The Descendants of

Thomas Lincoln, the husbandman

Jacob Lincoln

Birth: 21-Mar-1680/81, Hingham,Massachusetts
Death:   20-Dec-1729, Hingham,Massachusetts
Marriage:   14-Nov-1717 to Ruth Merritt
26-Mar-1728 to Lydia Ward
     
Paternal Lineage
Children

With wife Ruth Merritt:

  • Ruth, born 27-Jan-1718/19
  • Sarah, born 05-Jun-1720

With wife Lydia Ward:

  • Lydia, born 14-Oct-1729
Notes

Jacob was a farmer and a constable in1728.  He lived in Hingham Centre, a town close to Hingham, Massachusetts.  He married Ruth Merritt of Scituate, Massachusetts, when he was about 37 years old, and after Ruth died, he married Lydia Ward when he was about 48.  Jacob died around age 49, a couple of months after his last daughter was born.  Jabod died leaving no male heirs.  All his daughters were born in Hingham, Massachusetts.

Jacob's first wife, Ruth Merritt, died 16-Oct-1721 (age unknown), about a year after the birth of their second daughter, Sarah.

Jacob's second wife, Lydia Ward, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 15-Jun-1705.  She married Jacob when she was 22.  After Jacob died (Lydia was 24 at that time), Lydia remarried just four months later to Joshua Johnson on 29-Apr-1730.

Documentation is from:

  1. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, George Lincoln (editor), 1893, Vol. III, pages 16 - 18.

 

Documents

History of the Town of Hingham, Vol III, p 16

History of the Town of Hingham, MA, Vol. III, p. 16

History of the Town of Hingham, MA, Vol III, p 17

History of the Town of Hingham, MA, Vol III, p 17

History of the Town of Hingham, MA, Vol III, p 18

History of the Town of Hingham, MA, Vol III, p 18