George Linn (or Lynn) was a Scots-Irish Presbyterian immigrant from Ulster, Ireland, who came to New England with his wife around 1750, his daughter Polly being born aboard ship while en route from Ulster. George settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served in the Massachusetts militia with the rank of private. He served on the Boston Ward No. 12 alarm on 7 Dec. 1754. He again was enlisted in the militia by Captain Joseph Billings on 16 May 1758, serving in Capt. Billings' company, Colonel Joseph Williams' regiment -- George was 27 at the time. He again appears on a militia muster roll in Boston dated 28 Feb. 1759, in a company of foot under Capt. Billings, Col. Williams' regiment, having served in 1758.
George was accidentally drowned in Boston Harbor on 23 Feb. 1759 when he fell off a wharf at the north end of Boston, according to a coroner's inquest report dated 23 April 1759. The inquest records say George was "a Stranger and leaving no estate." The English Puritans/Congregationalists of Boston referred to Scottish Presbyterians of Boston as "Strangers" (foreigners).
George Linn evidently was affiliated with the old Presbyterian Meeting House on Long Lane. His burial place is unknown, but it seems likely he would have been interred in whatever burying ground was then used by the Scottish Presbyterians of the Long Lane church.
George was accidentally drowned in Boston Harbor on 23 Feb. 1759 when he fell off a wharf at the north end of Boston, according to a coroner's inquest report dated 23 April 1759. The inquest records say George was "a Stranger and leaving no estate." The English Puritans/Congregationalists of Boston referred to Scottish Presbyterians of Boston as "Strangers" (foreigners).
George Linn evidently was affiliated with the old Presbyterian Meeting House on Long Lane. His burial place is unknown, but it seems likely he would have been interred in whatever burying ground was then used by the Scottish Presbyterians of the Long Lane church.
George Linn (or Lynn) was a Scots-Irish Presbyterian immigrant from Ulster, Ireland, who came to New England with his wife around 1750, his daughter Polly being born aboard ship while en route from Ulster. George settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served in the Massachusetts militia with the rank of private. He served on the Boston Ward No. 12 alarm on 7 Dec. 1754. He again was enlisted in the militia by Captain Joseph Billings on 16 May 1758, serving in Capt. Billings' company, Colonel Joseph Williams' regiment -- George was 27 at the time. He again appears on a militia muster roll in Boston dated 28 Feb. 1759, in a company of foot under Capt. Billings, Col. Williams' regiment, having served in 1758.
George was accidentally drowned in Boston Harbor on 23 Feb. 1759 when he fell off a wharf at the north end of Boston, according to a coroner's inquest report dated 23 April 1759. The inquest records say George was "a Stranger and leaving no estate." The English Puritans/Congregationalists of Boston referred to Scottish Presbyterians of Boston as "Strangers" (foreigners).
George Linn evidently was affiliated with the old Presbyterian Meeting House on Long Lane. His burial place is unknown, but it seems likely he would have been interred in whatever burying ground was then used by the Scottish Presbyterians of the Long Lane church.
George was accidentally drowned in Boston Harbor on 23 Feb. 1759 when he fell off a wharf at the north end of Boston, according to a coroner's inquest report dated 23 April 1759. The inquest records say George was "a Stranger and leaving no estate." The English Puritans/Congregationalists of Boston referred to Scottish Presbyterians of Boston as "Strangers" (foreigners).
George Linn evidently was affiliated with the old Presbyterian Meeting House on Long Lane. His burial place is unknown, but it seems likely he would have been interred in whatever burying ground was then used by the Scottish Presbyterians of the Long Lane church.
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