"Joseph Lincoln, from Hingham, was an original church member and a town officer at the first meeting. In 1723, he was 'ejected' from his office of deacon of the church, on account of some 'irregularities unseemly to such a post',; but 'was restored to charity as a brother', on confessing that he had 'acted imprudently and unjustly in buying Mr. Tirrill's place under color, to keep off the sheriff from attaching it, and furthermore acknowledging, that he had wronged and injured the truth'. By his wife, Kesiah, he had two children, Prudence and Jonathan."
