Military officer; born in
Duxbury, Mass., May 6, 1748; graduated at Harvard College in 1769.
As captain of minute-men, he joined the army gathering around
Boston in the spring of 1775; became aide to
General Ward; and afterwards adjutant-general for
Massachusetts.
He was in the
battle of Long Island: and in 1777 was made brigadiergeneral of militia, serving, in 1779, as second in command in the
Penobscot expedition, where he was taken prisoner.
In February, 1781, he was captured and confined in the fort at
Castine, whence he escaped in June.
After the war he engaged in business in
Portland and in surveying, and in 1792 he was elected a State
Senator.
From 1792 to 1806 he was a member of Congress.
He died in
Hiram, Me., Nov. 18, 1829.