Claim: Samuel Lincoln left England in 1637 on a ship named John & Dorothy traveling to the colony of Massachusetts to meet his brother, Thomas, who was granted a house lot in Hingham.
Evidence: In 1637, Lincoln left England for the New World with Lawes' family, embarking on a ship named John & Dorothy. Samuel sailed for the colony of Massachusetts, where his older brother Thomas – known in early records as "Thomas Lincoln the Weaver" to distinguish him from several other unrelated Thomas Lincolns – had already settled. Samuel's brother Thomas, who settled in 1635 in Hingham, Massachusetts, was granted a house lot by the town.