Thomas Lincoln1

Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Abraham Lincoln: Theory of Louis A. Warren, Ralph E. Pearson, Raymond Martin Bell, and Christopher C. Child
Pedigree for Abraham Lincoln: Theory of Adin Baber and David Andrew Sturgill
Pedigree for Abraham Lincoln: Theory of William E. Barton and Paul H. Verduin (the illegitimate theory)
     Thomas Lincoln married Nancy Hanks, daughter of James Hanks and Lucy Shipley, on 12 June 1806 in Washington County, Kentucky.1 He married Nancy Hanks, daughter of "Nobleman so called of Virginia" and Lucy Hanks, on 12 June 1806 in Washington County, Kentucky.1 He married Nancy Hanks, daughter of Abraham Hanks and Sarah Harper, on 12 June 1806 in Washington County, Kentucky.1
     
     There is considerable disagreement among Lincoln scholars regarding the identity of the Nancy Hanks who married Thomas Lincoln and became the mother of Abraham. Presented here are the three most respected theories.

Child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks

Child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks

Child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks

Citations

  1. [S267] Adin Baber, Nancy Hanks, of Undistinguished Families; a genealogical, biographical, and historical study of the ancestry of the mother of Abraham Lincoln (Kansas, Illinois: Adin Baber, 1960).