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- 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
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