Dr Bela Lincoln

• Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Bela Lincoln, son of Hon Benjamin Lincoln, and a brother of General Benjamin Lincoln of the Revolutionary Army, was born in March, 1733-4. He was graduated at Harvard College (now Harvard University), in 1754. He studied the profession of medicine, and settled in his native town. After he had practiced for a considerable time, he visited Europe for the purpose of obtaining professional information; and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine, from the University of Aberdeen. His constitution was feeble, but his intellectual powers were vigorous and strong. He took an active part in the cause of his country during the controversies that preceded the Revolution; but did not live till the time of the declaration of our independence, nor to participate either in the toils and dangers which were subsequently endured by the friends of civil liberty, or in the rich blessings which its establishment produced. He died July 13, 1773. - History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Volume 2:508 By Hingham (Mass), Thomas Tracy Bouve, Edward Tracy Bouve, John Davis Long, Walter Lincoln Bouve, Francis Henry Lincoln, George Lincoln, Edmund Hersey, Fearing Burr, Charles Winfield Scott Seymour. 1893

Lineage

• Father Hon Benjamin Lincoln

• Brother: Gen Benjamin Lincoln