A Maine Family's History - Davis / McDowell

Lincoln

Stephen LINCOLN born circa 1590 Windham Norfolk ENG

Spouse: Joan ? born circa 1594 Windham

Children: Thomas, husbandman, had daughter Susanna; Susanna; Stephen and wife Margaret came in 1638 and settled in Hingham MA , daughter Sarah died 1649, son Stephen married to Elizabeth daughter of Matthew Hawk; Frances; Daniel

Thomas LINCOLN "husbandman" born 12/22/1622 Wymondham ENG died 8/16/1692 Hingham MA; came with brother Stephen from Wymondham and settled in Hingham autumn 1638 [great-great grandparents John Hancock]

Spouse: Margaret LANGER born circa 1620 died 3/5/1693-4 Hingham MA age 73

Children: Caleb born 10/8/1643 died young; Joshua, carpenter, born 5/3/1645 chr 5/8/1645 died 4/21/1694 married Deborah Hobart; Caleb twin of Joshua married Rachel Bates 5/8/1684, married (2) Hannah Jackson; Susanna born 8/15/1646 married Joseph Barstow; Mary born 2/10/1648 chr 4/23/1648 married Thomas Marsh (2) Frances Barker; Sarah born 9/29/1650 married Thomas Mash; Thomas, carpenter / husbandman, born 12/22/1652 married Sarah Lewis; Daniel born 5/14/1654 died 2/14/1670; Elizabeth born 12/2/1656 married Daniel Lincoln son of Samuel Lincoln & Martha Lyford (see Smith Family); Ephraim born 11/1/1659 died 1/28/1660; Ruth born 11/19/1662 married Samuel Gill [great grandparents John Hancock]; all born Hingham

Caleb LINCOLN born Hingham MA, chr 5/3/1645, died 10/9/1715 Hingham

Spouse: Rachel BATES born 9/6/1659 Hingham MA, died 11/10/1696 Hingham, married 5/8/1684 Hingham; he married (2) Hannah Jackson 9/2/1698

Children: Silence married Peter Ripley 1/5/1721 Hingham; Ruth born 2/11/1685 married Ebenezer Star of Boston; Caleb born 2/6/1687 died as infant; Rachel born 6/20/1688 married Nathaniel How of Dorchester; Anna born 9/16/1690 died /5/1725 married Thomas Humphries; Luke born 3/27/1695 died Leicester Worcester MA married (1) Elizabeth Otis (2) Lydia Loring; all born Hingham MA

Silence LINCOLN born 12/26/1692 Hingham MA, died 3/11/1760 Hingham

Spouse: Peter RIPLEY married 1/5/1721

Children: Noah born 9/18/1721 died 1788 Barre Worcester MA; Rachel born 9/20/1722 died 10/1/1742; Elizabeth born 8/29/1724 died 9/21/1724; Abijah born 11/28/1725 died 3/10/1726; Nehemiah born 4/2/1727; Elizabeth born 3/6/1730 died 5/19/1761 married Ebenezer Beal 4/26/1750 Hingham; Ruth born 3/24/1733 died 2/1/1746; all born Hingham

Family 2

Thomas LINCOLN, "miller", came in 1635 to Hingham, before 1650 removed to Taunton MA, will of 8/28/1683 calls himself aged 80 or thereabouts, will proved 3/5/1684; probably brought 2 or 3 children from England; tradition says that he erected at Taunton the old grist mill where in 1675 King Philip and his chiefs met the pioneers of the place for a peaceful interview.

Spouse: (1) ??? (2) Elizabeth Street married 12/10/1665

Children: Thomas, husbandman, baptized in Hingham 2/1637-8 by Rev. Peter Hobart, married Mary Austin daughter of Jonah 10/11/1662; John became resident of Taunton married Edith ?; Samuel baptized in Hingham 2/1637-8 removed to Taunton; Mary baptized 10/6/1642 married (1) William Hack (2) Richard Stephens; Sarah baptized 12/1645 married Joseph Willis

Samuel LINCOLN

Spouse: Catherine ?

