Samuel Lincoln House - Hingham, Massachusetts
N 42° 14.555 W 070° 53.489
19T E 343945 N 4678442
A historic marker located on land purchased by Samuel Lincoln, the first of Abraham Lincoln's ancestors to live in America.
Waymark Code: WMCXX3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2011
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Samuel Lincoln left Hingham, Norfolk, England in 1637 and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. In 1949, he purchased the land upon which this marker stands. The house which sits behind the marker was built by Samuel Lincoln's grandson (who was also named Samuel) in 1721.
Samuel Lincoln (the one who emigrated from England) was the great-great-great-great grandfather of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. A statue of Abraham Lincoln sits in a park directly across the street from the Samuel Lincoln house.
The historic marker reads:
Samuel Lincoln, ancestor of
President Abraham Lincoln, and
one of the eight early settlers
of Hingham bearing that name,
purchased this land in 1649.
Seven generations of Lincoln
descendants lived here.