Bridget Lincoln

Bridget Gilman

• Birth:  1582 Hingham Norfolk, England
• Death:  1665, England

Bridget may have come to America with her brother, Edward Gilman, who is known to have sailed to America in 1638 in the "Diligent" with his wife, three sons, two daughters, and two servants

family

Wife of Edward Lincoln. Mother of 7 including Samuel, Thomas and Daniel Lincoln. 5th Grt Grandma of Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the US. 

Married:

1.   1600 in Hingham, Norfolk, England to Edward Lincoln (1580 - 1640), son of Richard Lincoln & Elizabeth Remching.

  6 children born at Hingham, Norfolk, England:

•   Thomas Lincoln (1601 - 1675) "the weaver." married 1) Susanna 2) Mary
•   Daniel Lincoln (1619 - 1644). Married Mary Nichols.
•   Samuel Lincoln (1619 - 1690) "weaver." Married Martha Lyford. They were the ancestors of President Abraham Lincoln.

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Married about 1600  Hingham, Norfolk, Eng.  

Children 

•   1. Thomas “the weaver” Lincoln,   b. about 1601, Hingham, Norfolk ,   d. 2 September 1675, Hingham, MA  (Age ~ 74 years)
•   2. Edward Lincoln,   b. 1610, Hingham, Norfolk, Eng.
•   3. Robert Lincoln,   b. 19 November 1615, Hingham, Norfolk, Eng.
•   4. Daniel Lincoln,   b. 18 March 1619, Hingham, Norfolk, Eng. ,   d. 1644, England  (Age 24 years)
• + 5. Samuel Lincoln,   b. about 1622, Hingham, Norfolk ,   d. 26 May 1690, Hingham, MA  (Age ~ 68 years)
•   6. Amy Lincoln,   b. 11 December 1625, Hingham, Norfolk ,   d. 17 June 1626, Hingham, Norfolk  (Age 0 years)

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• Find A Grave Memorial# 73108432
• WGMS Members' Genealogy
  • Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995).
    • Bridget, mother of Thomas Lincoln, weaver, of Hingham. Check out TAG 11:193-4.
• Puritan Family’s Journey:From Hingham to Hingham and onto Sanbornton, New ... By Carolyn St John Elliott Battles, James Bruce Battles. Page 15