The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
MEMORIAL TO LINCOLN FAMILY
AT OLD BINGHAM In ENGLAND

logical association of Wareham, Mass,
Lincoln Godfrey of Philadelphia. H.
Z. Lincoln Of Williamsport, Pa, Regi-
maid Pelham Bolton, William B. How
land, Frank Munsey, w. D. Murphy,
Samuel w. Fairchild, George B. Ag-
new, J. Van Vechten Olcott, A. A.
Anderson Clarence w. Bowen.
The @ Dr.. Milo II. Gates, rector
OF h chapel Of the ~Intercession, who
has been the prime mover in the en-
terprise and author Of the inscription
given above, Is secretary Of the com
rnittee.
Five Generations of LinooIns.
ITO the town OF Hingham," says
DR.. Gates, "can be traced at least
five generations Of Lincolns,
THE town church Is one Of the most
beautiful in England; a very large old
prlory church, which has been we'll
preserved; but as in many instances,
the very size Of the church is a seri-
GUS burden upon the town. Years ago
the village was much larger; it now
has abou 1900 people, most of them
farmers and laborers.
The church itself, very unlike AL
most every other parish church in he
old country, was built by one man
the rector, Remigius de Hetherset-in
1915. 1t Is, therefore, In one style,
we'll preserved and very nearly pure.
The earlier church, or churches, evil
IDENTIFY stood upon the same site. for
remains are found wherever
tons about h present building have
been made.
w now know the history of he
English Lincolns-ive generations of
them, yeomen, craftsmen, tradesmen
and gentry-how they fought for free
dom In h wars Of their country.
sturdily resented the en~croachnents
of the mobiles, until the day when.
as they said, weary Of forcing their
boards into orthodox bent, of being
parked at by the bishops, and of till
Ing a soil they could never call their
own they Joined the emigrant COM
pany OF Rector Reck and departed to
land on the south shore Of M~assachus-
etts bay, and to found q new Hing
ham. Half the old town went with
them at this time. In the BodIeian at
Oxford there Is preserved a petition
to government praying for lower rates
because, as is set forth in pathetic
terms, the countryside Is depopulated
by h New England exodus
The earliest mention Of the town Of
bingham is in Saxon times, when 1t
belonged to King Athelstan, the
grandson of Alfred the Great. 1t was
given by him about A. D. 966 to Athel-
wold,, bishop Of Winchester; he ex-
changed it with King Edgar, great
grandson Of Alfred A. D, 958-975. 1t
continued to be held by the crown un-
til he onqueror's survey Gas we learn
from Domesday Book,) Edward the
Confessor holding it then, H..
I've next hear of it as held by
King StnnnAn A n 11QE-1fEA" 49,.
granted 1t to Henry de Rye, son of
Hubert de Rye, who came with the
~conqueror, William of Normandy A.
d. 1865. From the de Ryes the manor
passed to the le Marshalls trough
the marriage of Alice de Rye, A. B.,
1907, with John lie Marshall. who mar
ried Isabel, daughter of Richard
S~tronghow, Earl of Pembroke, in the
reign of Henry II, A. d. 1154-1189.
From the lie Marshalls 1t passed to
the de Morleys, through the marriage
Of HaWise lie Marshall with Robert
de Morley, A. d., s1316, ninth year of
Edward II. A. D.. 1307-1S27. From the
de Morleys the manor passed to the
Woodhouses, through the marriage of
Elizabeth, widow of Sir Henry Park
er, son n heir of Robert, Lord Nor
ley. with Sir William Woodhouse,
knight. A. D.. 1851, fourth year Of Ed
ward vi. A.. D.. 1547-1553.
In this parish church, in this old
town, then, worshipped not only the
Lincolns, but also the ancestors of the
first settlers of bingham, the Wey-
mouths. the Scituates, Cohasset and
other towns of the south shore of
Massachusetts,. The parish register
records, baptisms, marriages and bur-
ials of these. The very original font
of bingham, in which five generations
of Lincolns were baptized, is now in.
st. Stephens church at Cohasset,
Mass, of which DR.. Gates formerly
church by the rector and people OF
bingham in 1890. 1t is probably the
oldest font in the United States.
One may reach old bingham from
Ely in two hours, or from Norwich
in half an hour by the little railway