Ancestry of
Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President

Mordecai Lincoln Jr.

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Mordecai Lincoln 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Jones   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Apr 1686 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 May 1736 
  • Death Location:
  • Amity, Berks, Pennsylvania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Salter
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 14 Sep 1714 
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  • Child:

  John Lincoln (Ahnentafel No:8 )

• Sources for Mordecai Lincoln Jr.

  • ¹ Hingham, MA: Vital Records, 1637-1845, Vol. 1, p. 30.
  • ² Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), 1929, Vol. 22, No. 1, p. 69.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, April 1887, Vol. 41, p. 154.
  • ⁴ Keiser, David S., "Lincoln's Ancestors Came from Ireland", Lincoln Herald, Winter 1977, Vol. 79, No. 4, p. 150.
  • ⁵ Lane, Ralph H., The Scothorn Family, Washington, D.C.: unknown (1955), 114.
  • ⁶ Lea, James Henry and John Robert Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (1909), 93.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 453.
  • ⁸ Swank, James M., American Economist: Devoted to the Protection of American Labor and Industries, Vol. 12, No. 1, 07 JUL 1893, New York: The American Protective Tariff League (1893), 262.