L~N C.OLN LORE Bulletin tlf th(! Lincoln National Life Foundation ------Dr. Louis A. \Varr(\n, Editor. Puhlishcd each week by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Number 404 FORT WAYNE, INDIANA January 4, 1937
:~OOth ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN LINCOLNS
Three hundred years ago, on Juno Prnusylt'auia, 17£0-1768 Long Run in the month of ~lay, 1786. 20, 1637, Samuel Linroln, the first Chester County-For five years His widow nnd five children mo\·~ to American ancestor of Abraham Lin Mordeeai lh,es in Chester County nt.•srby \Vtt~hington ('ounty shortly coln, arrived in this country. When where two more children arc born. after his death. Samuel discmb.1.rked 4t Boston, ho Berks County-He acquires proper V.'ashington Cow1ty-Here Thomaa was eighteen years of age. Be came to ty in Bt-rks in 1'126. Lincoln, younge~t son of the widow, America as a weaver's apprentice in nlarrie~ Nancy Hanks. the family of Frances Lawes, with Hardin County-Three years before whom he migrated from Englancl. DATES SUGGESTED FOR his marriage1 Thomas purchases prop Thh; anniver~ary seems to be of suf ANNlVERSARY erty on ~hll Creek and probably ficient importllnce to warrant a gen PROGRA~IS brin~• his bride here in 1806. eral ob.-.cr\'ance of the event in those Sun., June 20--Boston nnd em'irons. EhzalH~thtown-Soon after the ar communities where the Lincoln fam Mon., June 21-Monmouth County, rival in Hardin County, the Lincolns ilies lived, through which the direct N.J. take up their residence jn Elizabeth ancestry of Abraham Lincoln has Tues., June 22-Berka County, Pa. town, the count)• seat, and here their been traced. Tho Lincoln National Lanc.~aster County, Pa. first child, a daughter, is born. 13 the Life Foundation has mapped out a Wed., June 23-Rockingham County, Call ot 1808 they muvc to La Roe sugge:;ted program ,.. ·hieh would fea Va. County. ture the many migrations of the Lin Thurs., June 24-Cumberland Gap, Hodgcnvillo-Established in a cabin coins a:! they moved westward. Tenn. thrPe miles south of Hodgenville n~ar The series of pa.gcnnts submitted Fri., June 25--Jefferson County, Ky. the famous Sinking Spring. Their son, wouM b<·gin on Sunday, June 20, with Sat., June 26-Washington County, Abraham Lincoln, is born. Two yea.rs programs at Boston, and other points Ky.; Hardin County, Ky. 1ater they move to a point eight miles on Ma~sachW:ictts Bay associated with Sun., June 27-La Rue County, Ky. north in the same county. the Lincoln~, and conclude on the last )!on., Jane 28-Spencer County, Ind. Atherton ville-Two miles south of day of the month with the final dcm Tue~., June 29-Decatur, 111. Atht•rton':; Ferry on the Cumberlnnd onstrntion at Springfield, Illinois. Wed., June 30-New Salem, Jll. Rond, the cabin home of tho Lincolns The pageants might be so nrranl)'cd Springfield, Ill. is established nnd from this point they that tho:w desiring to make n pilgrim· migrate to Indiana. ogc o\•cr tho entire route may stnrt at Fifth Migration-This migration to Boston nnd continue on to the New Lancasrer Coun9>-John, the oldest Indiana oceurred in 1816, the u.me Jers<>y, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ken son ot Mordecai, hving here as early year that Indiana came into the Un tucky, Indiana and Illinois home sites as 1748. ion. The family included Mr. and Mrs. of the succeeding Lincoln generations. Berks County- Apparently John Lincoln and their children, Sarah and This would allow those following the returns to Berks County with hls !am Abraham. They llEngland. Virginia, J7GS-17S.! mother of Abraham Lincoln dies and Salem-Resides for n short time Rockingham County-John Lin the following year his father marries here. coJn's oldest son. Abraham, marries. the widow, SArah Bush Johnston, who Hingham-E$lablloh<'S him