The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln . n the Continental Armythroughout the Revolution, and in the suspected connectionwith the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Herring [i6gi—1757), we realise what important results probably await anexhaustive examination of the English pedigree of this family. The poverty of the Pennsylvania and, still more, of the Vir-ginia records has deprived us of knowledge of even the nameof the ancestress in the next generation, but when we reachthe Salters we find ourselves again upon sure ground. RichardSalter, the grandfather of Virginia John Lincoln, was aman who would h
The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln . n the Continental Armythroughout the Revolution, and in the suspected connectionwith the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Herring [i6gi—1757), we realise what important results probably await anexhaustive examination of the English pedigree of this family. The poverty of the Pennsylvania and, still more, of the Vir-ginia records has deprived us of knowledge of even the nameof the ancestress in the next generation, but when we reachthe Salters we find ourselves again upon sure ground. RichardSalter, the grandfather of Virginia John Lincoln, was aman who would have been notable in any community,—member of the House of Deputies of New Jersey (1695),of the Assembly (1704), Justice, Judge, and Captain, whileRichard, his son, was a member of the Council and ChiefJustice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Nancy Hanks, the Story of Abraham Lincolns Mother, by C. H. Hitchcock,New York, 1900. A Complete Genealogy of the Hanks Family, by the samehand, is also in preparation. = Ibid., p. INHERITED TRAITS 139 Through Richard Salters wife, Sarah Bowne, we draw uponanother distinguished Hne,—her father, John Bowne, havingbeen Representative in Hampstead (New York) Convention(1665), member of the Provincial Assembly of New Jersey(1680), Speaker of the same (1682), and Justice of Mon-mouth County (1683). His son, John Bowne, Jr., was alsoa member of the Provincial Assembly and was, with RichardSalter, Jr., among the most strenuous opponents of the Corn-bury faction. Obadiah Bowne, another son, was likewise ofthe Provincial Assembly and his son-in-law, Gershom Mott,was Sheriff (1697-98), member Provincial Assembly (1707—13), and expelled, as well as his brother-in-law, for oppositionto the corrupt Cornbury. Through John Bownes wife, Lydia Holmes, we tap an-other strong stream of sturdy ancestry. Her father. Holmes, had led one of the revolts against thebigotry of his surroundings and had conducted a little bandof advanced th
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