Abina Diana Lincoln

Abina married Augustus Hubbel Potter on 12 Sep 1860. Augustus was born on 10 Sep 1828 in Pownal,Bennington,VT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: Gazetteer and Business Directory of Bennington County, VT for 1880-81, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, NY, Dec. 1880, p. 157:

"The Lincoln Carriage Co. , was established in 1829, by L. (Levi) and A. (Alanson) Lincoln and conducted by them until 1859 when the firm was known as L.& A. Lincoln & Co. In 1880 the business passed into the control of Levi A. Lincoln (son of Levi). This factory employs about twelve men and manufactures carriages, landaus, phaetons, open buggies, and democrats, besides all styles of sleigh. Repairing of carriages is also a part of the business and during the year about $2,500 worth is usually done, and from sixty to eighty of the different vehicles are manufactured annually."

(Same source): "Lincoln, Alanson N. (Pownal) retired carriage maker, justice of the peace and 1/5th interest in farm".

Alanson married Sarah Eleanor Wright on 06 Mar 1834 in Pownal,,VT. Sarah (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 08 Jun 1815 in Pownal,Bennington,VT; died on 02 Feb 1892 in Pownal,Bennington,VT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

MISCELLANEOUS LINCOLN DATA THAT MAY MAKE A PATTERN TO UNCOVER JONATHAN'S ANCESTRY:

REFERENCE: MA CENSUS 1790 -- Probable father, brothers or uncles of Jonathan are listed in Norton Town, Bristol Co, MA: Levi Lincoln and Luther P. Lincoln. Norton Town is near Taunton, MA.

In May 1995, I ordered a number of back issues of the Berkshire Genealogist from the Berkshire Family History Society. Following are all of the references to Lincoln, Lanesborough, Cheshire, Northrup and Carpenter.

V6. No.1 p.7 Berkshire County Cemetery Inscriptions, by Richard C.
Leab. Old North Street Cemetery, Cheshire
Located on Route 8, not far from the Baptist Church

CARPENTER, Esther, wife of Dea. Stephen Carpenter, d. July 27,
1839, ae 97 (b. 1742)

p.9 LINCOLN, Diana, d. January 26, 1852, ae 77 years. (b. 1775)

p.16 Taylor Memorial Library, Main Street, Hancock.
Book: SOME DESCENDENTS OF FOUR PIONEER FAMILIES about the CARPENTERS, Goodrich, Kittle, and Knapen families who came
from Rhode Island and Connecticut to Stephentown, NY and
Hancock, MA. *** Note Hancock, MA, is on the western boundary
of Lanesborough.*** There has been only one church in Hancock-
-- The Hancock Baptist. Some of the early church's baptism,
marriage, and death records are in the library.

p.53 The Berkshire Athenaeum
1 Wendell Avenue
Pittsfield, MA

Has many collections.
The William Williams Collection- lots of military, deeds, assessor
lists, names for oath of allegience to the king, school tax roll,
stockholders in local towns, companies, etc.,

The Hoyt Collection - card file of 18th and 19th century vital records,
registry of deeds records, probate court records and court actions. Also, a collection of cards for Berkshire County towns listing the
original proprietors.

V9 N0.1 p.68 ...Pownal, VT ... early settlers were mostly Baptists from
RI. *** Jonathan's sons, Levi and Alanson, raised their families in Pawlet, VT, just a few miles north of Pownal, VT.

p.82-83 RE: The Berkshire Athenaeum

The Cooke Collection - he copied vital records from old newspapers, old church records and early town records. (The
LDS Church has all of this material on microfilm.)

Church records:
Cheshire (formerly New Providence) First Baptist Church 1770-1848.
Cheshire Second Baptist Church - 1789 - 1884.
Lanesborough Congregational Church - 1764-1890
Lanesborough St. Luke's Episcopal Church - 1767 - 1900

Town records:
Hancock (Jericho) - 1767 - 1830
Hancock - Goodrich Hollow Cemetery - 1791 - 1873

V10 No.1 p.28-29 RE: The Berkshire Athenaeum

The William B. Browne Collection - covers land and families in
northern Berkshire Co, eastern NY and southern VT beginning
in the 18th century.

Includes : A book of New Providence (now Cheshire) church
records, the First Baptist Church 1793 and the Church of Christ
1767 - 1808. There is miscellaneous information on some early
houses in Adams and New Providence and an 1800 map showing
the sites of these houses.

V10 No.2 p.58 RE: The Berkshire Athenaeum

Genealogy Books : ... Carpenter, LINCOLN, Northrup

Pawlet for 100 Years by Hiel Hollister, pub. 1867. pages 210-211:
Lincoln, Lewis, from Cheshire, Ma, 1837; settled at North Pawlet, in the carriage making business. He was agent of the union store during its existence from 1851 to 1861. His family consisted of two daughters, Lettie T. and Fidelia. Lettie T. was a graduate of Troy Conference Academy, and married Alonzo Raynor, of Evansville, Ind. Fidelia died of diptheria in 1864, aged 21. He removed to Indiana in 1865.

