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Joseph Hanks and Nancy

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FORT WAYN E . IN DIANA Ap r i l 28 . 1 930

L IN COL N LORE

If u oow uo ! r

l u s c a a n c s

C e n t a u r

Dr . L oui s A. Wa r re n Ed i tor

FAM I L Y OF PION E ER

JOSEPH H AN KS

A t i n te rval s du ring the past fewweeks there have appeared i n L i ncol nLore several d iscuss ions on the mat ernal an ces t ry of Abraham L i ncoln .

The l as t cont r ibu t ion on th i s sub!ec t.was publ i shed in the bu l l et i n of M arch24 . I t dwel t U pon d i ff eren t forms u sedi n spel l i ng the Hanks name .Th is confu s i on in spel l ing found i ts

way i nto earl y campa ign b i og raph ieso f L i ncol n . publ i shed i n the summer of1 860. Howel l says L i ncol n ass i stedG eorge C lose i n sp l i tt i ng ra i l s for aJ ames Hawks" i n the year 1 830. but

Howard cal l s th i s employer of L i ncol nJames Hanks .” ! art l et t . i n the fi rs ted i t ion of h is b iography . says tha tL in coln’

s assoc iate i n some of thesera i l s pl i t t i ng cont rac ts was John! Hawkes , bu t i n a later ed i t ionchan ges the spel l ing to ! Hanks .”Accord ing to L i ncol n . th i s las t

named John Hanks was a fi rs t cou s into Abraham's mothe r. Th is shou l dmake i t of in teres t to l earn i f poss ibl ewh o were some of t he other cous ins oft he pres iden t ’s mother . John Hanks'fa ther was W i l l iam Hanks . a son ofJ oseph Hanks a Ken tucky p ioneer.I t i s the fam i l y o f th is Joseph Hanksan d h is descen dan t s that i s of p r imaryimportan ce i n study in g the Han ks ancest r y . Here are to be foun d . t heuncles . aun t s . a n d cou s in s of N ancyHanks . i f the pres iden t was correct l yin formed abou t t he rel at ionsh i p of h i smo ther to John Han ks .The w i l l of Joseph Han ks en t ered

for probate on M ay 1 -3. 1 793. names h i sw i fe N an n y . and e igh t ch i ld ren . A

beques t i n the w i l l makes i t qu it ece r t a i n t hat a l l of h is l iv i n g ch i ld ren

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

were there in men t ioned . a

Fa m i l y o f J osep h a n d N a n n y H a n ks

Thomas. marr iedJos hua . marr i edW i l l i am . marr ied . E l i zabet h Hal lCharles . marriedJ oseph . marr ied Po l ly Youn fl:

E l i zabet h. marr ied Th os . Sparrowmarr i ed Jesse F r ien d

N an cy. marri ed L ev i Hal lTha t N ancy Hanks was n o t a ch i ld

of an y of t he above n amed sons ofJoseph Han ks i s qu ite ce rt a in as the rei s good ev idence t hat she was o r

p haned be fore the year 1 790when hermother marr ied Hen ry Spa rrow. I f

t he cous insh i p re l at ion w i t h JohnHan ks i s to be ma i nta i ned and thei nt egri ty of the w i l l conse rved .

N an cy’s father mus t have been a sonof J oseph Hanks . wh o d ied at l eastfou r years before Joseph made h i sw i l l . Accord i ng to one of the descendants of Joseph , th i s son's name wasJ ames .There i s no pos i t ive i nformat i on

abou t t he fam il i es of Thomas . Joshua .and Charles H anks . The name ofJ oshua appears i n N el son County l i s tsfo r 1 786 and 1 787wh i l e on a fragmen tof pape r. ev iden t l y abou t the samet ime the n ame of Charl es Hanks appea rs . The r e was a Thomas and aJ oshua H anks l iv ing i n Hopk ins Count y . Kentucky . at the very beg inn ing ofthe centu ry . A l though no d i rect contact can be made between them andt he Thomas and Jo shua of the JosephHanks w i l l . i t seems w i se to p resentbr ie f sketches of t hem .

