History of Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA

As the Redcoats marched along the battle road on the 19th, over 100 Lincoln minute men and militia rallied, the first companies from the surrounding towns to reach Concord. They participated in the fight at the North Bridge. With the “shot heard round the world”, the American Revolution began.

Lincoln, Massachusetts
Middlesex county. Lincoln is bounded W. by Sudbury river. It lies 16 miles N.W. by W. from Boston and 3 S. from Concord. Incorporated, 1754. Population, 1837, 694. It has some good farms and a large fish pond. The manufactures of the town consist of clothing, leather, straw bonnets, boots and shoes.

This town was chiefly taken from Concord, and it was named after a town in England, and not, as many suppose, in honor of General Lincoln, of the revolutionary army.

It is watered by Sudbury River, a source of the Concord, and by Sandy Pond, valuable for its fish.

One part of the town is very elevated, and the surface is rough and uneven, though in some places fertile.

Distance from Concord, 3 miles; from Boston, 16.

This town was incorporated as the second precinct of Concord in 1746. It was incorporated as a town in 1754, by the name of Lincoln, which name was given by Chambers Russell, Esq., whose ancestors were from Lincoinshire, England. The town averages about 5 miles in length and 3 in breadth. It has all the varieties of soil, from the richest to the poorest. Though rough and uneven, it contains some of the best farms in the county. The most celebrated is that known at different times as the Russell, Codman, and Percival farm. Flint’s or Sandy Pond, containing about 197 acres, derived its name from its being situated on the farm of Ephraim Flint, one of the original owners of Lincoln. It is a favorite resort for pickerel; and its fisheries have been considered of so much importance, that an act was passed by the legislature, in 1824, prohibiting any person, under the penalty of $2, from fishing with “more than one hook” between the 1st of December and April. Lincoln is three and a half...

Lincoln, a post-township of Middlesex co., Massachusetts, on the Fitchburg railroad and Sudbury river, 15 miles W. N. W. from Boston. Population, 719.