Children: Samuel born 6/1/1664; Hannah born 3/24/1665-6; married Daniel Owen of Braintree; Tamson / Thomason born 10/27/1667; Elizabeth born 4/24/1669 married William Briggs of Taunton; Ebenezer born 10/15/1673; Rachel born 9/16/1677 married Thomas Randall; John born 9/15/1679; Thomas born 9/1683; Daniel

Tamson / Thomason LINCOLN born 10/27/1667, married 4/20/1692

Spouse: Jonah AUSTIN born 8/17/1667 Taunton MA, died circa 1755

Children: Jonah, John married Priscilla (2) Deborah Carswell; Sarah married Samuel Knapp; Ebenezer married Deborah Cooper; Zachariah married Lydia Waldron; Jacob married Betsey French (2) Abigail Walker; William married Elizabeth Walker

Jonah AUSTIN

Spouse: (1) Priscilla ? (2) Hannah WALLIS married 7/21/1750 Dighton MA

Children: of (1) Deborah married Elijah Jones; of wife (2) Alice born 8/11/1751; Jonah born 7/29/1753; Stephen born 6/30/1755 married Lauranna White; Hannah born 1/28/1758 married Simeon Estes; Margaret born 1759 married Amaziah Delano

Jonah AUSTIN born about 1753 died 9/27/1833 Windham Cumberland ME buried on his farm, private, Wolcott's Co, Marshall's Regm't, MA, date of enlistment 11 July 1775 date of discharge 20 January 1780

Spouse: (1) Hannah Merrill married 2/19/1779 (2) Sarah FOOTE born 9/8/1758 Bath ME died 10/9/1837 Windham, married 1/29/1784, daughter of Joanna Parsons & thomas Foote

Children: Of (1) Johan died young; Stephen died young; Elsie; of (2) Jonah born 11/24/1784 of Windham, died 5/17/1826 married Esther Morrill; Charlotte married Abiezer Gray; Alice married Elijah Estes; Hannah born 10/7/1787 Windham died 12/22/1871 married 9/11/1805 Richard Lamb; Sarah born about 1789 died 9/12/1819; William born 4/6/1795 died 9/8/1876 married Eliza King 1829; Hannah's children: Stephen; some sons in War of 1812

Information re Thomas & Samuel from History of Hingham

Torrey's Marriages: Lincoln, Samuel (?1638-) & ?Catherine/?Jane _____ (-1698+); by 1664+, by 1661; Taunton/Hingham {Lincoln (ms) 329; Hingham 3:21; Lincoln (G LIN 12) 10; Woolson-Fenno 107; Reg. 16:326}

Another source says Robert born circa 1525 Hingham ENG died circa 1556 Hingham married Margret Albereye, children: Stephen

Topographical pg 117: LINCOLN, Thomas; Hingham Norfolk; Hingham MA; Ref Cushing Mss. Pg 122: LINCOLN, Thomas; Wymondham Norfolk; Hingham MA; Ref Cushing Mss.

Pioneers of MA pg 286: LINCOLN, LINCORNE, LINKHORN, LINKUM, Thomas, husbandman, bro of Stephen, came from Windham Eng in 1638 and settled at Hingham. Frm 5/18/1642; propr, town officer. Wife Margaret dau of Richard Langer; ch Caleb b 10/8/1642 d bef 1659; Joshua b 5/3/1645; Susanna b 8/16/1646 m Joseph Barstow; Mary b 2/10/1648 m Thomas Marsh; Thomas b 9/29/1650; Daniel b 5/14/1654 d 2/14/1669-70; Elizabeth b 12/2/1656 m Daniel Lincoln; Ephraim b & d 1659; Ruth b 11/19/1662 m Samuel Gill. He (Thomas) d 8/16/1692. Will dated 5/24/1681, prob 11/3/1692; beq to wife Margaret, daus Susanna Barstow; Mary, wife of Francis Barber; Sarah, wife of Thomas Mash; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Lincoln; and Ruth L.; sons Joshua, Caleb & Thomas. The widow d 3/5/1693-4. STEPHEN, from Windham Eng came in 1638 with wife & son Stephen & settled at Hingham. Propr 1638. Wife Margaret was bur 6/13/1642. Ch Stephen m 2/1660 Elizabeth dau of Matthew Haws; Sarah bapt 5/22/1642 d 11/4/1649. He died 10/11/1658. Will, made 11 days bef, beq to mother Joan L., son Stephen and to Susanna, dau of his bro Thomas L., husbandman.