Th omas H a n k sThe name of Thomas appears on t he

ta x l i s t of Chris t ian Coun ty . Ken tucky ,as ea r l y as 1 806 . He se rved as a !ust h e of t he peace i n Hopk i ns (‘oun t yfor several years .On Augus t 5 . 1 8 1 " Thomas Han ks

married Cat he rin e ! eck . Thomas was

dead by the year 1 826 as h is esta tewas so l d a t publ i c auct ion on Sep tember 1 6 of tha t year . The pe rs ona lprope rt y was app ra ised atJoshua Han ks pu rchased several i temsa t t h is sal e . Th e ch i l d ren of Thomasa n d Cathe r in e H anks were H a rr ie t.W i l l iam . E l i zabe th . Thomas . S tephen.An n . Dav id . and Samuel .

J oshua H a n k s

The Joshua Han ks wh o was assoc ia ted w i t h Thomas Hanks i n H opk in sCou n ty . was bo rn February 1 7. 1 787.acco rd i n g to t he fam i l y records . Therei s ve ry good ev iden ce . however. thath i s fat he r’s n ame was John . Joshuamarr ied E s ther Ca t l i n . a cous i n , N o

y ombe r 23. 1 8 1 7. The names of the i rch i ld ren were M ary . W i l l iamson . l i l aha l a . N an cy . St uart . E l i zabe th . Ca ro~l i ne . M an s fi e l d . a n d M a rt ha .

Fa m i l y o f l i d /!a m a nd

E l i za !”I !: H u n k s

James. marr i ed . l t ebc cca A t hert onE l i zabe t h . marri ed J oh n ] M eadowN an cy . married Jacob R obb i n sChar les. marri ed . Hann ah M art i nW i l l iam . marr i edCe l i a. marr iedJ os eph. marri ed

k

J ohn . married Susan W i l s onL uc i n da . marr i ed . Thos . Doug lasSarah . married M r ! rownAn d rew . marr iedW i l l i am Hanks marr ied E l i zabe th

Hal l Septembe r 1 2. 1 703. a sho rt t imei f t e r t h e w i l l of h is fathe r wa s p roha t ed . H e bough t h i s younge r bro the r 's in te res t i n the homest ead a ndev iden t l y kept the fam il y toge the r fo rsome t ime . Abou t the yea r 1 800 hepu rc hased la n d i n Hard in Coun ty an di i n a l l v migrated i n to i n d iana and la te ri nt o l l l i r o i s .

The o ldes t son . James . was bo rn i n1 794 a n d marr ied Re l iecca Athe rt oni n 1 8 1 7. l i e moved to Sangamon

County i n 1 826 and two years late rlocated fou r m i l es northwes t of Decatu r i n M acon Coun ty . I t was h e rei n 1 830 that Ab raham L i ncol n spl itra i l s for h im .

John H anks !

was born i n 1 802. Fora short t ime he l ived n ot far fr om t heL incol ns i n Spencer Coun ty

. I nd iana .

i n 1 828 he moved to M acon County.

I l l ino i s. whe re h i s bro ther James. hadse ttl ed . i t was th i s John Hanks whosupp l ied t he ra i l s for t he Republ i canconvent i on of 1 860.

Cha rl es H a nk sTrad i t ion says Charles ma rr ied and

had fou r ch i ld ren ; Jane . John. Conrad .and N ancy. but ev id ence to suppo rtt h is statement is lack ing.

Fa m i l y of J osep h a nd P o l l y H a nksJ acob. marri ed . E l i zabeth Adam s

E l i zabeth. marr i edJam es K i rkpatr i ck

Susanna. marri edN ancy . marr i ed Wi l l i am Hoos i erJohn. marr ied An n M at t i sonJ oseph. married

M artha ! artholomewM ary. marr i ed W i l l i am Hal lAm a l t h a . marr i ed H en ry L op c rCarol in e. marr ied James Hal lJoseph ma rr i ed Po l ly Y oung on N

vem ber 1 0. 1 8 1 0. more than fou r yeaafte r L i nco l n’s aren ta were married .