Lincoln, Luther P. from Cheshire, Ma., 1837; m. Deborah, da. of Henry Wooster, Jr., and succeeded to his homestead. He removed to Fort Ann, NY some twenty years ago, and was instantly killed by being thrown from a wagon about 1862.

BERKSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, VOL. 1., 1892.
Early Settlements in Cheshire, by Hon. J. M. Barker.
Page 64: "The story of the men who made the New Providence
Purchase, and, in 1767, removed their families and goods from
Rhode Island to the spendid eminence, which they christened
New Providence Hill, in affectionate remembrances of the hill in
Providence, ..."

May 1, 1997 SALT LAKE CITY, FHL:

Massachusetts 1800 Census: Jonathan Lincoln, Berkshire Co, Lanesborough
Neighbors as listed on the original census records show family
names of people who migrated to Lanesborough from Connecticut:
4 Nehemiah Talcott
3 Nathan Green
2 Abner Wilson (?)
1 Elijah Loomis
0 Jonathan Lincoln
1 John Hall
2 John Osborn (?)
3 Thomas Goodrich
4 John Woodson (?)
(?) indicate problems deciphering the actual handwriting.

IDEAS - 3/30/2001: LOREN WHETON LINCOLN - is most likely made of surnames - Loring and Wheton/Whedon/Weedon/Wheaton.
Loring and Wheton and Lincoln families intermarried in Hull, Hingham and Taunton, MA. There were a number of JONATHANs in Wheton and Lincoln generations. There was a LORENE (as in Milton Lorene Lincoln) in Wheton line (where it was used for a female). I haven't a clue about FOTHON either by this spelling or other phonetic variations.

CENSUS 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830 Lanesboro, Berkshire Co, MA; 1840 - Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT.

PAWLET CEMETERY: is the oldest one in town, 2 miles north of the village on the east side of Cemetery Hill Road. Records are in the
Town Clerk's Office.

LAND RECORDS: Lanesboro, County of Berkshire, MA - 20 April 1010:
DEED: Ezra Hall to JONATHAN LINCOLN .. FOR

Jonathan married Amy Anne Diane Northrup on 11 Dec 1794 in Lanesborough,,MA by Rev.John Leland. Amy (daughter of Stephen Northrup and Lydia Hall) was born on 30 Apr 1775 in Cheshire,Berkshire Co, MA; died on 26 Jan 1853 in Lanesborough,, MA; was buried in Old North Street Cem,Cheshire,,MA. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

James married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

GAZETEER OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASS, 1725 - 1885, BY HAMILTON CHILD, PUB. 1885.

Page 117 - Town of Cheshire:
"Stephen Northrup removed to Cheshire, from (Danbury, CT,- ERRORONEOUS, he was born in North Kingston, RI) sometime previous to the Revolution, locating in the western part of Cheshire and reared a large family, and died in 1836, at the age of ninety-one. He served in the war of the Revolution, and was at the battle of Bennington. "

Land Records of Adams, MA- signers of deeds whose wifes are given:
Northrop, Stephen and Lydia 1780.

Notes from John Northrup (the current keeper of Northrup family history) of Riverside, CA to xxx in a letter dated 2 March 1999:
"The references to Stephen say that he came to the Lanesboro area from western CT, but I think that this is a broad brush error and he came from the area of Preston, CT."

"Stephen's sister, Mary, and her husband, Uzziel Durham, were the first of the family to arrive in the Lanesboro area and Stephen subsequently bought some land from them. When Stephen arrived in the area he set about building himself a home, but the wolves were bugging him so one of his first tasks was to build a box to sleep in to avoid the critters. Sounds like he was a very practical person."

"Thomas subsequently moved to the area and both Stephen and Thomas served in the Revolution from there. Joseph enlisted from Preston, CT but after his service he also moved to Lanesboro area before moving on down to Franklin-Otsego area of New York."

PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL OF STEPHEN NORTHRUP: Berkshire Probate, Roll 23, page 38 (received from Berkshire Family History Association).

"To the Hon. Court within and for the County of Berkshire: Humbly shows (?) Lyman Northrup that Stephen Northrup late of Cheshire in Berkshire County deceased died on the 17th of April last leaving the following children heirs at law to wit: Lyman Northrup your petitioner residing in Cheshire; Stephen Northrup redisiding in do; Levi Northrup residing in the state of New York; Anna, wife of Jonathan Lincoln residing in Lanesborough; Sally wife of Samuel Ingalls residing in New York; Electra wife of Philip Warren residing in Vermont; Polly wife of Simeon Rawson residing in New Your. That the said deceased left Estate upon which administration is (?); That he left a last will and testament in which your petitioner is named and appointed executor; which will he herewith presents and prays that the same may be proved approved and allowed to being read to give bond for faithful discharge of said trust. Dated at (?) this 3rd day of May AD 183(?).

More about Stephen Northrup: Military service: 4 October 1780, Stephen Northrup with Capt. Asa Barnes Co, Col. Benjamin Simonds regiment, marched from Lanesborough.

Stephen married Lydia Hall before 1775 in Fairfield Co, CT. Lydia (daughter of "Captain" Jabez Hall and Hannah Lyon) was born about 1750 in ,Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]