Solomon Lovell (1732 - 1801)

Born 1 Jun 1732 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Holbrook) Lovell — married 19 Jan 1758 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts

Husband of Hannah (Pittee) Lovell — married May 1762 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1801 at age 69 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Brigadier General Solomon Lovell served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Solomon Lovell is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A071945.

Solomon Lovell is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 238999
Rank: Brigadier General

Solomon Lovell, son of David Lovell and Mary Kingman Lovell1776 was born in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, on 01 June 1732. Samuel married first, on January 19, 1758 Lydia Holbrook, daughter ofJohn Holbrook and Sarah Hunt. They had two children, Sarah, born April 28 1759, died July 8 1759 and Lydia , born May 17, 1761. Lydia, the mother, died four days after the baby's birth, on May 21, 1761. Solomon then married Hannah Pittee (1730-1795) in May 1762. They had at least seven children:

1. James b. 27 Jan 1763; d. 31 Mar1763
2. Sarah b. 5 Apr 1764; d. 11 Feb 1782
3. Hannah b. 18 Oct 1765; d. 19 Dec 1765
4. Hannah b. 7 Dec 1766; d. 7 Jan 1767
5. Dr. James b.1 Jan 1768; d. 2 Apr 1820
6. Hannah b. 6 Jul 1771; d.
7. Mary b. 28 Apr 1773; d

Solomon died 09 September 1801 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Military Service

Brigadier General Solomon Lovell is honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for his service. ^[1]

Commissioned colonel of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment - Feb 1776; Brigadier General of the Suffolk County (MA) militia - June 24, 1777. Led troops in Battle of Rhode Island (1778) and Penobscot Expedition (1779)^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed September 19, 2017), "Record of Solomon Lovell", Ancestor # A071945.
2. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/238999

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #74557580

• Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, from 1622 to 1884, compiled by Gilbert Nash, published by the Town of Weymouth, under the auspices of the Weymouth Historical Society, 1885, p.286-287

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896)

• Nash, Gilbert. The Original Journal of General Solomon Lovell, Kept During the Penobscot Expedition, 1779: with a Sketch of His Life, "Weymouth Historical Society Publications" (The Weymouth Historical Society, 1881) No. 1

• Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1912) Vol. 1, Page 137: Citing church record, First Church of Abington

• Wikipedia: Penobscot_Expedition

• Wikipedia: Solomon_Lovell