HINGHAM GENEALOGIES. 



LINCOLN. 



THOMAS LINCOLN, "Cooper." 



1. Thomas, the " cooper," and also known as " maltster," came from 

 the west of England, says tradition, and settled in our Hing. ab. 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 the 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 afts. sold or exchanged for one on North, 

 near Beal St., which was his homestead. He also had a small trian- 

 gular lot of land granted him subsequent to the first distribution 

 of lots in 1635, at what is now the corner of North and Lincoln Sts. 

 This (the triangular lot) he afts. gave with malt-house, etc., to his 

 youngest son, Benjamin. His w., whom he m. in Eng. ab. 1630, was 

 Anis, or Avith Lane, a dau. of William Lane. She d. in Hing. Feb. 

 13 or 14, 1682-83. Hing. town rec's say, "Annis Lincoln dyed 14 

 February, 1682-83 ; " while David Hobart, son of Rev. Peter Hobart, 

 recorded the event in his diary as foil.: "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 Lin- 

 coln, cooper, was one of the five elderly gentlemen to whom was as- 

 signed a sitting " in the seate under y e pulpit ; " while for Mrs. Lincoln 

 a place was allotted " in the second seate next y e pew." He d. at his 

 residence on North St., West Hing., 28 Sept. 1691. In his will, dated 

 13 July, 1688, proved 27 Oct. 1692, he mentions three sons and one 

 dau. ; s. 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. A large part of the original homestead is still in 

 possession of this branch of the family. The 



Ch., of Thomas and Anis, bt. in Hing. were — 



2. i. Thomas, May 6, 1638. 



3. ii. Joseph, Nov. 20, 1640. 



4. iii. Benjamin, May 7, 1643. 



iv. Deborah, Aug. 3, 1645. m. June 13, 1678, Samuel Thaxter. 

 v. Sarah, Oct. 5, 1650, d. 7 July, 1658. 



2. Thomas 2 (Thomas 1 ), bt. in Hing. May 6, 1638. m. first, Feb. 

 18, 1662-63, Mary, dau. of Thomas and Alice Chubbuck. She was b. 



