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Capt Abraham Lincoln 1744–1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 May 1744

Birth Location: Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 19 May 1786

Death Location: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: John Lincoln

Mother: Rebekah Flowers

Spouse(s): Bathsheba Herring, Mary Shipley

Children(s): Josiah Lincoln, Mordecai Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, Nancy Lincoln

The story of Capt Abraham Lincoln began in 1744 in Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America, Pennsylvania, USA. Capt Abraham Lincoln married Bathsheba Herring, Mary Shipley, and had children including Josiah Lincoln, Mary Ada Lincoln, Mordecai Lincoln, Nancy Ann Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln. Capt Abraham Lincoln passed away in 1786 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Capt Abraham Lincoln began in 1744 in Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Capt Abraham Lincoln married Bathsheba Herring, Mary Shipley, and had children including Josiah Lincoln, Mary Ada Lincoln, Mordecai Lincoln, Nancy Ann Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln.
  • Capt Abraham Lincoln passed away in 1786 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Capt Lincoln's Ancestors

Self
Capt Lincoln
1744–1786
Birth Place: Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
John "Virginia John" Lincoln
1716–1788
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States of America
Rebekah Flowers
1720–1806
Amityville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Mordecai Lincoln
1686–1736
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Salter
1692–1727
Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Great-Grandparents
Mordecai Sr
1657–1727
Sarah Jones
1660–1702
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Lincoln
1622–1690
Martha Lyford
1625–1693
Abraham Jones
1628–1718
Sarah Whitman
1633–1718

Capt Lincoln's Descendants

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Capt (Abraham) Lincoln (13 May 1744–19 May 1786) m. Bathsheba Herring (1748–May 1836) m. Mary Shipley (–1779)
  1. 1. Josiah Lincoln 1773–1835 m. Catharine (Barbara) Barlow 1774–1817
  2. 2. Mordecai Lincoln 1771–1831 m. Mary Mudd 1775–1859
  3. 3. Mary (Ada) Lincoln 1775–1851 m. Daniel (Edgar) Crume 1758–1824
  4. 4. Thomas Lincoln 1778–1851 m. Nancy (Elizabeth) Hanks 1784–1818
    1. 1. Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 m. Mary Lincoln 1818–1882
      1. 1. Robert (Todd) Lincoln 1843–1926
      2. 2. Thomas Lincoln 1853–1871
      3. 3. Edward (Baker) Lincoln 1846–1850
      4. 4. William (Wallace) Lincoln 1850–1862
  5. 5. Nancy ((Ann)) Lincoln 1780–1845

Capt Lincoln's Timeline

2 Records

1744
13 May 1744
Birth of Capt Abraham Lincoln in Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America, Pennsylvania, USA
Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America, Pennsylvania, USA
1786
19 May 1786
Age 42
Death of Capt Abraham Lincoln in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 May 1744
    Event Place: Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 760.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RMA
    [2] North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: History of the Lincoln family : an account of the descendants of Samuel Lincoln, of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1637-1920

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1786
    Event Place: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories

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