Excerpt from Stephen Lincoln of Oakham, Massachusetts: His Ancestry and Descendants The name of Lincoln, variously spelled, was a common one in Hingham, Norfolk County, England, for many years before the settlement of America, and it is quite probable that the settlers of that name in Hingham, on the Massachusetts Bay, were from that town. There were eight mature male persons bearing the name of Lincoln who were early found in Hingham, Mass. Daniel Lin coln, who died unmarried, April 3, 1640, and his brothers Sam uel Lincoln, and Thomas Lincoln the weaver, Daniel Lincoln the sergeant, Stephen Lincoln and his brother Thomas Lincoln the husbandman, Thomas Lincoln the cooper, and Thomas Lincoln the miller. All of these, with the exception of the first mentioned Daniel, and Thomas the weaver, left families, and from these Hingham Lincolns have descended nearly all who now bear the name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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