Ancestry of
Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President

Joseph Hanks

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• • Great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • John Hanks 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Dec 1725 
  • Birth Location:
  • North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 8 Jan 1793 to 4 May 1793 
  • Death Location:
  • Nelson County, Kentucky 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ann "Nanny" Lee
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  • Children:
  
  

  Thomas Hanks

  Joshua Hanks

  William Hanks

  Charles Hanks

  Elizabeth Hanks

  Mary Hanks

  Joseph Hanks

  Nancy Hanks

  Lucy Hanks (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  • Notes: 
  • Some older sources list Joseph's parents as Luke and Elizabeth Hanks. More recent researchers believe John and Catherine Hanks are the parents. Luke is believed to have had two sons, Alexander and Turner, and one daughter Lucretia.

• Sources for Joseph Hanks

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2016, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 55-57.
  • ² Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Vol. 20, No. 4 (Jan 1928), p. 512.
  • ³ New England Ancestors Magazine, Winter 2003, Vol. 4.1, pages 25-29, 55.
  • ⁴ Barton, William Eleazar, The Lineage of Lincoln, Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company (1929), 186.