New-York tribune., 1900-03-11
ruF LINCOLN ANCESTRY.
,nrIT~s FAMILY PROMINENT IN
,rxxSyryANIA RECORDS.

49, ,-,,,ls -erufnders OF the ancestry OF the
soi'. president The schools pay special at
-, tba subject. and many children know
-, nv heart. IN this neighborhood I'VE
"s' ,--,-,ra,- u the Lincolns-the Pennsylvania
So, = the family. They are generally pros
,rs neopie The male members greatly re-
.-rle the famous President
pea5ipe among lot of ancient. musty and
= e,rgor+en records stored away in the
-.bo,,se are many interesting facts relating
r.-coi,s The townships Of Obey, Arnity
- rxarer are all contiguous. and were mainly
50 l.v Ouallers and swedes- IN the early
n all three Of these the name Lincoln
They are among the oldest townships
=, -,,,,t-. SO old. IN fact that some OF their
90 .,,+e4atfng The BerSs. are now in Phila-
,.. F2s~zs was created oui OF Philadelphia.
- and lancaster In 1852. The first town
- ,-s5 IN the district now comprised within
=. COUNTY was Amiry. out of which Exeter was
--.,,e5 The list of its taxpayers for 1'34 con-
..s-s +hf-ty-seven names. the first Of the list
nc o5oriecai Lincoln, who paid quit rent on
- b,njred acres This was the Presidents
,-ea--great- grandfather
o. ching not known by many people is that
- Abraham Lincoln was prominent in that sec
= IN and after the Revolutionary War. Down
~ turnpike. eight miles below Reading. is the
- home 1f the forefathers or President Abra-
ham Lincoln.
r.. hf-+hnIace of Daniel Boone the pioneer OF
7s,--,cy-. IS q short distance away The house
. s-fl standing. Here he was born on October
- r-g3 The buildings are half a mile apart.
ne Boones and Lincolns IN those days were on
-ss most intimate terms. They came from
rva,sr England and the township where these
- s-rucruree are located Is called Exeter. They
! ~
t-ta5 in The graveyard OF the old Friends
,fas,fne House This historic Quaker building
,s ro-are6 about one mile from the village Of
stone-svfIle this county and regular meetings
are sttn held within its walls
CHANGES IN RESIDENCE.
r-l7a+ e generally known OF the ancestors Of
ab-aharn Lincoln shows that they eT1igrated 70
Massachusetts, then 10 New-Jersey and after
ward 70 Berks County. From here they moved
N Rockingham County, Va. and finally TO Ken
tuckv. where the President was born. An in
vestigation proves, too that the Lincolns were
moi alvvavs poor. but that some Of them were
distinguished citizens oS the communities IN
which they lived
The Arzr Abraham Limo IN Vas prominent IN
ire affairs OF Berks County before and during
The Revolution He lived here all his life. He
served as a Commissioner of Berks County for
z ru-lber Of terms. ana on March u. 1177, was
appointed one CT che sub-Iieuteuants Of the
county IN that Office he was active in raising
troops and 9orwa--1.rg supplies 70 ne Cunti-
rental Ar7nv. ana WIS frequently conpIimented
from headquarters FOR his zeal and ability, He
vas q member Of ne Pennsylvania Legislature
in 1872. became delegate 20 the Pennsylvania
Convention which ratified the Constitution Of
The United States and he member of the
Constitutional Convention n 1877. He undoubt-
e5ly showed that common sense which has al
ways been such a prominent Characteristic OF
The Lincoln family n their later days
However. this Abraham Lincoln is not IN
direcj line Of the Presidents ancestors. as has
bean supposed by many. U ts reasonable &c sup
pose that when the Presidents parents came TO
choose name FOR their son born n their Ken
lucky home then Oh the frontiers OF cfviliza-
non. they turned 70 his Pennsylvania kinsman,
then dead and called hfrn Abraham. that the
good, Ole fashioned name might not die out IN
The Lincoln family
MORDECAI LINCOLN.
The first member u the rau1fly 20 locate in
BsTks was Mordecai Lincoln. This was about
10. He built g stone house in the southeastern
corner Of his land. n a gorge at the bottom OF
which the creek flows. The house remains IN
disturbed with The exception Of ar addition
which was built about $500 Mordecafs name
appears in connection with the laying out OF
ole q The first roads in OIey Township IN 1875
petition was presented 70 the March sessions
O The court IN Philadelphia C8erks County hav-
.ng not yet been esta abIished), asking for the
LAYING out of an extension 20 the TuIpehocken
rad which nad been laid cut seven OF eight
years previous Among those appointed 70 lay
oai this road was Mordecai Lincoln. The thor
'ngbfare is substantially the present beautiful
highway extending from Reading through the
villages II Jacks0nwald and stonersvtlle TO
AIniryvLe. passing through the historic Obey
valle-
Ae-decal Lincoln died before he was sixty
a'e years DID, and vac buried IN the church
@ard adjoining The Exeter Meeting House. AT
,ls tine Of bis death he had only Two children
a5rd@ca- and Thomas but more than six
months after The fathers death q posthurnous
s-I was born and named Abraham. who pc
--12e distinguished IN the annals OF Berks.
lie properly - Mordecai. the elder was equally
-Floed among the three children. MOrdecai.
y also died -1 Exeter and was buried in the
quaker cnuro5var5 of that place. His son John
resident I. neolr great -grandfather. enigrated
ron Berks County 70 Virginia, where Abraham
--a-oin. who was The father % Thomas Lin
'--. vas born. Abraham Lincoln and his fam
-f Thomas -her being about t7vo years oid)
sec from Virginia about 17S0 10 Hardin
-a1Hty Ky Thomas Lincoln afterward mar
.-ea AsncT Hanks who was descended from a
.@ia-y which also emlgrated from Pennsylvania.
-'S, 70 Virginia and then 10 Kentucky Thomas
---Aa'n and Nancy Hanks Lincoln were the
parents y President Lincoln
DESCENDANT LIVING.