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Nancy Hanks 1784–1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1784

Birth Location: Virginia now, Mineral, West Virginia, United States

Death Date: 5 Oct 1818

Death Location: Gentryville, Spencer, Indiana, United States

Father: James Hanks

Mother: Lucy Shipley

Spouse(s): Thomas Lincoln

Children(s): Abraham USA), Thomas Lincoln

Nancy Hanks was born in 1784 in Virginia now, Mineral, West Virginia, United States, the child of James Abraham Hanks And Lucy Shipley. Nancy Hanks married Thomas Lincoln, and had children including Abraham Abe Lincoln 16Th President Of Usa, Thomas Lincoln. Nancy Hanks passed away in 1818 in Gentryville, Spencer, Indiana, United States.

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Biography

  • Nancy Hanks was born in 1784 in Virginia now, Mineral, West Virginia, United States, the child of James Abraham Hanks And Lucy Shipley.
  • Nancy Hanks married Thomas Lincoln, and had children including Abraham Abe Lincoln 16Th President Of Usa, Thomas Lincoln.
  • Nancy Hanks passed away in 1818 in Gentryville, Spencer, Indiana, United States.

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Nancy Hanks's Ancestors

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Nancy Hanks
1784–1818
Birth Place: Virginia now, Mineral, West Virginia, United States
Parents
James Abraham Hanks
1760–1810
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Lucy Shipley
1765–1825
Bedford, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Robert Shipley
1713–1770
Queen Caroline, Howard, Maryland, United States
Sarah (Rachel) Dorsey
1733–1804
Queen Caroline's Parish,Anne Arundel,Maryland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Shipley
1678–1763
Joshua Dorsey
1686–1747
Ann RIDGLEY
1686–1771
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Howard
1667–1703
Katherine Greenberry
1672–1703

Nancy Hanks's Descendants

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Nancy Hanks (5 Feb 1784–5 Oct 1818) m. Thomas Lincoln (20 Jan 1780–17 Jan 1851)
  1. 1. Abraham (Abe Lincoln (16th President of) USA) 1809–1898 m. Mary (Ann Todd (Lincoln) (16th First Lady of) USA) 1818–1882
  2. 2. Thomas Lincoln 1811–1815

Nancy Hanks's Timeline

2 Records

1784
5 Feb 1784
Birth of Nancy Hanks in Virginia now, Mineral, West Virginia, United States
Virginia now, Mineral, West Virginia, United States
1818
5 Oct 1818
Age 34
Death of Nancy Hanks in Gentryville, Spencer, Indiana, United States
Gentryville, Spencer, Indiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1784
    Event Place: Virginia now, Mineral, West Virginia, United States
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Samuel Moody Grubbs, a descendant of the Boone Family

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1818
    Event Place: Gentryville, Spencer, Indiana, United States
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Samuel Moody Grubbs, a descendant of the Boone Family

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