Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond

Thankful Lincoln
      Sex: F
Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1840
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: James Lincoln (Est 1810-      )
         Mother: 
Spouses and Children
1. *Ezra Knowles (1836 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Arthur I Knowles (1871-1873) ¹
Notes
Marriage Notes (Ezra Knowles)

" Ezra Knowles, only surviving son of Ezra and Elizabeth S. (Rogers) Knowles, and grandson of David Knowles, was born in 1836, and has been a carpenter since 1855. He owns and occupies his father's homestead. He has been fifteen years a member of the official board of the Orleans Methodist Episcopal church. His first marriage was with Eunice S. Gould. He married for his second wife Thankful,. daughter of James Lincoln. They have two children living\emdash Lizzie M. and Clarence E. They lost one son\emdash Arthur I." ²

Thomas Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 1700 - Hingham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Jun 1730 - Rochester, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: Deacon Thomas Lincoln (1674-1739) ⁴ ⁵
         Mother: Rachel Holmes (Cir 1677-1757) ⁵
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Winslow (Cir 1707 - After 1771)
       Marriage: 1725
         Status: 
Thomas Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 16 Nov 1735 - Harwich, Massachusetts ⁶
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Parents
         Father: Nathaniel Lincoln (1704-1772) ⁵
         Mother: Hannah Austin (1712-      )
Spouses and Children
1. *Phebe Godfrey (Cir 1734 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
Thomas Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Cir 1638
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1708
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: Thomas Lincoln (1607-1691) ⁴ ⁵
         Mother: Annis Lane (1606-1683) ⁴ ⁵
Thomas Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 14 Jan 1722 - Hingham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Feb 1784 - Cohasset, Massachusetts ⁷
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: Obadiah Lincoln (1679-1727)
         Mother: 
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebeckah Allen (Cir 1724 - 29 Apr 1808)
       Marriage: 9 Jun 1754 - Cohasset, Massachusetts ⁸
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Allyn Lincoln (1755-      )
                2. Sarah Lincoln (1759-1837)
                3. Olive Lincoln (1761-      )
                4. Rebecca Lincoln (1764-      )
                5. Rebecca Lincoln (1766-1850)
                6. Susanna Lincoln (1757-1757)
Thomas Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 19 Jan 1607 - Beaminster, Dorset, England
          Death: 28 Sep 1691 - Hingham, Massachusetts ⁵
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: Lincoln (Est 1580-      )
         Mother: 
Spouses and Children
1. *Annis Lane (18 Jun 1606 - 14 Feb 1683) ⁴ ⁵ 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Thomas Lincoln (Cir 1638-1708)
                2. Joseph Lincoln (Cir 1640-1716)
                3. Benjamin Lincoln (1643-1700) ⁴ ⁵
                4. Deborah Lincoln (1645-1694)
                5. Sarah Lincoln (1650-1658)
Notes
General:

In his will of 1688, Thomas Lincoln of Hingham called himself "eighty years or thereabouts." This corresponds well to baptismal date of Thomas Lincoln, son of Thomas, of Beaminster, Dorset, England. Numerous Lincoln and Lane entries are found in the Beaminster parish register. So while Savage doubted the tradition that Thomas Lincoln came from the west of England, these records appear to support the tradition, as does the fact that William Lane, with his wife and son, emigrated 8 May 1635 from Weymouth, Dorset, England to Dorchester.

Thomas Lincoln was granted a houselot at Hingham 3 July 1636: "granted unto Thomas Lincoln, cooper, five acres of land at the west end of the town for a house-lot, butting on the town street eastward, and upon the common westward, and with the land of Francis Smith northward, and with the land of Thomas Nichols southward." This lot he later sold or exchanged for one on North, near Beal St., which became his homestead. Thomas also had a small triangular lot of land granted him subsequent to the first distribution of lots in 1635, at what was later the corner of North and Lincoln Streets. This triangular lot he later gave, with malt-house, to his youngest son, Benjamin. He was made freeman in 1638. The records call him 'cooper' and 'malster.' At the time the present meeting-house of the First Parish was erected (1680-81), Thomas Lincoln, cooper, was one of the five elderly gentlemen to whom was assigned a sitting "in the seate under y' pulpit" while for Mrs. Lincoln, a place was allotted "in the second seate next ye pew."

