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Rachel Berry the oldest went to Ky about 1781. Nancy Hanks lived with the Berrys from the time she got to Ky until marriage.
Lucy Sparrow the youngest m1 James Hanks, m2 Henry Sparrow. she went to Ky about 1787, with Nancy.
Naomi Mitchell was killed by Indians in 1790 enroute from N C to Ky. Her daughter Sarah was the mother of R.M. Thompson . In 1881 he said, "My mother (Sarah) was a Mitchell, a first cousin of Lincoln's mother. Their mothers were Shipleys from N C. My mother was captured when a girl in (the fall of) 1790 by the Indians 25 miles beyond Crab Orchard at Defeated Camp. My mother was carried into Canada and remained in captivity 5 years with the Pottawatamies."
Margaret Armstrong never left N C, living in Gaston Co. Her great-granddaughter said, Lincoln's grandmother was a Shipley and married a Hanks. Her daughter went to Ky and married a Lincoln.
Ann McCord. Her husband bought land near Boone's Fort in 1790. On their to trip to Ky a cousin was stolen. A descendant said Lincoln was a 2nd cousin of Ann's granddaughter. "Lucy married James Hanks."
In 1790 Rachel and Lucy were in Ky. It appears Robert Shipley Sr (not taxed 1792), George (witness 1791), Edward (taxed 1795), Naomi (killed by Indians) and Ann all went from N C to Ky in 1790. Margaret stayed in Gaston Co, N C - Robert Jr in Halifax, Va.
Dennis Hanks said his aunt Elizabeth, mother Nancy and Lucy were sisters - Lucy was Lincoln's grandmother, Lucy was a sister-in-law.
Amanda Pilcher in 1922 said her grandfather, Henry Sparrow Jr.'s half-sister, Nancy Hanks, was the mother of Lincoln. Henry Jr said he was a half-uncle of Lincoln.
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