Nancy Hanks1,2
b. 5 February 1784, d. 5 October 1818
Nancy Hanks|b. 5 Feb 1784\nd. 5 Oct 1818|p1818.htm|Abraham Hanks|b. c 1745\nd. c 1790|p1814.htm|Sarah Harper|d. c 1790|p1815.htm|Luke Hanks|b. 10 Feb 1679/80\nd. a 1757|p1762.htm|Elizabeth (—?—)|||George Harper|||Elizabeth Shipley?|||
2nd cousin 4 times removed of Louise Underwood.
2nd cousin 6 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Abraham Lincoln: Theory of William E. Barton and Paul H. Verduin (the illegitimate theory)
Nancy Hanks was born on 5 February 1784.1 She was the daughter of Abraham Hanks and Sarah Harper.3,1 She married Thomas Lincoln on 12 June 1806 in Washington County, Kentucky.4 She died on 5 October 1818 in Gentryville, Spencer County, Indiana, at age 34.1
Child of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln4 b. 12 Feb 1809, d. 15 Apr 1865
Citations
- [S296] Raymond Martin Bell and Christopher Challender Child, "Mother of the President Nancy Hanks Lincoln 1784-1818," online <http://www.geocities.com/marianapolis99/raychr.htm>.
- [S295] Christopher Challender Child, "The Maternal Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, The Origins of Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln, A Study in Appalachian Genealogy", New England Ancestors vol. 4 (Winter 2003): 28-29.
- [S295] Christopher Challender Child, "The Maternal Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln", 27.
- [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).