TheLincoln family is an American family of English origins. It includes the fourthUnited States Attorney General,Levi Lincoln Sr., governorsLevi Lincoln Jr. (of Massachusetts) andEnoch Lincoln (of Maine), andAbraham Lincoln, the sixteenthpresident of the United States.

There were ten known descendants of Abraham Lincoln. The president's branch of the family is believed to have been extinct since its last undisputed, legal and known descendant,Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died on December 24, 1985, without any acknowledged children.^{[nb 1]}

Samuel Lincoln's father Edward Lincoln was born about 1575 and remained inHingham, Norfolk, England. He died on February 11, 1640.^[2][3]

Edward was the only son of Richard Lincoln (buried 1620 in the graveyard of St Andrew's Church) and Elizabeth Remching. After the death of his wife, Richard married three more times. There is some debate – and at the time, some contesting discussions – relating to the contents of Richard's will. Richard was left an inheritance from his father, Robert II (d. 1555/1556), who in turn had it left from his father, Robert (d. 1543). By convention, his son Edward would inherit the lands and holdings in Hingham, Norfolk, but Richard's 4th wife had instead convinced him to leave the entire proceeds of the will to her and his three youngest children. With no reason to stay, Edward's children, including Thomas 'the weaver' Lincoln and Samuel Lincoln of Hingham, Norfolk, England, made the perilous journey to the New World.^[3]

The Lincoln family arrived inMassachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, whenSamuel Lincoln (1622–1690), the son of Edward Lincoln, sailed on the shipJohn & Dorothy fromGreat Yarmouth.^[4] He is considered the patriarch of the Lincoln family in the United States.^[5]

Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810) was aContinental Army general during theAmerican Revolutionary War, though he is not known to have direct familial links to president Lincoln. His English ancestors were some who first settled in Hingham, beginning with Thomas Lincoln 'the cooper', who was among several Lincolns that settled in Hingham when it was part of theMassachusetts Bay Colony.^[6] He subsequently served as the firstUnited States Secretary of War and the secondLieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.^[7][8]

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was alawyer, politician and the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He was born in a one-room log cabin onSinking Spring Farm nearHodgenville, Kentucky, toThomas Lincoln andNancy Hanks, and was a brother to Thomas Lincoln Jr. and Sarah Lincoln Grigsby. He marriedMary Ann Todd and had four children:Robert,Edward,Willie, andTad.^[9]

Of Lincoln's four sons, only Robert Todd survived past the age of 18. He marriedMary Eunice Harlan (1846–1937), daughter of SenatorJames Harlan and Ann Eliza Peck ofMount Pleasant, Iowa.^[10][11] They had three children, two daughters and one son:^[12]

• Mary "Mamie" Lincoln (1869–1938)
• Abraham Lincoln II (nicknamed "Jack"; 1873–1890)^[13]
• Jessie Harlan Lincoln (1875–1948)

Mary "Mamie" Lincoln marriedCharles Bradford Isham and had one son, Lincoln Isham (1892–1971).

Jessie Harlan Lincoln married three times. She had a daughter and a son, both with her first husband,Warren Wallace Beckwith:

• Mary Lincoln Beckwith (1898–1975)
• Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904–1985)

Lincoln Isham married Leahalma Correa. They did not have any children.

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904–1985) was agentleman farmer and great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln. He became the last undisputed descendant of Abraham Lincoln when his sister,Mary, died in 1975, having no children.^[14]

FormerU.S. SenatorBlanche Lincoln (née Lambert) of Arkansas is married to Steve Lincoln, a distant relative of Abraham Lincoln.^[15]

ActorGeorge Clooney is "the half-first cousin five times removed from Lincoln", with Lincoln's mother the half-sister of Clooney's 4th great-grandmother.^[16]

ActorTom Hanks and the former president are third cousins four times removed.^[17]

This table sets out the ancestors and descendants of President Abraham Lincoln for ten generations.

• Lincoln children

• Lincoln family
• American families of English ancestry

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