Gen Reg of the First Settlers of NE: LINCOLN, ROBERT, Boston d 6 May 1663. Records. SAMUEL, came from Hingham, in England 1637; lived a short time at Salem, and removed to Hingham, Mass. His children were, Samuel; Daniel, b 1652; Mordecai, b 1657; Mary; Thomas; Martha; Sarah; Rebecca. The Hon. Levi Lincoln, lieutenant-governour of Massachusetts, was a descendant from this family. Lincoln, Hist. Hingham, 126, 148. STEPHEN, Hingham, came from Windham, in England, and arrived in this country in 1638, with his wife, and son Stephen, who had but one son and three grandsons, viz.: Stephen, (a bachelor) David, and James. David has sons, David, Matthew, and Isaac. Isaac grad at H.C. 1722, and had sons, Isaac, James, Nathaniel, and Heman. The second David d 1 Feb 1814, ae 79. He was father of Rev. Perez Lincoln of Gloucester who d 20 June, 1811. Ibid. 151. THOMAS, a weaver, brother of Samuel, came from Hingham ENG in 1633 and settled at Hingham MA a. 1636. His 1st wife was Susanna, who d 1641; his 2d whom he m 1663 was Mary Chubbuck. He d 2 Sept 1675, leaving no issue. Ibid. 148. THOMAS, a cooper, of Hingham 1636, may be the one admitted freeman in 1637. He had a son Benjamin, admitted freeman 1677, and a grandson Benjamin, who was father to Col. Benjamin Lincoln, whose son Benjamin was the celebrated revolutionary general, who d 9 May 1810. Bela Lincoln, H.C. 1754 and M. D. at Aberdeen, was brother of the general. Benjamin and Theodore Lincoln, H.C. 1777 and 1785, were sons of the general. Benjamin married a daughter of James Otis, and d. 18 Jan 1788 ae 32 leaving two sons, Benjamin H.C. 1806 who d. at Demarara, and James Otis H.C. 1807 who d at Hingham 12 Aug 1818. Ibid. THOMAS, a husbandman, settled in Hingham as early at 1638. Ibid. THOMAS, Hingham 1636, was a miller, removed to Taunton before 1652; was living in 1683 at the age of 80 years. Of the four persons of the name of Thomas Lincoln, above, two were admitted freemen in 1637 and 1642, but it is not easy to designate them. Twenty-two persons of the name had graduated in N. E. in 1826, among whom may be found divines, lawyers, physicians, and statesmen, who may trace to the above as their common ancestors. Ibid.

Genealogical Dictionary of New England 138: Bates, JAMES, Hingham, eldest s. prob. of Clement of the same, m. 19 Apr. 1642, or 3, Ruth Lyford, that may be conject. as d. of Rev. John, left by him when he went to Virg. had John, b. 1619 at Scituate, where he liv. some yrs. but ret. to H. had Benjamin. bapt. 15 July 5, perhaps others; and d. 5 July 1689. He petitn. the Gov. and Assist. for relief on acco. of two s. prest into the serv. against the Ind. His wid. d. 9 Mar. foll. Deane thot. him s. of James of Dorchester, but so do not I. His d. Rachel m. 8 May 1684, Caleb Lincoln.

