Ancestry of
Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President

Mordecai Lincoln

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 32 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Lincoln 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Lyford   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Jun 1657 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Nov 1727 
  • Death Location:
  • Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Groveland Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Jones
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1685 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Mordecai Lincoln Jr. (Ahnentafel No:16 )

  • Notes: 
  • Mordecai's death is in the published vital records for both Cohasset and Scituate, however the date of death differs by one day.

• Additional marriages for Mordecai Lincoln

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Hobart
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1701
  • Marriage Location:
  • Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts

• Sources for Mordecai Lincoln

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/28/2017).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Cohasset Deaths, Vol. 1, p. 211.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Scituate Deaths, Vol.2, p. 411.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1959, Vol. 113, p. 45.
  • ⁵ Quincy, MA: Vital and Church Records, 1672-1870, p. 17181, Marriage record for Moricai Lyncoln and Mary Chapin.
  • ⁶ Banks, Charles Edward, "The Emigrant Ancestor and Ancestress of Abraham Lincoln", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, April 1929, Vol. 60, Iss. 2, p. 116.
  • ⁷ Chapin, Gilbert Warren, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data with Brief Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Vol. 1, Hartford, Connecticut: Chapin Family Association (1924), 22.
  • ⁸ Eells, Rev. Myron, Marcus Whitman: Pathfinder and Patriot, Seattle: The Alice Harriman Company (1909), 21.
  • ⁹ Keiser, David S., "Lincoln's Ancestors Came from Ireland", Lincoln Herald, Winter 1977, Vol. 79, No. 4, p. 150.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 453.
  • ¹¹ 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.