Ancestors
Thomas Lincoln was descended from Samuel Lincoln, a Puritan from East Anglia who landed in Massachusetts (possibly Hingham) in 1637. Some Lincolns migrated into Berks County, Pennsylvania, where they intermarried with Quakers, and later descendants dispersed into Appalachia and other backcountry. Abraham Lincoln later recalled that early Lincolns joined Quaker meetings, but that later generations were not as "peculiar" in their beliefs. Quakers and Puritans were both opposed to slavery.
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