Genealogical Dictionary of New England 93: Lincoln, STEPHEN, Hingham 1638, came that yr. from Wymondham, a town a. 9 ms. from Norwich, bring. mo. w. and s. Stephen, but prob. not in the Diligent, that arr. 10 Aug. of that yr. or Cushing, wh. was careful to note his fellow-passeng. would have told us so; had Sarah, b. 22 Mar. 1642; and his w. wh. name is unkn. d. next mo.; the d. d. 4 Nov. 1649, and he d. 11 Oct. 1658. His will, made 3 days bef. ment. his mo. Joan, Susanna, d. of his br. Thomas, and gives part of his est. to mo. but most to only ch. STEPHEN, Hingham, only s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. Feb. 1660, Eliz. d. of Matthew Hawke, had Eliz. b. 3 Nov. 1660; Mary, 27 Dec. 1662; Stephen, 9 Nov. 1665; David, 22 Sept. 1668, bef. ment.; Bethia, 29 Oct. 1670; Abigail, 7 Apr. 1673; Margaret, 30 June 1677, and James, 26 Oct. 1681, bef. ment. was freem. 1680, and d. 17 Sept. 1692, and his wid. d. 4 Nov. 1713. Eliz. m. 4 Jan. 1693, Ephraim Marsh; Mary m. 11 Jan. 1688, Enoch Whiton; Bethia m. 16 Apr. 1701, John Lane; and of the other two as. no rec. of m. or d. is found. STEPHEN, Hingham, s. of the preced. never m. was ens. town clk. and d. 27 Dec.