The s to ry that ancy Hanks was vi a

i t i ng i n the home of th i s J oseph . theE l i za beth town ca rpente r, a t the t i meThomas L i ncol n m et her i n 1 806 can

no t be ma inta in ed .

Fam i l y of E l izabe th a nd

Thoma s Spa r r owThey we re married i n 1 796. As they

had no ch i ldren of the i r own they t ookthe i r nephew Den n i s H anks . i nto t he i rhome . A t the i r deat h i n 1 8 1 8 Denn i sin he ri ted the i r p rope rty . Th e s to rytha t L i ncol n’s mothe r l ived w i th themas a smal l ch i ld o r a t any pe r iod i n herl i fe lacks confi rmat ion . The N ancyHan ks wh o made he r home w i th themfor some t ime was El i zabe th's owns iste r N ancy. t he mother of Denn is .

Fam i l y of Ma r y a n d J esse F r in ul

Jesse Fri end and M ary Hanks weremarr ied i n E l i zabe th town . Kentuckyi n 1 795 . A l though t hey had seve ralch i l d ren the names o f the i r off sp ri nghave not been l ea rned .

Fam i l y of N a n cy a n d L evi H a l l

Denn is (Hanks ). marr i edE l i zabe t h J ohns ton

Sq u i re. marr i ed

I

M a t i l da John st onW i l l i am. marri ed . . M ary HanksJames . marr i ed Caro l i n e HanksLev i H al l was a brother of E l i za be th

Hal l who marr ied N ancy’s brothe rW i l l iam. Lev i 's s tepson . Denn is . andso n . Sq u i re . ma rri ed the two stepdaughte rs of Thomas L i nco l n . wh i leh is two ot he r sons ma rr ied two daug hte rs of h i s w i fe's brothe r. Joseph .John H al l . one of the e igh t ch il d ren

bo rn to Squ i re and M a t i l da H al l l ivedon th e old Thom as L i ncol n pl ace i nColes County. i l l i no i s . afte r t he deat hof Abraham L i ncol n’s fathe r.

L IN COL N LORE

Ru oow so ! r

T n x m o t u

S im on a . L i n

J N l U I A N C I

C o u P A l l ?

Dr . L ou i s A . Warren Ed i to r

VIRGIN IA ORIGIN OF

JOSEPH H AN KS, SR .

Th e last contr ibu t i on appearing i nLi ncol n Lo re . wh ich d iscussed the h i story of t he Hanks fam i l y. was confi ned to the descendan ts of the p i oneerJoseph Hanks afte r they r eached Kentucky . I t was from th i s fam i l y thatN ancy H anks i s supposed to h avecome .

I t i s the pu rpose of th i s monographto p resen t some of the test imon ies oft h e descenden ts of the fami ly . andothers , beari ng on the res idence of thep ion ee r Joseph Hank s before set t l i ngi n Kentucky . Some of the exce rp tsexh ib i ted are from le tters wr i tten toM rs . Ca r oune H an ks H i tchcock ofCambridge . M assachu set ts . an d n ow

i n possess ion of the ed i tor of L i ncolnLore . Some excerp ts from dul y au~

thor i zed pub l i c records are used al so .

Joseph Hanks . Sr . d i ed i n 1 793 andn amed as benefi c iaries i n h is wi l l h i sw i dow and e igh t ch i ld ren . The youn gest son . Joseph , was bu t twe lve yearso l d a t the t ime of h i s father's death .

