Biography:
1. Samuel Lincoln was employed as a common Labourer, and was paid 17/-d for work carried out by the Engineers' Department in the Manufactory between the 15th and 21st July 1809 (Supply 5/228 dated the 21st July 1809).
2. WO54/512 dated September 1812, confirmed he was an occasional Labourer in the Engineers' Department, earning 2/8d per day for a six-day week.
3. WO54/516 dated February 1816, recorded that Samuel was first employed by the Board on the 29th March 1806. He was a 62-year-old widower, with four married children and one unmarried child, who lived in Waltham Abbey and had been trained as a Butcher.
4. WO54/520 dated 28th February 1817, updated the previous entry and stated that he was then only paid 2/4d per day.
