The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln . nd Robert of Hingham, in theyear 1556, upon his child then unborn. The will of 1540is, in fact, the will of that Roberts father, and it ignoresthe testators lands because those lands had already been set-tled, by means of the convenient surrender to uses in theManor Court, in accordance with his wish and intent. Inframing this, his last will, he saw no reason to disturb orvary that arrangement. This deduction tallies exactly withthe view of the case advanced by Edward Lincoln when,in the Chancery suit of 1621, he declares the lands that de-scended to his fathe
The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln . nd Robert of Hingham, in theyear 1556, upon his child then unborn. The will of 1540is, in fact, the will of that Roberts father, and it ignoresthe testators lands because those lands had already been set-tled, by means of the convenient surrender to uses in theManor Court, in accordance with his wish and intent. Inframing this, his last will, he saw no reason to disturb orvary that arrangement. This deduction tallies exactly withthe view of the case advanced by Edward Lincoln when,in the Chancery suit of 1621, he declares the lands that de-scended to his father Richard to have been the irihetitanceof Robert Lincoln, father of the said Richard. Under theactual will Robert got only his fathers harness. His interestin the lands was already secure. Arch. Norfolk, Book 23 : 158. * Arch. Norfolk, Book 9 : 276. J Up to the reign of Henry VIII, no Englishman could leave his lands bywill away from his eldest son. Hence they were rarely mentioned, the eldestson succeeding as a matter of FIVE GENERATIONS 31 The will of 1540 is noteworthy in another respect. It af-fords a pretty illustration of one of the most curious customsof the times. In those far-off days it was a by no means un-common circumstance, although certainly a most confusingone, for two or more children, sons or daughters of the samefather, to be called by one and the same christian name. ThusThomas Brown has two sons named John, — John senior andJohn junior,—perhaps twins, or children born of differentmothers. William Jones, being blessed with triplets, or hav-ing three sons by successive wives, dubs all three figure out as Richard the elder, Richard the younger,and Richard the middle. So in the will of 1540 we finda dual Rose, — **my daughters. Rose the elder and Rose theyounger. Elizabeth, an elder sister of these girls, becamethe wife of Hugh Baldwin, from whom were descended thelater Baldwins of Hingham. The mother of these girls was Joan,^ and sh
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