We l earn from a depos i t i on ofDan iel V i t t er tow. ti l ed i n a chancerysu i t as early as 1 8 1 9. i n the N e lsonCoun ty . Ken tucky . Cou rt . that J osephHanks . J r t he younges t son of JosephHan ks . S r. , retu rned to Vi rgi n i a shortl y afte r h i s father's death . The quest ion pu t to t h e pl a in t i ff was as fo llows : ! Did Joseph Hanks . J r . , go toVi rgin i a soon afte r the death of h i s

Sa

éh er ?

" The deponen t rep l i ed , ! He1 3

!

The fact that the youn ger Josephwas bu t twelve years of age at thet ime he wen t to Vi rgi n i a wou ld implytha t someone wen t w i th h im . The fami ly t rad i t i on has i t that the w i dow r e

t u rn ed to the old home and th i s reco rdseems to support tha t assumpt i on .

E v i den t ly , a t leas t one of the olde rsons had remained i n Vi rgin ia whenthe fami ly moved to Kentucky .

Joseph Hank s . J r . h imse l f made anaff i dav i t i n 1 8 1 7 tha t reveals he wasback in Ken tucky aga i n by the year799, wh i ch i s i n harmon y w i th aremin iscen ce of h i s g randdaugh ter.M rs . Wi l son :

Cannon C i ty. ColoradoF eb. 25 . 1 895

M rs C. H . H itchcoc kM y g ran d fat her. Joseph Hanks. Jr.

was the youngest or near the younges tof the fam i ly . was left an orphan atan early age and went to l ive w i th ano lder brother i n V i rg i n i a. was m i s

treated by h i s brothe rs w i fe and ranaway from Vi rg i n i a to K en tucky .

M rs . M . A . Wi l son .

Another g randson of the same J osoph Hanks . J r. a l so suggests that theo ld p lace i n Vi rgin i a had been k ept i atac t an d hel d by the e lder brotherwhom she names . The excer pt carryi n g th i s i nformation fo l l ows :

Florence. Colorado.January 26. 1 895 .

M rs C.-

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H . H i tchcockG rand fa ther (Joseph Hanks. Jr.)

to l d me tha t .an estate o f 660 acreswas r i ght fu l ly h i s hav in g been unl awfu l ly held by h i s e l der brother. who Ith in k was named Joshua .

”

J . M . H anks .

I t i s i n te res t ing to note that thename ! Joshua" ment ioned i n J . M .

Hank s corr es ponden ce i s s im i lar totha t o f the oldes t son ment i oned i n thewi l l of Joseph H an ks . -Sr.

Th i s leads us to inqu i re abou t theVi rg in ia s i te o f the. orig i na l H anksfarm . As an au tho ri ty fo r the genera llocat ion of i t we have the test imonyof Den n i s Hanks . a grandson of J osoph Han ks , S r . Denn i s conveyed th i si n format ion to Wi l l i am H e rndon andM r . We i k forwarded the quota t i on toM rs . H i tchcock

G r ccn cas t l e. 1 nd .

Dec . 1 0. 1 894M rs . C. H . H i tchcockDenn i s Han ks sa i d that t he H an k s

’

s

came t o K en tucy from the‘Roanoke

R i ve r Cou n t ry i n Vi rgi ni a’ bu t he n ever k n ew the cou n ty . He though t i t wasHal i fax Coun ty bu t was never certa i n .

”

Jesse W. \Ve i k .

A Vi rg in i a branch of the H an ksfam i ly has con se rved much valuab l eh i sto rica l da ta . They have ev iden cewh i ch con t r ibu tes to ou r k n owl edgeof the ori ginal home of the JosephH anks g roup .

P ipers Gap . Va .Dec. 1 1 . 1 895 .

M rs . C . H . H i tchcockM y gran dfather. Joshua Han ks.

S r" wa s bo rn i n Ame l i a Coun ty . Vi rgi n ia . i n t he yea r 1 760 I bel i evet ha t Joseph Han ks who moved to N e lso n Cou n ty. Ken tucky . was a b ro ther

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i t i n erary m i d w n ot return un t i l t h e mi ddl'

e f of h a t c h .

