Abraham Lincoln (captain)
| Abraham Lincoln | |
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| Born |
May 13, 1744 Berks County, Pennsylvania, British America |
| Died | May 1786 (aged 41) Jefferson County, Virginia, U.S. (now Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.) |
| Cause of death | Shot from ambush |
| Resting place | Long Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Eastwood, Kentucky, U.S. 38°15′17″N 85°24′48″W / 38.254754°N 85.413315°W |
| Occupation | Tanner, farmer |
| Title | Captain |
| Spouse(s) | Bathsheba Herring |
| Children |
Mordecai Lincoln Josiah Lincoln Mary Lincoln Thomas Lincoln Nancy Lincoln |
| Parent(s) | John Lincoln Rebecca Flowers |
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Abraham Lincoln (May 13, 1744 – May 1786) was the grandfather of the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a military captain during the American Revolution, and a pioneer settler of Kentucky.
Captain Abraham Lincoln was a descendant of Samuel Lincoln (1622–1690), who was born in Hingham, Norfolk, England, and who, as a weaver's apprentice, immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637. Abraham's father John Lincoln (1716–1788) was born in Monmouth County in the province of New Jersey, and grew up in the Schuylkill river valley in the province of Pennsylvania. Typical of his class, John Lincoln learned a trade, in his case weaving, to practice alongside the subsistence farming necessary on the colonial frontier. The Lincoln home farm on Hiester's Creek, in what is now Exeter Township, Berks County, was left to John's half-brothers, the children of his father's second marriage. In 1743, John Lincoln married Rebecca Morris (1720–1806), daughter of Enoch Flowers of Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Rebecca was the widow of James Morris and the mother of a young son, Jonathan Morris.
Abraham Lincoln was born 13 May 1744 in what is now Berks County, Pennsylvania. Abraham was the first child born to John and Rebecca Lincoln, who had nine children in all: Abraham born 1744, twins Hannah and Lydia born 1748, Isaac born 1750, Jacob born 1751, John born 1755, Sarah born 1757, Thomas born 1761, and Rebecca born 1767.
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