Abraham Lincoln

Roots in England, Feet in Kentucky

© Mary Trotter Kion

Feb 17, 2007

Abraham Lincoln’s grandfather comes to America from England. Lincoln’s father was born in Virginia but moves to Kentucky as an adult. Abraham Lincoln is born in Kentucky.


Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was the grandson of Samuel Lincoln who migrated to America and settled in Massachusetts before moving to Virginia where Abraham's father, Thomas, was born. After Thomas Lincoln marries Nancy Hanks of Virginia a move is made to Kentucky where Abraham Lincoln was born.


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