Genealogical Dictionary of New England 95: Lincoln, CALEB, Hingham, s. of Thomas, the husbandman, m. 8 May 1684, Rachel, d. of James Bates, had Ruth, b. 11 Feb. 1685; Rachel, 4 June 1688 ; Ann, 15 Sept. 1690; Silence, 26 Dec. 1692; and Luke, 27 Mar. 1695. His w. d. 10 Nov. 1696, and he m. 2 Sept. 1698, Hannah Jackson, and he d. Nov. 1721, unless this date belong to a neph. of the same name. DAVID, Hingham, B. of the sec. Stephen, m. 4 Jan. 1693, Margaret Lincoln, perhaps d. of Benjamin, had Eliz. b. 8 Oct. 1693; David, 8 Feb. 1695; Sarah, 24 Oct. 1696, d. at two yrs.; Matthew, 2 Sept. 1698; Isaac, 18 Jan. 1702, H. C. 1722, first of the name in the catal.; Job, 16 Mar. 1710; and Margaret, wh. d. 26 Sept. 1711. He d. 9 Oct. 1714, and his wid. d. 23 Au. 1716. From him, beside Isaac, are derived Abner, H. C. 1788; Levi, H. C. 1789; and Rev. Calvin, H. C. 1820. EPHRAIM, Hingham, younger s. of the first Daniel, by w. Mary had Mary, b. 28 Nov. 1714; Ephraim, 3 Feb. 1717, d. 1795; and Susanna, 27 June 1721. He d. 1762, aged 95. JAMES, Hingham, br. of David, m. 28 Feb. 1711, Deborah, eldest d. of the sec. Samuel L. had James, b. 2 Nov. 1711, d. next mo. as did his w. He had sec. w. Joanna, wh. d. 4 Jan. 1726, and he d. 3 May 1731. JOSEPH, Hingham, br. of Benjamin, freem. perhaps 1670, m. 14 June 1682, Prudence, d. of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, wh. d. 26 Nov. 1695, had Joseph, b. 13 Mar. 1683; Israel, 17 Apr. 1685; Nehemiah, 4 May 1688; and Elisha, 2 Oct. 1692. He m. 27 Feb. 1696, Sarah, wid. of Hopestill Bisbee, but prob. had no ch. for his will, of 5 Mar. 1715, names her as his w. but only the four ch. of the former. He d. 18 Mar. 1716. JOSHUA, Hingham, br. of Caleb, perhaps the freem. of 1670, m. 20 Apr. 1666, Deborah, d. of Joshua Hobart, had Peter, b. 6 June 1667, d. at one yr.; Joshua, 9 May 1669; Peter, again, 19 Jan. 1671; Jacob, 5 Mar. 1673, d. next mo.; Deborah, 31 Aug. 1674; Margaret, 14 May 1677; Caleb, 9 Oct. 1678; Jacob, 21 Mar. 1681; Solomon, 25 Nov. 1682; and Isaac, 14 Nov. 1684; his w. d. Nov. 1684; and a ch. prob. the last, d. 29 Dec. 1689; and he d. 2 Apr. 1694. MORDECAI, Hingham, s. of the first Samuel, rem. to Scituate, by w. Sarah there had Mordecai, b. 24 Apr. 1686; Abraham, 13 Jan. 1689; Isaac, 21 Oct. 1691; and Sarah, 29 July 1694. STEPHEN, Hingham 1638, came that yr. from Wymond- ham, a town a. 9 ms. from Norwich, bring. mo. w. and s. Stephen,but prob. not in the Diligent, that arr. 10 Aug. of that yr. or Cushing,wh. was careful to note his fellow-passeng. would have told us so; had Sarah, b. 22 Mar. 1642; and his w. wh. name is unkn. d. next mo.; the d. d. 4 Nov. 1649, and he d. 11 Oct. 1658. His will, made 3 days bef. ment. his mo. Joan, Susanna, d. of his br. Thomas, and gives part of his est. to mo. but most to only ch. STEPHEN, Hingham, only s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. Feb. 1660, Eliz. d. of Matthew Hawke, had Eliz. b. 3 Nov. 1660; Mary, 27 Dec. 1662; Stephen, 9 Nov. 1665; David, 22 Sept. 1668, bef. ment.; Bethia, 29 Oct. 1670; Abigail, 7 Apr. 1673; Margaret, 30 June 1677, and James, 26 Oct. 1681, bef. ment. was freem. 1680, and d. 17 Sept. 1692, and his wid. d. 4 Nov. 1713. Eliz. m. 4 Jan. 1693, Ephraim Marsh; Mary m. 11 Jan. 1688, Enoch Whiton; Bethia m. 16 Apr. 1701, John Lane; and of the other two as. no rec. of m. or d. is found. STEPHEN, Hingham, s. of the preced. never m. was ens. town clk. and d. 27 Dec. 1717; THOMAS, Hingham 1636, the weaver, elder br. of the first Samuel, was two yrs. or more at Watertown and Charlestown, having, says the Cushing MS. come with Nicholas Jacob, a relat. in 1633; had gr. of lds. in 1635, and house lot gr. 3 July 1636, so that he would be judged a first sett. with Hobart, and may have been the freem. of MR. 1638 or of 18 May 1642. His first w. Susanna d. Mar. 1641, and he had ano. w. Mary, who, by one report, prob. erron. outliv. him, and d. 2 Sept. 1675, leav. no ch. His will is without date, but well pro. provides for w. gives small legacy to br. Samuel, larger to Samuel, and Daniel, s. of that br. and smaller to ea. of the other liv. cb. exc. Rebecca, latest b. wh. may render prob. that it was made bef. she was b. THOMAS, Hingham, the miller, prob. came 1635, certain. had house lot 3 July 1636, brot. sev. ch. perhaps two or three. rem. a. 1652 to Taunton, where he took sec. w. 10 Dec. 1665, Eliz. Streete, prob. wid. of Francis. He, in his will of 28 Aug. 1683, call. hims. "eighty yrs. or thereabout," pro. 6 Mar. foll. he ment. with these ch. of former w. Thomas, John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary, and s.