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n h i s r etur n t o t h a of f i c e 1 293) aura h e wi l l be g l ad. t o _fa i d y ou; i n y our r es ear eh of t h e h as of !en on and Hard i n

May 1 4 , 1 9 5 1

Dr . Loui s A . War r enDi r ect or , Lin c oln H i s t or i ca l Resear ch Foun d at i on

L in coln Nat ional Li fe Insur an c e Bu i lding1 301 S . Har r ison St .

Fort Wayn e , In di an a

My dear Dr . Warren

I am an amat eur gen ealog i st who , start in g i n aby sma l

i gn o r anc e of method ology some fift een y ears ago , have beenst r uggli ng a l l this t ime .to t r ac e my great - great- grandf ather Leeb ac k t o his paren t s . I have wo r ked most of t h e t ime in Chid ago ,

from Anni e walker Burns Bell 's tran sc r iption s of Ken tucky vita lst at ist ic s . Just thi s week I have r ead art ic l e , publishedi n 1 939 i n t h e i M az in e o f Hi ! Th e Lin co ln an d

LaFo l l et t e . Fam i ce in Pioneer r ama and t looks to me , bothfr om what you t ell an d what you imply about h av i n g ad d it ion aldata , that you may po ssess the key to my myst er y .

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My an cest or Char les Lee c ame into Southe r n I ll in oi sar ound 1 8 1 8 . Hi s o ldest son had been bo r n i n Kentucky in 1 8 1 4

tr adit ion ways i n Mon tgomery County , but I 'm skept ical . wel earn ed fr om t h e U . 8 . Cen sus of 1 8 5 0 that Char le s had be en bo r nin Ken tucky i n 1 798 or '93, an d hi s wi fe , Mary Gri ffin , had b eenborn i n Ken tucky in 1 794 or '95 . Tradit ion i s that they wer emar r i ed i n Loui svi l l e , but I have found no rec or d of i t .

Combi n ed cen sus r epor t s indicate that Char les had at l eastthirteen chi ldr en ; the names kn own t o us ar e : Charl es Br ooke

(or Bracken ) , El iz abeth , Nancy , Harbin , Rhoda P . , John Ander son ,

Wi l l iam Y . , Richar d P . , and Rebecca .

Cha r les was a Bapt i st pr eacher , an d helped to o r ganiz es ever al chur ches in Southern I ll in o i s . He was al so a c el ebr atedwit ch- n

est er h e unh exed people wh o had had a sp el l put on

them! ’ har l es 's oldest daught er marri ed a Har d- Shell ! apt ist'

m ini st er , so I presume Char l es 's affil iat i on was wi th thePr edest in arian s . The r family legend as t o whether he waso r dain ed o r h ad !ust

"a c all .! I susp ec t the lat t er .

At on e t ime he was a n ot ic e of the peac e , and durin g hi s latt eryear s he Op er at ed a gr i st- mi ll .

Family t r ad i t i on‘

was , needl es s t o say , that we wer er elat ed t o Rob e r t E . Lee and that Cha r l es had been b o r n inVi r gin i a , so we wer e not even remot ely on the t rai l unt il wewent to the C en sus Bur eau (el even y ears ago ; that ‘s how slowlypar t t ime amat eurs work). On the same trip we locat ed on

anc i en t l i tt l e lady , a gran dd aught er of Charles , who told usthat we were related t o the LaFo l l et t es ; she d idn 't kn ow how ,

but when t h e Ol d S enat or came to fame , her br othe r had wr i ttenan d ver ifi ed the r elat ion ship . On thi s c lue we wen t up toMadi son , Wi scOn s i n , an d foun d t h e LaFo l l et t e family hi st ory ,which suggest ed that thi s legend is c orr ec t .

Working at Newber ry Library , I con c en t r ated on . Ha r d i n

C oun ty r ecords , and did find some of the Lee- LaFo l l et t e in te rmar r iages .

