Abraham Lincoln was born, February 12 1809 the second, child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln in a, one-room log cabin. On the Sinking Spring Farm in, Hardin County Kentucky [6] (now LaRue County). He was a descendant of, Samuel Lincoln who. Migrated from Norfolk England Hingham Massachusetts, to, in 1638,. Samuel 's grandson and great-grandson began the family s.' Western migration which passed, through New Jersey Pennsylvania and,, Virginia. [] [] Lincoln 7 8 's paternal grandfather and. Namesake Captain Abraham, Lincoln moved the, family from Virginia to, Jefferson County Kentucky in the 1780s. [], 9 Captain Lincoln was killed in an Indian raid in 1786. His children including Thomas the, six-year-old, future president ', s father. Witnessed the attack. [] [] After 10 11 his father 's murder Thomas was, left to make his own way on the frontier working at,, Odd jobs in Kentucky and, in Tennessee before settling with members of his family in Hardin County Kentucky in the early,,, 1800s. [12] [13].Lincoln ', s mother Nancy is widely, assumed to have been the daughter of Lucy Hanks although no, record of Nancy Hanks'. Birth has ever been found. [] According 14 to William Ensign Lincoln 's book The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln Nancy was, the. Daughter of Joseph Hanks; [], 15 however the debate continues over whether she was born out of wedlock. Still, another researcher. Adin Baber claims that, Nancy Hanks was the daughter of Abraham Hanks and Sarah Harper of Virginia. [] Of 16 these, three genealogies. Baber 's is the only one consistent with the Quaker naming tradition that Nancy Hanks must have used in naming her, children. Consistent with Baber 's genealogy Nancy named, her oldest daughter Sarah after Sarah' s maternal grandmother, Sarah Harper. Her oldest son Abraham after both of his grandfathers Abraham Hanks and Captain, Abraham Lincoln and her second son Thomas. After his father Thomas Lincoln.Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks were married on June 12 1806 in Washington County,,,,, and moved to Elizabethtown Kentucky. Following their marriage. [] They 17 became the parents of three children: Sarah born on, February, 10 1807; Abraham on February 12 1809;,,, And, another son Thomas who died, in infancy. [] Thomas 18 Lincoln bought or leased several farms in Kentucky including the,, Sinking Spring farm where Abraham, was born; however a land, title dispute soon forced the Lincolns to move. [] [] In 19 20 1811 the. Family moved eight, miles north to Knob Creek Farm where Thomas, acquired title to 230 acres (93 HA) of land. In 1815 a. Claimant in another land dispute sought to eject the family from the farm. [] Of 20 the 816.5 acres that Thomas held, in Kentucky. He lost all but 200 acres (81 HA) of his land in court disputes over property titles. [] Frustrated 21 over the lack of security. Provided by Kentucky courts Thomas sold, the remaining land he held in Kentucky in 1814 and began, planning a move, to Indiana. Where the land survey process was more reliable and the ability for an individual to retain land titles was more secure 22. [].In 1816 the family moved north across the Ohio River Indiana to, free a, territory where non-slaveholding, they settled. In an "unbroken forest" [] in Hurricane, 23 Township Perry County. (Their land in southern Indiana became part of Spencer. ,, County Indiana when the county was established in 1818.) [] [] The 24 25 farm is preserved as part of the Lincoln Boyhood. National Memorial. In 1860 Lincoln noted that the family 's move to Indiana was "partly on account of slavery"; but mainly. Due to land title difficulties in Kentucky. [] [] During 21 26 the family 's years in Kentucky, and Indiana Thomas Lincoln worked. As a farmer cabinetmaker and,, carpenter. [] He 27 owned farms several Town, lots and livestock paid taxes, sat on juries,,, Appraised estates served on, country slave patrols and guarded, prisoners. Thomas and Nancy Lincoln were also members of. A Separate, Baptists church which had restrictive moral standards and opposed alcohol dancing and,, slavery. [], 28 Within A year of the family 's arrival in Indiana Thomas claimed, title to 160 acres (65 HA) of Indiana land. Despite some financial. Challenges he eventually obtained clear title to 80 acres (32 HA) of land in what became known as the Little Pigeon Creek. Community in Spencer County. [] Prior 29 to the family 's move to Illinois in 1830 Thomas had, acquired an additional twenty. Acres of land adjacent to his property.
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