Thomas died at his residence on North Street (West Hingham).

The will of Thomas Lincoln was dated 13 July 1688, proved 27 October 1692. He mentions three sons and one daughter. Joseph inherited the home place. Joseph's son Nehemiah came next into possession, and having no issue, he left it to his nephew Israel Lincoln. A large part of the original homestead is still in possession of this branch of the family in 1893.

sources, via sanford-shulsen:

1. "A Clue to the English Origin of Thomas A Clue to the English Origin of Thomas Lincoln (the Cooper) and William Lane of Hingham, Mass."
Author: Frederick J. Nicholson
Publication: New Haven: The American Genealogist, 1989, Vol. 64
Page: p. 214 Parish register of Beaminster
Text: bp. 19 Jan. 1606[/7], Thomas, son of Thomas Lyncole

2. "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
Author: James Savage
Publication: Originally published 1860-1862. Reprint published Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994
Page: 3:91-95

3. "History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts"
Author: Robert Lincoln
Publication: Hingham, MA: Town of Hingham, 1893
Page: 3:3

4. Lane Genealogies
Author: James Hill Fitts
Publication: Exeter NH: The News-Letter Press, 1897
Page: 2:4
"
5. "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Author: Clarence Almon Torrey
Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985 & 1992
Page: p. 466 ⁴

Deacon Thomas Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 12 Dec 1674 - Hingham, Plymouth colony ⁵
        Baptism: 
          Death: 18 Sep 1739 - Harwich, Massachusetts ⁵
         Burial: in Old Burial Ground, Brewster
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: Benjamin Lincoln (1643-1700) ⁴ ⁵
         Mother: Sarah Fearing (1649-1716) ⁴ ⁵
Spouses and Children
1. *Rachel Holmes (Cir 1677 - 30 Nov 1757) ⁵ 
       Marriage: 7 Nov 1695
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rachel Lincoln (1696-1758)
                2. Thomas Lincoln (1700-1730) ⁴
                3. Sarah Lincoln (1702-      ) ⁴
                4. Nathaniel Lincoln (1704-1772) ⁵
                5. Mercy Lincoln (1710-After 1772)
                6. Margit Lincoln (1712-      )
                7. Thankful Lincoln (1716-Cir 1753)
                8. Elizabeth Lincoln (1719-      )
Notes
General:

Thomas was a weaver. About 1707 he removed from Hingham to Harwich, Massachusetts, where he was a deacon of the church.

stone:

Here lyes Buried
ye Body of Deacon
THOMAS LINCOLN
Who Died Sept
ye 18th Anno Dom
1739 in ye 68th
Year of His Age ¹ ⁴
Marriage Notes (Rachel Holmes)

other children:
Margaret LINCOLN
Thankful LINCOLN
Elisha LINCOLN ⁴

Timothy W Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1807 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1857
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: Doane Lincoln (1782-1851)
         Mother: Ruth Ward (1780-      ) ⁹
Spouses and Children
1. *Sally Smith (Est 1810 -       )
       Marriage: 1833 - Eastham, Massachusetts ¹⁰
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Dorcas Lincoln (1840-1912)
                2. Timothy Warren Lincoln (1840-1904)
                3. Ann F Lincoln (1848-1851)
Timothy Warren Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 1840 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1904 - Malden, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: Timothy W Lincoln (Est 1807-1857)
         Mother: Sally Smith (Est 1810-      )
Spouses and Children
1. *Bethiah N Atwood (13 Dec 1846 - 1903) ¹¹ 
       Marriage: 28 Nov 1872 - Charlestown, Massachusetts
         Status: 
Captain Warren Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 22 Oct 1810 - Brewster, Massachusetts ¹²
        Baptism: 
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         Father: Captain Sylvanus Lincoln (1766-1821)
         Mother: Rhoda Snow (1767-1816)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary B Freeman (Est 1812 -       )
       Marriage: 1831 - Eastham, Massachusetts ¹³
         Status: 
William Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: in (Hingham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Otis (1724 - 12 Sep 1773)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rev Henry Lincoln (1765-1857) ¹⁴
William Sever Lincoln
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 22 Nov 1811 - Worcester, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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         Father: Governor Levi Lincoln Jr (1782-1868)
         Mother: Penelope Winslow Seaver (1786-1872)
Private
      Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. Private
Hazel G Lingenfelter
      Sex: F
Individual Information
          Birth: 1911
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Feb 1957 ¹⁶
         Burial: South Wellfleet cemetery
 Cause of Death: 
Spouses and Children
1. *Ralph E Holton (1909 -       ) ¹⁵ 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lyn Marie Holton (1948-      ) ¹⁷
Mary Lingman
      Sex: F
AKA: Mary Herringham Mary Herringman
Individual Information
          Birth: 30 Aug 1638 - St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Jun 1727 - Easthampton, New York
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children
1. *David Gardiner (28 Apr 1636 - 10 Jul 1689)
       Marriage: 7 Jun 1657 - St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England ¹⁸
         Status: 
Notes
Marriage Notes (David Gardiner)

