Excerpt from History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Vol. 3 of 3: Genealogical 1. Thomas, the cooper, and also known as maltster, came from the west of England, says tradition, and settled in our Hin ab. 1635 - 6. His name, however, does not appear upon our records uuti 1636, when there was granted unto Thomas Lincoln, cooper, five acres of land at the west end of the town for a house-lot, butting on the town street eastward, and upon the common westward, and with the land of Francis Smith northward, and with the land of Thomas Nichols southward. This lot he afts. Sold or exchan d for one on North, near Beal St., which was his homestead. He a so had a small trian gular lot of land granted him subsequent to the first distribution of lots in 1635, at what is now the corner of North and Lincoln Sts. This (the triangular lot) he aits. Gave with malt-house, etc., to his youngest son, Benjamin. His w., whom he m. In Eng. Ab. 1630, was Anis, or Avith Lane, a dau. Of William Lane. She d. In Hing. Feb. 13 or 14, 1682-83. Hing. Town rec's say, Annie Lincoln dyed 14 Februar 1682-83 while David Hobart, son of Rev. Peter Hobart, recorde the event in his diary as fol] February 13, 1683. The wife of Thomas Lincoln the coo r dyed. At the time the present meeting-house of the First Paris was erected 1680 Thomas Lin coln, cooper, was one of the five elderly gen emen to whom was as signed a sitting in the seats under y' pulpit; while for Mrs. Lincoln a place was allotted in the second seats next y' pew. He (1. At his residence on North St., West Hing., 28 Sept. 1691. In his will, dated 13 July, 1688, proved 27 Oct. 1692, he mentions three sons and one dau.; s. Joseph to have the home place. Joseph's son Nehemiah came next into possession, and having no issue he left it to his nephew Israel Lincoln. A large part of the original homestead is still in possession of this branch of the family. The. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.