-in-law Joseph Willis, perhaps h. of Sarah, and Sarah's s. Thomas. In Geneal. Reg. VI. 188, it is print. Linton. THOMAS, Hingham, the cooper, s. of Thomas, in O. E. had gr. in the town 1636, more likely, in my judgment, than either of the preced. to have been the freem. of Mar. 1638, had, bef. com. from Eng. m. 1630, a a. of Andrew Lane, had two ch. of wh. one d. and the other, Sarah, was brot. and d. soon aft. arr. and here had Thomas, bapt. 6 May 1638; Joseph, 22 Nov. 1640, bef. ment.; Benjamin, 7 May 1643, bef. ment.; Deborah, 3 Aug. 1645; and Sarah, 6 Oct. 1650, d. young. His w. wh. name is unkn. d. 13 Feb. 1683, and he d. 28 Sept. 1691. His will, of 13 July 1688, names the four liv. ch. Deborah m. 13 June 1678, as sec. w. Samuel Thaxter. Tradit. brings him from West of Eng. where he left br. John This may seem not improb. if we substitute E. for W. The name belong. to Co. Norf'k. or the adj. Co. Lincoln. THOMAS, Hingham 1638, the husbandman, br. of the first Stephen, prob. younger, had gr. of ld. 1638, came, says the Cushing MS. in 1638 from Wymondham, Co. Norf'k. with Jeremiah Moore, perhaps is the freem. of 18 May 1642, had w. Margaret, d. of Richard Langer, and ch. Caleb, bapt. 8 Oct. 1643, d. soon; Joshua and Caleb, tw. 2 Mar. 1645, of wh. the latter, I think, liv. not long; Susanna; Mary, b. 10, bapt. 23 Apr. 1648; Sarah, 29 Sept. bapt. 6 Oct. 1650; Thomas, 26 Dec. 1652; Eliz. and Ruth, b. 19 Nov. 1664. He d. 16 Aug. 1692; but his will, of 24 May 1681, names the w. and eight ch. His d. Susanna m. 16 May 1666, to Joseph Barstow of Scituate; Mary m. 5 Jan. 1675, Francis Barker of Duxbury; Sarah m. 6 May 1675, Thomas Marsh; Eliz. m. 23 Jan. 1678, Daniel Lincoln, bef. ment.; and Ruth, m. Jan. 1685, Samuel Gill. It seems very curious, that at our Hingham, within the first three yrs. of its sett. should be found four heads of fams. nam. Thomas Lincoln, and yet at Hingham in O. E. where this fam. name was quite freq. not one Thomas occurs in the rec. from 1600 to 1663 incl. neither as f. nor s. among ms. 15 in number, of wh. 8 were of males, nor among 28 bur. nor among, 62 bapt. Clearly the other parishes of Co. Norf'k. had the name of bapt. in greater abund. for males of this surname. THOMAS, Taunton, s. of Thomas, the miller, of Hingham, b. in Eng. had Mary, b. 12 May 1652; Sarah, 25 Sept. 1654; Thomas, 21 Apr. 1656; Samuel, 16 Mar 1658; Jonah, 7 July 1660; Hannah, 15 Mar. 1663; d. Contant, 16 May 1665; Eliz. 24 Apr. 1669; and Mercy, 3 Apr. 1670. Constant m. 13 July 1687, William Briggs; Hannah m. 23 Dec. 1689, Daniel Owen; and Eliz. m. 17 Oct. 1693, William Briggs, as sec. w. THOMAS, Hingham, eldest s. of Thomas, the cooper, was a carpenter, m. 18 Feb. 1663, Mary, d. of Thomas Chubbuck, wh. d. 12 June 1690, without ch. it is thot. He m. 13 Nov. foll. Lydia, d. of Rev. Peter Hobart, had Lydia, b. 29 Sept. 1691, d. young; Mary, 24 June 1693, d. in few wks.; Thomas, 3 July 1695; Lydia, again, 16 Oct. 1696, d. young; and Josiah, 10 Apr. 1699, wh. was a deac. and liv. to 23 Jan. 1774. He was freem. prob. 1672, a lieut. and capt. d. 28 Nov. 1708; and in his will of 18 Dec. 1700, names only w. Lydia and her two s. THOMAS, Hingham, youngest s. of Thomas, the husbandman, m. 6 Jan. 1685, Sarah, d. of James Lewis of Barnstable, had Sarah, b. 21 Oct. 1685; Susanna, 19 Sept. 1688; Thomas, 30 Aug. 1692, d. at 3 mos.; Ebenezer, 9 Apr. 1694; and Mary; and d. 28 Sept. 1698; and his wid. m. 20 Feb. foll. Robert Waterman. THOMAS, Taunton, eldest s. of Thomas of the same, m. 14 Nov. 1689, Susanna Smith; but my kn. ends here. WILLIAM, Roxbury, a soldier in the comp. of his townsman, the brave capt. Johnson, was wound. 19 Dec. 1675, in the gr. Narraganset battle, and d. soon aft. Twenty of this name had, in 1834, been gr. at Harv. two at Yale, and four at other coll. of N. E.