Children
Elizabeth GARDINER b: Abt: 1658 in Gardiner's Island
John, GARDINER b: 19 APR 1661 in Hartford, Connecticut
Mary, GARDINER b: Abt: 1663 in Southold, New York
David, GARDINER b: 29 APR 1663 in Hartford, Connecticut
Lion, I GARDINER b: Abt: 1665 in Southold, New York

Elaine Link
      Sex: F
Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1925
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children
1. *Peter G Brown (Est 1925 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Brown (1952-1952)
                2. Belinda Brown (1953-      ) ¹⁹
Thomas Linkhorn
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1660 - (Barnstable, Plymouth Colony)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Lewis (4 Mar 1661 -       )
       Marriage: 6 Jan 1684 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ²⁰
         Status: 
Linnell
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 
          Death: Cir 1773 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children
1. *Experience Linnell (18 Nov 1748 - 5 Jun 1819)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
Linnell
      Sex: F
Individual Information
          Birth: 23 Jul 1851
        Baptism: 
          Death: Cir 1851
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: William Nelson Linnell (1825-1876) ²¹
         Mother: Elizabeth Gould Horton (Est 1828-Bef 1864) ²¹
Linnell
      Sex: F
Individual Information
          Birth: 25 Oct 1873 - Boston, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 25 Oct 1873 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
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Parents
         Father: Joseph Linnell (1836-1923) ²¹
         Mother: Rebecca Linnell (1842-1873) ²¹

Sources

1 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

2 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 23. Orleans (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 779.

3 Evelyn Beran, Sanford-Shulsen Family (Rootsweb file sanford-shulsen). Very well referenced, with extensive notes.

4 Evelyn Beran, Sanford-Shulsen Family (Rootsweb file sanford-shulsen).

5 Percy Fielitz Rex, The Prolific Pencil. A biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt.D. (1980. William S. Sullwold Publishing. Taunton MA).

6 Louise H. Kelly and Dorothy Straw, compilers; Wynn, Rachel Linnell, author, Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850 (1982. Harwich MA: Harwich Historical Society), 49. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no Harwick.

7 Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Cohasset, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1916. Boston: NEHGS), 113.

8 Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Cohasset, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1916. Boston: NEHGS), 155.

9 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1.55, 1:86.

10 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), 121. Rev Mr Shaw. numerous transcription errors

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 11.

12 George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online at Google Books and archive.org]), 56.

13 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), 121. Rev Mr Shaw.

14 Frederick Freeman, History of Cape Cod (1858, Vol. 1. 1862, Vol. 2. Boston, Massachusetts), 1:669.

15 Kenneth Cole, South Wellfleet Cemetery (Wellfleet, Mass. Rich Family Association).

16 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1957, out-of-town deaths.

17 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1948.

18 Sherrill Foster, Merchants and Early East Hampton (2001. East Hampton, New York
http://www.easthamptonlibrary.org/lic/lectures/sherrillfosterlecture_dated_sep_2001.htm).

19 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1953.

20 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 10:250.

21 Rachel L Wynn, "The Descendants of Robert Linnell" (http://home.comcast.net/~linnellfamily/DRL1h.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~linnellfamily/DRL2h.htm
dates but few places, unreferenced).

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