'

Al though thi s may have n o bearing on my search,

I do want to suggest that the a ssumpt ion that Abigail Lee wasthe mother of Nan cy an d Polly i s incor r ect . Acc or ding to Har dinCounty mar riage r eco r ds , Mary Lee marr i ed Jess e L aFo l l et t withthe c on sent of Ab igail Crofford , in 1 808 . Al so in 1 808 , Ah igalCr awfor d marr i ed Edmun d Lee . Then in 1 8 1 8 , Ab i ga l Lee mar r i edGr een L ee Mr s . Bell 's tr an script of Nelson Coun ty mar r iager eco r d s d i d n o k i n c l ud e the othe r two . Leefl LaFo l l et t e mar r iageswhich you c i t e (an d how that has shaken my fai th in her other wi semonumental achi ev ement ), so I don 't kn ow whether Ah igal g ave

c on s en t for Nan cy Lee or n o t . If she wer e the mother rather thans t ep - mother of the gi r l s , t h an h emf i r s t husban d would have beena L es , perhaps the Char l e s Wh o di ed i n 1 796 , Cr awfo r d would haveb een t he second , and the poor woman would have been widowed fourt imes , fr om thr ee husbands named L ee ! Lif e on the fron t i erc e r t a in ly h ad dr ama ! I f she we r e the i r st ep- mother , i t wouldsugg est that Edmund or Gr een was fath er t o the girl s . How c ouldshe have been giving con sent i n that case per hap s as s isterof their mother ?

As for the El i z abeth Lee wh o was app oint ed executor ofJohn Lee ’ s estat e i n 1 78 8 and was pr e sumably hi s widow , I wond eri f she wasn 't the one who in 1 789 ma r ri ed Jess e I ce in Nel s onCounty . Then in 1 791 Sarah Lee mar r i ed wi th the consen t of herst ep! father , Je sse I c e !

an d i n 1 797 Mary Lee mar r i ed with theco n sen t of h er par en t (a widow aga in El i z abeth I c e ,

bon dsman , Char le s Le e . Thi s Char l es c an't be the older one ,

who di ed in 1 796 , nor mine ,wh o would have been five years old

at the t ime .

But that my Cha r les do es b elon g with these Hardin an d

Nelson Coun ty Lees , I haven 't the slight est doubt . Do you haveaddit ional informat ion that might iden t i fy the Charles bor n in1 792 o r '93, or c an y ou suggest other poss ibl e sour c es of data?I am n ow l iving i n New Yo r k , an d the Publ ic L ibrar y here i s n ot

at all good for Ken tucky mat erial . I am n ot finan c ially ablet o make a tr ip t o Kentuc ky , no r even t o Washi ngton to theC ong r e ss ional an d D . A . R . l ib r ar i es at the pr es ent t ime . I haven o t wr i t t en . t o the Har din Count y Hi sto r ical Soc iety , nor to theBapt i st Th eologi cal S eminar y L ib r ary . Do you thin k that Ishould ? Ac tual ly , I don 't kn ow whether such or gan i z at ion s areequipped t o handl e co r r espon d en c e in quiri es , or if ther e i s af ee f or thei r r esear ch servic es , and my ign o r an c e about thes emat t ers has mad e me hes i tat e t o get i n touch with them . I 'msur e that amat eur s get along more succ e ssful ly by b e ing brash!

Could you also please give me your referen c es for thefasc inat i ng mat erial about the Han ks- Lee con n ec t ion s : theJo seph Han ks! Nan c y Le e mar r iag e in Ric hmond County , Va . ; thatthe father of that Nan cy was n amed Wil l iam, bo r n in 1 704 an d

dec eas ed in 1 764 ; that th i s Wi l l iam had thr ee br other s , Char l es ,

Richard , and John .' Wh y d o you then p ick Rich ard as a poss ible

father for the Ken tuc ky set t ler s , rather than one of t h e otherthree ? And when you suggest that the John an d Charl es wer eb r othe r s of Ric ha r d an d

‘

Wi l l i am ! al so l iving th er e ," did you

m ean i n Ha r d i n County , or !ust in th at par t of t h e st at e . Ihave a good man y en tr i es on Richar ds and

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Wi l l i ams i n Jeffe r s onand Ne l son , an d have n o id ea whether they r efer t o a s in gl e

p e r son of each n ame o r a gr oup of each .Of c our s e , you have

pr obably alr eady not ed t h e fac t that my Char le s had so n s namedJohn , Wi l l iam, and Richar d .

