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Lincoln, the First American President, and His Frontier Line
A narrative tracing Abraham Lincoln and his Lincoln ancestry from England to the United States. It details Samuel Lincoln's 17th century arrival in Massachusetts, the westward drift through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, to Illinois, and the lineage culminating in Abraham Lincoln born in 1809. It also covers Thomas Hanks and Lucy Hanks in Virginia and Kentucky, Nancy Hanks, and early frontier life, including Lincoln’s frontier upbringing and the 1786 murder of Capt. Abraham Lincoln.
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Braham Lincoln
Washington
Republic
Lincoln
Buchanan
America
United States
New England
Virginia
Lincolns
Samuel Lincoln
Hingham
Norfolk
England
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mass
North America
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Mordecai Lincoln, Sr
Scituate
Mordecai Lincoln
Berks County
John Lincoln
Capt
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln
Achusetts Bay
Cromwell
Thomas Hanks
Hankses
Malmesbury
Thomas Wese
Gloucester County
Virginia Land Office
Richmond
Hanks
Col
Richard Lee
Lee
Charles I
Charles II
Thomas Blanks
Oliver Cromwell
Shenandoah Valley
Mordecai
Josiah
Mary
Thomas
Nancy
Bathsheba Lincoln
Treasury
United States of America
Robert E. Lee
Confederate States of America
William Hanks
Richmond County
John Hanks
North Farnham Parish
Joseph Hanks
Nelson County
Floyd's Fork
Jefferson County
Green River Licks
Lincoln County
Hughes Station
Floyd's. Fork
Bathsheba
George Rogers Clark
Beech Fork
Washington County
Tom Lincoln
Wautauga
Tennessee
Cumberland County
Hardin County
Mill Creek
Hampshire County
Mineral County
West Virginia
Nancy Hanks
Lucy Hanks
Nancy Sparrow
Henry Sparrow
Berry
Jes