Ancestry of
Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President

Thomas Lincoln

View famous kin of Thomas Lincoln

• • Father of Abraham Lincoln — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Abraham Lincoln 
  • Mother:
  • Bathsheba Herring   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Jan 1778 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rockingham County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Jan 1851 
  • Death Location:
  • Coles County, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Shiloh Cemetery, Coles County, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Hanks
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Jun 1806 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Washington County, Kentucky 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Lincoln

  Abraham Lincoln (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  Thomas Lincoln

• Additional marriages for Thomas Lincoln

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Bush
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Dec 1819

• Sources for Thomas Lincoln

  • ¹ New England Ancestors Magazine, Winter 2003, Vol. 4.1, pages 25-29.
  • ² Hallstrom, Suzanne W., et. al., "Nancy Hanks Lincoln mtDNA Study: Unlocking the Secrets of Abraham Lincoln's Maternal Ancestry", (accessed 05/05/2020).
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 453.
  • ⁴ Warren, Louis A., "The Shipley Ancestry of Lincoln's Mother", Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 29, No. 3 (September 1933), 211.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Thomas Lincoln", (accessed 07/31/2011).