I can ’t t el l y ou h ow much I will appr ec iat e an y facts orany suggest i on s that you can giv e me an d I don 't s ay that asa casual soc i al phras e ! I feel so cl os e to t he en d of my quest ,

w i th al l t h e revelat ions of your ar t ic l e , that I c an pr act ical lytaste it .

- I could have looked up t h e LaFo l l e t t e fami ly i n thecard index and found your ar ticl e man y yea r s befo r e thi s butat l east I did i t at last , and wi th what dr amat ic con sequences !

Ver y t r uly your s ,

aura/ (v

Har ri et Th omp so

303 E . 1 7th St .

New York 3, N . Y .

H all , Levi! rother of Elizabeth H all Hanks

Hall , Nancy HanksDaughter of Joseph and NancyHanks

Hanks, CharlesSon of Joseph and Nancy H anks

61”Cha r les i f marri ed)-~ no t

Hanks, Joseph 1 781 - 1 85 6Son of Joseph and Nancy Hanks

Hanks , Mary Y oung - 1 872Daughter of John and SusannaY oungSecond Cousins, M aternal Line

(Children of William and ElizabethHall Hanks)

Hanks, James 1 794 1 85 2Married R ebecca, daughter of ! en!amin and MaryMartin Atherton

Meador, Elizabeth HanksMarried Jubal Meador

R obbins , Nancy HanksMarried Jacob R obbins

Hanks,Charles - 1 85 2

Married Hannah Ma1 tinHanks , William 1 804 1 900Married Elizabeth K an atyaran k s, CeliaI f married, name of husband notknown

Hanks , JosephI f married, name of wife not knownank s, John 1 802- 1 889Married Susan Malinda Wilson

Douglas , Lucinda Hanks 1 8 1 3 1 890Married Thomas Douglas

! rown , Sarah HanksHusband’s given name not known

Hanks, Andrew JacksonWife’s name not known(Children of Levi and NancyHanks Hall) a

Hall , SquireMarried Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Sarah ! ush Johnston

Hall , WilliamMarried Mary Ann . daughter of J0se I1 and P olly Y oung HanksChildren of Joseph and Mary

Y oung)Hanks , Jacob Vertrees 1 81 2- 1 894Married Elizabeth Adams

K irkpatrick, Elizabeth Hanks 1 81 3

1 839Married James K irkpatrick

Hanks,Susanna 1 81 6

I f married, name of husband not,known

Hosier,Nancy Hanks 1 81 8- 1 890

Married William HosierHanks , John Henry 1 822Married Emma Atkison

Hanks , Joseph 1 825Married Martha ! artholemew

Hall,Mary Ann Hanks 1 827

MarriedyWilliam Hall , son of Leviand Nancy Hanks Hall

L op er , Am a1 th a Hanks 1 830- 1 849Married Henry Loper

H ank s , I sabelle 1 833-

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Married .but name of husband notknown

H all , Caroline Hanks 1 836Married James Hall , son of Leviand Nancy Hanks Hall

Hank s , Thomas

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Great Uncles , and”

Great -Aunts,Maternal Lines

Inasmuch as Nancy Hanks Lincoln,other of Abraham Lincoln, had noful l brothers or sisters, there couldhave been no uncles or aunts in them aternal line , hence there could havebeen

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n o H an k ses who were fi rst cousins to ' the President . To avoid confusion , however, the uncles and auntsof M m hm Li ncoln’s mother are

Hanks, Wi lliamS on of Joseph and -Nancy HanksHanks

,Elizabeth Hall

Th e mother marr ied (”! CalebHazel

Sparrow,Thomas - 1 81 8

Son o J am é s W and Mary Sparrow N .

