Background
Lincoln, Benjamin was born on January 24, 1733 in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thaxter) Lincoln.
Lincoln, Benjamin was born on January 24, 1733 in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thaxter) Lincoln.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard.
Town clerk Hingham, 1757, justice of peace, 1762. Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1772-1773. Member Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774-1775, secretary, member commission on supplies, 1774-1775, president, 1775.
Adjunct 3d regiment (Suffolk County), Massachusetts Militia, 1755, commissioned major, 1763, lieutenant colonel 1772.
Brigadier general, 1776. 3d major general in command Massachusetts Militia near Boston, 1776.
Commanded militia regts. to reinforce Continental Army, New York City, 1776. Major general Continental Army in command militia in Vermont, 1777.
In command Southern Department, Continental Army, 1778, captured with his forces at Charleston by Clinton, 1779.
United States secretary of war, 1781, resigned after Treaty of Peace. Massachusetts commissioner to deal with Penobscot Indians on land purchases, 1784, 86. Led Massachusetts Militia to suppress Shay’s Rebellion.
Lieutenant governor Massachusetts, 1788.
Collector Portuguese of Boston, 1789. Appointed to negotiate with Creek Indians on borders of Southern states, 1789, with Indians North of the Ohio, 1793.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts History Society. Wrote essays on Indian tribes.
Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1772-1773. Member Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774-1775, secretary. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts History Society.
Married Mary Cushing, January 15, 1756, 11 children.
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