Ancestry of
Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President

John Lincoln

View famous kin of John Lincoln

• • Great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Mordecai Lincoln Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Salter   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 May 1716 
  • Birth Location:
  • Monmouth County, New Jersey 
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  • Death Date:
  • Nov 1788 
  • Death Location:
  • Linville Creek, Rockingham, Virginia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Flowers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Jul 1743 
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  Abraham Lincoln (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  Hannah Lincoln

  Lydia Lincoln

  Isaac Lincoln

  Jacob Lincoln

  John Lincoln

  Sarah Lincoln

  Thomas Lincoln

  Rebecca Lincoln

• Sources for John Lincoln

  • ¹ Harrison, John Houston, Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, Virginia, and Their Descendants . . ., Dayton, Virginia: Joseph K. Ruebush Company (1935), 283-284.
  • ² Keiser, David S., "Lincoln's Ancestors Came from Ireland", Lincoln Herald, Winter 1977, Vol. 79, No. 4, page 150.
  • ³ Keiser, David S., "Quaker Ancestors for Lincoln", Lincoln Herald, Fall 1961, Vol. 63, Page 135.
  • ⁴ Martin, John Hill, Chester (and its Vicinity,) Delaware County, in Pennsylvania: with Genealogical Sketches of Some Old Families, Philadelphia: Wm. H. Pile and Sons (1877), 408, 436.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 453.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Abraham Lincoln (captain)", (accessed 07/31/2011).