Sparrow,Eli zabeth Hanks ‘ ?

Daughter of Joseph andHanks

F riend , Jesse! rother of Charles F riend

F ri end , Mary (P olly) HanksDaughter of Joseph an d NancyHanks

011m m OF JOSEPH !ANKS

Joseph Hanks l ivin g n ear wh er e t h e t om of At h er t onv i l l e , _

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n ow i s an d on t h e nor t h side of t he Roll ing For k River made h i s will on

Januar y 8 , an d d ied sometime bef dr e May 1 4 , 1 798 , wh en t h e will was

I n this m 1 ! h e n ames h i s wife Nanny an d t h e following e igh t Ch ild r en ;

Thomas , Joshua , Wi l l i am, Ch ar les , Joseph , El izabeth , Pol l yfl arah ), an d Ea sy?

we a r e n o t cer tain about th e iden tity of th ese two oldest ch ild r en

Thomas an d Joshua , ne i th er do we have an y tr ace of Ch ar les. Wh at in for mation

we h age about t h e oth er ch ild r en fol lows :

WILLIAMimar r ied n i z abe t h Hall Sep t. 1 2, 1 7 3

Ch ild r en ,0 ‘James El izabe t h

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iNan cy fh ha r l es Wi lli Col i a fifJ osoph fiJoh nLuc inda ,Y

ar eh gwn d An d r ew Jackson :

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PH mar r ied Ma r y a ng Nov . 1 9 , 1 81 0

Ch i ld r en ,Jac ob Ver tr ees , El izabeth , Susanna ,

Nan cy , ! aby , ! aby , John Hen r y ,Jos eph , Mar y An n , Anel t h a Jan e , Isabella , Car olin e .

R IM ETE mar r ied Thomas Spar r ow, Oc t . 1 7, 1 796 .

Ch ild r en They d ied with out is sue .

Polly of Sar ah mar r ied Jesse Fr i en d ,Decen1ber 1 0, 1 795Ch ild r en ,

Th er e «ar e seve r al bu t I do not h ave th eir n ames .

NANCY mar r ied Levi Hal l date no t knownCh ild r en , On e ch ild Denn is befo r e sh e mar r ied 391 1 , At least two ch il d r enby Hall , Squir e and Will iam, po ss ibly o t h er s .

Some of t h e above ch i l dr en of William(son of Joseph ) had famil ies as follows :

JAMES mar r ied Rebecca Ath er ton Oc t .!

1 5 , 1 81 7

Ch ild r en ,Isaac , Nancy , El izabeth , Mar y , Joh n , Luc inda , Will iam ! en!amin ,

An d r ew Jackson ,Sar ah Mar gar et , Rebecca El len , Susan Mal inda , Mar t h aEmel i n e.

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Elizabeth mar r ied Jubal Heade r

Ch ild r en , Thomas Joh n , William, James . El izabeth , Mar gar et , Rh oda .

CHARLES mar r ied Han nah !ar tin i n 1 826Ch ild r en , William, Enoch and two daagh t er s

JOHN mar r ied Mal inda. WilsonCh ild r en , Will iam ,

James Lewis , Jane , Fel ix , Emily ,Gr acen , Mar y ,

Loom mar r ied Th omas Doug las Oc t 3, 1 883

Ch ildr en , nar gar et Ann ,Mar y El izabe t h , William Thomas , Jame s Hen r y , Milly Jan e .

John Lyman ,Nath an An de r son , Gr een L ee ,

Louisa Emel in e , Samuel Mar ion .

No in fo rmation on Nan cy , Ch ar les , Cel ia ,Joseph , Sar ah , An d r ew Jackson.