Thomas Lincoln (abt. 1605 - 1691)

Born about 1605 in Beaminster, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Husband of Avice (Lane) Lincoln — married 1630 in England

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1691 at about age 86 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Thomas, the "cooper", and also known as the "maltster," came from the west of England, says tradition, and settled in Hingham about 1635-6. His name, however, does not appear upon our records until 1636, when there was granted unto Thomas Lincoln, cooper five acres of land at the west end of 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 afterwards sold or exchanged for one on North Street, near Beal Street, which was his homestead. He also had a small triangular lot of land granted him subsequent to the first distribution of lots in 1635, at what is now the corner of North and Lincoln Streets. This (the triangular lot) he afterwards gave with malt-house, etc., to his youngest son, Benjamin. ^[1]

His wife, whom he married in England about 1630, was Anis, or Avith lane, a daughter of William Lane. She died in Hingham 13 or 14 February 1682/3. Hingham town records say: "Annis Lincoln dyed 14 February, 1682-83." David Hobart, son of Rev. Peter Hobart, recorded the event in his diary as follows: "February 13, 1683. The wife of Thomas Lincoln the cooper dyed." 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 second seate under ye pulpit;" while for Mrs. Lincoln a place was allotted "in the second seate next ye pew." He died at his residence on North St., West Hingham, 28 September 1691.^[1]

In his will, dated 13 July 1688, proved 17 October 1692, he mentions three sons and one daughter; son Joseph to have the home place. Joseph's son Nehemiah came next into possession, and having no issue he left it to his nephew Israel Lincoln. ^[1]

Children

Children of Thomas Lincoln the Cooper, with his only wife Annis Lane were:

1. Thomas Lincoln, baptized 6 May 1633^[1]
2. Joseph Lincoln, baptized 20 November 1640^[1]
3. Benjamin Lincoln, baptized 7 May 1643^[1]
4. Deborah Lincoln, baptized 3 August 1645 married Samuel Thaxter on June 13, 1678.^[1]
5. Sarah Lincoln, baptized 5 October 1650.^[1]

Death

Thomas died 28 September 1691 at Hingham.^[2]

Research Notes

An earlier version of this profile stated that "Thomas, son of Thomas Lincoln (Thomas Lincoln Sr. (bef.1576-1675)), was baptized 28 December 1600 in All Saints Parish, Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England.^[3]". No reliable sources have been found to show that the birth in 1600 in Swanton Morley was for this same Thomas Lincoln, and the profiles have been detached as father and son.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol III, p.3
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH19-1QW : 10 November 2020), Thomas Lincolne, 28 Sept 1691; citing Death, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
3. ↑ [https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818b654e93790eca3afa15d : viewed 19 Dec 2020) Baptism Thomas Lincolne 28 Dec 1600

• Nicholson, Frederick J. "A Clue to the English Origin of Thomas¹ Lincoln (The Cooper) and William¹ Lane of Hingham, Mass." The American Genealogist. vol 64 (1989) pp 214-15. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)

• "Thomas¹ Lincoln (the cooper) of Hingham and William¹ Lane of Dorchester (not Hingham) - A Note by the Editors" The American Genealogist. vol 65 (1990) p 106. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)