Rev Solomon LOMBARD

1702 - 1781  (79 years)

• Name	Solomon LOMBARD
  Prefix	Rev
  Born	5 Apr 1702	Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	LOMBART, LUMBARD
  Clergy	Y
  Education	1723 Harvard
  Occupation	Minister, Congregational Church
  DAR#	A071204
  Military Event	American Revolution - served as Judge in Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace; Chairman Committees of Safety, Correspondence, 1774; Representative to Provincial Congress 1774  [1]
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	25 Aug 1781	Gorham, Cumberland, Maine
  Buried	Fort Hill Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I4830	Main
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Jedediah LOMBARD,   b. 25 Dec 1669,   d. 12 Sep 1739  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Hannah LEWIS,   b. Abt 1676, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 Apr 1743, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1699	Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F16069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah PURRINGTON,   b. 6 Oct 1709, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 1751, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 41 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1724	Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Calvin LOMBARD,   b. 25 May 1748, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Jul 1808, Limington, York, Maine  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F11429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Apr 1702 - Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Married - 13 Jun 1724 - Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Died - 25 Aug 1781 - Gorham, Cumberland, Maine Buried - - Fort Hill Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Solomon Lombard Monument

  
  

• Notes

  He graduated from Harvard College in 1723. He moved on 30 Jan 1734/35 to Gorham, ME, and joined the church. He was the first settled minister of the town [Gorhamtown]. His ministry was not a very quiet one; a division in the Society took place in 1757, but in 1764 he was dismissed and the Parish became reunited. The Proprietors of Gorham, Sept. 19, 1750 voted to give him annually during his ministry *53 5s. 8d. In March, 1757, twenty-one of the inhabitants of Gorham addressed a letter to the Proprietors against Mr. Lombard's further continuance in the ministry with them, in which they say: "Our Rev. Pastor's conduct in the discipline of his Church, hath had such an evil tendency, it hath weaned our affections from him, and in a great measure spoilt his usefulness torwards us: further, his common conduct seemeth to us to be very extraordinary in setting neighbors against neighbors, which keeps us in a fire of contention. And likewise he has taken upon him so much business which doth not concern the ministry, which gives us grounds to think that he is more for the fleece than he is for the flock." These complaints led to the division of the Society above spoken of, and finally to his dismission in 1764. He was elected twice a Delegate to Provincial Congress circa 1776 at Boston, MA. He was appointed a Judge, Court of Common Pleas at Gorham, ME, between 1776 and 1781.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Daughters of the American Revolution, A071204. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 71677501.