Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Lincoln was born in 1773, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Isaac Lincoln, was 35 and her mother, Lydia Drake, was 34. She died on 4 July 1792, in her hometown, at the age of 19, and was buried in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Charlotte Lincoln, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Charlotte Lincoln, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1738–1809 Male
1739–1825 Female
Siblings (4)
1773–1792 Female
1787– Female
1787– Female
1787– Male
World Events (8)
1776
Age 3
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 3
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 8
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Lincoln, so named from an original British name Lindo- ‘lake’ + Latin colonia ‘settlement, colony’. The place was an important administrative center during the Roman occupation of Britain and in the Middle Ages it was a center for the manufacture of cloth, including the famous ‘Lincoln green’.
African American: adoption of the surname in 1 above, in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the US, who abolished slavery.
History: Abraham Lincoln (1809–65), 16th president of the US, was the son of an illiterate laborer, descended from Samuel Lincoln, who had emigrated from England to MA in 1637.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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