1st Lieutenant) in Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Crafts’ Massachusetts State Artillery Regiment; he served in Crafts’ Regiment until 1779. In 1779, he was promoted to Captain in Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Revere’s Artillery Regiment, his future father-in-law. After Revere’s dismissal from the Massachusetts Militia for his part in the Penobscot Expedition debacle, in which the charges were later dropped and he was exonerated, Revere continued aiding the cause through patriotic service.
Amos continued in service from 1780, after Revere’s dismissal, through the duration of the war, commanding a “Company of Matrosses” in the militia. During Shay’s Rebellion in 1786 and 1787, he was called up to help put down the rebellion as a Captain of the militia. Amos Lincoln was at Bunker Hil and the Siege of Boston prior to serving in Crafts’ Artillery and is also documented serving at Brandywine, Bennington, Monmouth, and the Penobscot Expedition.
On 14 January 1781, he married Deborah Revere, the daughter of Paul and Sarah Anne (Orne) Revere. Among their known children were:
Louis was born on 7 December 1781 and died young.
Francis was born on 29 March 1783 and married Eliza Langdon Frothingham.
Sarah “Sally” was born on 6 March 1785.
Eliza Marie
Deborah was born on 30 March 1789 and died unmarried.
Mary “Polly” was born on 16 March 1791
Paul Revere was born on 13 July 1792
Amos Jr. was born on 1 September 1794 and married Rebecca Trevett Bartol.
Frederic was born on 12 June 1796 and married Amelia Howard.
After the death of Deborah in 1797, Amos married Elizabeth Revere on 24 May 1797. She was Deborah’s younger sister. Among their known children were:
Frances Revere was born on 19 December 1799 and married Nathan Josselyn.
Abraham Orne was born on 18 June 1801 and married Hannah Sprague Wales.
Eliza Marie was born on 15 March 1803
Marie was born on 26 December 1804.
After the death of Elizabeth, Amos married on 26 July 1805 to Mrs. Martha “Patty” (Howard) Robb, the widow of Thomas Robb. Among their known children were:
Anna was born on 2 June 1806 and died young.
Lucy was born on 22 July 1808 and was unmarried.
Caroline was born on 3 October 1810 and died young.
The Patriot died on 15 January 1829 in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, and is buried in Copp’s Hill Cemetery in Boston.
Sources:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume IX, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1901, page 799.
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