Margaret (Unknown) Lincoln (abt. 1605 - bef. 1642)

Born about 1605 in Wymondham, Norfolk, England

Wife of Stephen Lincoln — married about 1635 in England

Descendants

Died before 13 Jun 1642 before about age 37 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Margaret is mentioned as the wife of Stephen Lincoln (1619-1658). ^[1]

Stephen, and his wife and son, Stephen, came to New England in the ship "Diligent." They arrived Aug. 10, 1638, and early in the autumn foil, settled in our Hingham. They were from Windham (Wymondham), County of Norfolk, Eng. Land was granted to him upon his arrival. Margaret, the w. of Stephen, d. in Hingham, and was buried 13 June, 1642. Stephen d. 11 Oct. 1658. In his will, made three days before his decease, he mentions " my mother Joan Lincoln, son Stephen Lincoln, and Susanna Lincoln, the daughter of my brother Thomas Lincoln the husbandman." He provides for his mother "Joan," but leaves the principal part of his est. to Stephen, his only child then living.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II. [ https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh0203hing/page/476/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Lincoln p.476]

See also:

• Lincoln, Waldo, History of the Lincoln Family: An Account of the Descendants of Samuel Lincoln of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1637-1920, (Commonwealth Press, Worcester, Mass., 1923) Page 10
• Thomas Tracy Bouvé et al, History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Volume 2:476; 1893.

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