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The surname Lincoln derives from the town of Lincoln in Lincolnshire in the east of England. Lincoln was an important center in the area during Roman times and during the Middle Ages. The name Lincoln defined someone from Lincoln (who may in fact be resident somewhere else).
England. Lincolns are persons from Lincoln, not necessarily of Lincoln. The 1891 name distribution in fact showed the largest number of Lincolns to be in fact in Norfolk to the south of Lincolnshire followed by Yorkshire to the north, rather than in Lincolnshire.
A Thomas Lyncolne was recorded as farming in the Norfolk village of Tasburgh in 1413 and these Lincolns stayed in the village for the next four hundred years. Hingham in Norfolk had a number of Lincolns, including Thomas the cooper and Samuel the weaver who emigrated to America in the 1630's and had famous descendants.
America. Abraham Lincoln's ancestor in America was Samuel Lincoln who left his native Norfolk and came to Hingham, Massachusetts in 1637, following his brother Thomas who had arrived there two years earlier. He and his wife Martha had eight children who survived, three of whom lived onto their eighties. The line from Samuel Lincoln also led to:
Abraham Lincoln's line went from Massachusetts to New Jersey and then to Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and in Illinois and the farm there where Abraham grew up. Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln had four children, but only their eldest, Robert, would survive to adulthood.
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Benjamin Lincoln was one of Washington's generals during the Revolutionary War.
Abraham Lincoln was America's 16th President and one of its most famous. He was the man who led the country through the trials and tribulations of the Civil War.
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The surname Lincoln derives from the town of Lincoln in Lincolnshire in the east of England. Lincoln was an important center in the area during Roman times and during the Middle Ages. The name Lincoln defined someone from Lincoln (who may in fact be resident somewhere else).
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- Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln lineage.
England. Lincolns are persons from Lincoln, not necessarily of Lincoln. The 1891 name distribution in fact showed the largest number of Lincolns to be in fact in Norfolk to the south of Lincolnshire followed by Yorkshire to the north, rather than in Lincolnshire.
A Thomas Lyncolne was recorded as farming in the Norfolk village of Tasburgh in 1413 and these Lincolns stayed in the village for the next four hundred years. Hingham in Norfolk had a number of Lincolns, including Thomas the cooper and Samuel the weaver who emigrated to America in the 1630's and had famous descendants.
America. Abraham Lincoln's ancestor in America was Samuel Lincoln who left his native Norfolk and came to Hingham, Massachusetts in 1637, following his brother Thomas who had arrived there two years earlier. He and his wife Martha had eight children who survived, three of whom lived onto their eighties. The line from Samuel Lincoln also led to:
- Levi Lincoln and his son Levi, both Massachusetts Governors
- Enoch Lincoln, brother of the younger Levi and Governor of Maine
in 1827
Abraham Lincoln's line went from Massachusetts to New Jersey and then to Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and in Illinois and the farm there where Abraham grew up. Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln had four children, but only their eldest, Robert, would survive to adulthood.
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Benjamin Lincoln was one of Washington's generals during the Revolutionary War.
Abraham Lincoln was America's 16th President and one of its most famous. He was the man who led the country through the trials and tribulations of the Civil War.
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