Nathan Lord

     Nathan Lord was born on 26 January 1757 at Berwick, Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Elder Ebenezer Lord and Martha Emery.¹ Nathan Lord was christened on 20 February 1757 in the First Church of Berwick, Berwick, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Maine).² On 5 November 1775, he was a private at Kitter Point under Captian Stephen Hodgdon. He enlisted as a private on 16 September 1776 in Captain William McDuffee's Company by Stephen Evans in the Second New Hampshire Regiment "to join the Continental army in New York." He later enlisted as a private for three years on 19 May 1777 and served in Captian Pillsbury's, Captain Smith's, and Captian Samuel Dery's Companies of Col. John Bailey's Battaliaon of Colonel's Wigglesworth's, Sprout;'s, and Smith's Regiment, Massachusetts Line. He served until 19 May 1780, when he was discharged at West Point.^1,2 Family tradition says that during his War service, he was in a scouting party that was surprised and surrounded by a large force of British. Sergeant Lord ordered his men to fire a volley. His brother, Nathan, a private, ran out in front of the ranks and yelled “A running fire or they will kill us all.” The men obeyed, and the party was saved.¹

Nathan Lord, age 24, married Mercy Knox, age 26 , daughter of Benjamin Knocks, on 26 March 1781.



Nathan was mentioned in the will of his father, Elder Ebenezer Lord on 14 May 1795 at Berwick, Massachusetts (Maine).² He was a noted politician of the Jeffersonian party.¹ He was on the committee appointed in 1800 to lay out the First Parish cemetery.¹

Nathan Lord, age 54, married Sarah Wingate, daughter of Benjamin Wingate, on 25 November 1811 at Rochester, New Hampshire.^1,2 On 16 March 1819, he began to receive a pension for his Revolutionary War service.¹ Nathan wrote his will on 28 May 1833.² He died on 26 November 1833 at Lebanon, Maine, at age 76.^1,2 Nathan was buried at Lebanon, Maine, on the farm he owned.¹ His will was proved on 3 February 1834 at York County, Maine.²