Samuel Lincoln

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Samuel Lincoln
Born24 August 1622
Hingham, Norfolk, England
Died26 May 1690 (aged 67)
Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, English America
ChildrenSamuel, Daniel, Mordecai, Mary, Thomas, Martha, Sarah, Rebecca
ParentEdward Lincoln
Historical marker, Samuel Lincoln House, Hingham, Massachusetts

Samuel Lincoln (24 August 1622 – 26 May 1690) was an Englishman and progenitor of many notable

Representatives, Governor and Lieutenant Governor.[2] Because of Samuel Lincoln's descendants, his fortuitous arrival in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the fact that his ancestry is known for several generations, he is considered the father of the most prominent branch of Lincolns in the United States.[3]

Journey to America

Samuel Lincoln House, Hingham, Massachusetts, built by grandson of immigrant Samuel on land he purchased

Having grown up in meager circumstances due to a family squabble in which his wealthy grandfather disinherited his earlier children, Samuel Lincoln became an apprentice weaver under Francis Lawes of Norwich, England. Samuel Lincoln's father Edward had abandoned his home at Swanton Morley near Hingham after he was cut out of his father Richard's will, and relocated to some small acreage at Hingham.[4][5] In 1637, Lincoln left England for the New World with Lawes' family, embarking on a ship named John & Dorothy. Although most accounts indicate that he was 15 years old at the time, it has been suggested that he misrepresented his age in order to be permitted to make the voyage.[6]

Samuel's older brother Thomas is known in early records as "Thomas Lincoln the Weaver" to distinguish him from several other unrelated Thomas Lincolns. In 1635, Thomas settled in Hingham, Massachusetts where the town granted him a house lot. Although twice married, Thomas had no children.[7] Samuel sailed for the colony of Massachusetts. After Thomas’ death, he left a great deal of his property, including several house lots, to Samuel and his nephews.[8]

Life and family in Massachusetts

Bust of Abraham Lincoln, descendant of Samuel, St. Andrew's Church, Hingham, Norfolk, England

Samuel Lincoln helped build the

Samuel, Isaac, Jacob, and Mordecai, a common practice among early Puritan settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[11]
Many later Lincoln descendants, including the original immigrant's son, were named Samuel in succeeding generations.

Samuel's mother also belonged to a family long associated with American government: the Gilmans of

U.S. Constitution
, was a member of this family.

Commemoration

In 1937, the 300th anniversary of Samuel Lincoln's arrival in Massachusetts was commemorated with the dedication of a tablet at the Old Ship Church in Hingham, Massachusetts. President Abraham Lincoln is honored by a bust in the church of St Andrew's in Hingham, Norfolk, England, unveiled in a 1919 ceremony by then-American

Ambassador John W. Davis.[12] Samuel Lincoln's father Edward, who remained in Hingham, England, died on 11 February 1640, and was buried in the graveyard of St Andrew's Church.[13]

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See also

Sources

  • Waldo Lincoln, History of the Lincoln Family: An Account of the Descendants of Samuel Lincoln of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1637–1920 (1923)
    ISBN 0-7884-1489-5
    .
  • Lincoln's Youth: Indiana Years, Seven to Twenty-One, 1816–1830, Indiana University Press (2002)
    ISBN 0-87195-063-4
    .
  • Genealogy of Samuel Lincoln.
  • LINCOLN (Samuel), from George Lincoln, The History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, The Genealogies (1893).
  • English church reaches out to Lincoln land; Building where president's ancestors once worshipped in need of major repairs.
  • The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, James Henry Lea, John Robert Hutchinson, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1909

References

  1. ^ The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, James Henry Lea, Robert Hutchinson, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1909, p. 4.
  2. ^ Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Vol. I, 1869, Essex Institute Press, Salem, Mass., 1870.
  3. ISBN 0-7884-1489-5
    ; John George Nicolay, John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History (1890) p. 2.
  4. ^ The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, James Henry Lea, Robert Hutchinson, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1909.
  5. ^ Abraham Lincoln's antecedents in the county of Norfolk, Norfolkcoast.co.uk Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ William Eleazar Barton, The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1935) p. 25.
  7. ^ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XIX, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Published by the Society, David Clapp & Son, Printers, Boston, Mass., 1865.
  8. ^ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Thomas Tracy Bouvé, Published by the Town, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1893.
  9. ^ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Thomas Tracy Bouvé, et al., Published by the Town, 1893.
  10. ^ Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1917, Illinois State Journal Co., Printers, Springfield, Ill., 1917.
  11. ^ Waldo Lincoln, History of the Lincoln Family: An Account of the Descendants of Samuel Lincoln of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1637–1920 (1923) p. 64.
  12. ^ Hingham and the Lincoln Connection, hingham.org.uk.
  13. ^ St Andrew, Hingham, norfolkchurches.co.uk.
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