Abraham Lincoln, an American Migration Family: THE LINCOLNS IN MASSACHUSETTS: The history of the Lincolns as we have it now from various sources shows us that they came from Hingham in England and settled at and near Hingham Massachusetts. The first settlement at Hingham Massachusetts was made by the Rev Peter Hobart and twenty nine others who had land apportioned to them by lot September 18 1635. The next year lands were granted to the following Lincolns: Thomas Lincoln the miller, Thomas Lincoln the weaver, and Thomas Lincoln the cooper. The following year 1637 land was granted also to Samuel Lincoln the brother of Thomas Lincoln the weaver. Thomas Lincoln the miller was born in England in 1603 and died in Taunton Massachusetts in 1683. He first settled in Hingham Massachusetts and removed about 1652 to Taunton. He was called the miller to distinguish him from the other prominent Thomas Lincoln of Hingham who was a large land owner and was known as Thomas Lincoln the husbandman thus making the fourth Thomas Lincoln who settled in Hingham. This Thomas Lincoln the husbandman came from Wyndham England 1638 and married about 1642 Margaret the daughter of Richard Sanger of Hingham. In addition to these four Thomases and Samuel Lincoln two other Lincolns settled in the same region Stephen Lincoln the brother of Thomas Lincoln the husbandman and Daniel Lincoln. /P/ Samuel Lincoln who came over as a servant or apprentice seems to have been the most modest of all the Lincolns in point of property In the Office of Rolls in London is found the following reference to him Francis Lawes born in Norwich Norfolk County and lining weaver aged and Liddea his wife aged 49 with one child Mary and two servants Samuel Lincoln aged 18 years and Ann Smith aged 19 years ar desirous to pass to New England to inhabit. These people went to New England with William Andrews of Ipswich Master of the ship John and Dorothy of Ipswich and William his son Mr of the Rose of Yarmouth April 18 1637. It was this Samuel Lincoln the servant who by the irony of democracy became the progenitor of the family of Abraham Lincoln the President of the United States of America. Samuel Lincoln thus came from Norwich England in the year 1637 at the age of 18 years. He died May 26 1690. He married Martha Lewis who died April 10 1693. Ten children were the issue of this union. The eldest son Samuel became the progenitor of Lincolns of prominence in Massachusetts .The fourth son Mordecai was born June 17 1657 in Hingham and died October 13 1727 in Scituate Massachusetts. This Mordecai was the great great great grandfather of Abraham Lincoln the President. Mordecai Lincoln was a blacksmith by trade and established the first smelting furnace in New England. He was a large contributor towards the erection of the Iron Works at Bound Brook Massachusetts which comprised as their chief feature a Catalan forge for making wrought iron. There is record of him as a foot soldier of Hingham Massachusetts in 1679 and as a blacksmith in Hull about 1680. In the years 1680 to 1685 he is found among the taxables and is assessed 2 4 Bull for money there in 1684. His land or residence is mentioned in the deed given by Benjamin Bosworth and his wife Beatrice to Robert Gould Hull December 14 1682. His uncle Thomas Lincoln the weaver appears as witness of a deed in 1698. A deed in the possession of George Lincoln of Hingham dated December 21 1713 contains the following information. George Jackson of Marblehead sells to Mordecai Lincoln of Scituate blacksmith two parcels of salt meadow land lying and being in Cohassett then the Township of Hingham one of which is bounded East by a brook or river called Bound Brook.