Solomon Lovell

Solomon LovellBorn(1732-06-01)June 1, 1732Abington, MassachusettsDiedSeptember 9, 1801(1801-09-09) (aged 69)Weymouth, MassachusettsBurial placeNorth Weymouth CemeteryMilitary careerAllegianceMassachusetts United StatesBranchMassachusetts Militia Continental ArmyRankBrigadier general Signature Brigadier-General Solomon Lovell (June 1, 1732 – September 9, 1801) was an American military officer and politician who served in the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the land forces during the 1779 Penobscot Expedition, a disastrous attempt by Massachusetts to dislodge a British force from a settlement on a peninsula in Penobscot Bay, present-day Castine, Maine. Early life Solomon Lovell was born in Abington, Massachusetts on June 1, 1732, to David and Mary (née Torrey) Lovell. His father was a Harvard graduate, teacher, and preacher. David Lovell died when Solomon was quite young, and the boy was raised first by his grandfather Enoch Lovell, and after Enoch Lovell's death by his stepfather, Samuel Kingman. Kingman, a military man, may have influenced the young Solomon to develop an interest in the military. Lovell's military service during the French and Indian War