Lincoln Family Genealogy Project
Authoring, Research, Reporting and other Work
Chapter One:
A Part of the Lincolns Journey to Illinois Learning Activity by Howard Taylor

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            b.=born         m.=married        ?=not known (usually a birth or death date)
The Lincolns
Samuel & Martha Lincoln
Children:
Thomas, Besheba
Thomas Lincoln m.Nancy Hanks who died
Thomas /Nancy Children:
Sarah, Abraham
and Thomas (died at 2 yrs. old)
m.  Sarah Bush
Johnston
Sarah Bush children:
Elizabeth, Matilda, and John D.



 Abraham Lincoln m. Mary Ann Todd:
Children:
Robert, Edward, William, Thomas
 		The Hanks

 John Hanks m. Nancy Shipley
Children:
Nancy Hanks
(who m. Thomas Lincoln),
Elizabeth m. Thomas Sparrow
(no children)
Nancy Hanks (not married), daughter of Joseph Hanks was the mother of
Dennis Hanks m. Sarah (Betsy) Elizabeth Johnston (Sarah Bush's daughter)
Children:
Sarah Jane;
John Talbot;
Nancy;
Harriet;
Amanda;
Mary;
Charles;
Theophilus




The Halls

 Squire Hall m. Matilda (Tildy) Johnston (Sarah Bush's daughter)
Children:
3 sons and  five daughters, including:

John Johnston (1829-1909) m.               Elizabeth Jane Taylor;
Nancy Ann (1832-?);
Alfred L. (1839-?);
Sarah Louisa (1841-1935) m. Merrill Fox;
Joseph A;.
Amanda;
Harriet;




Squire dies,
Matilda marries Reuben Moore.  They would have one son, Giles
Matilda lives and dies in the Moore House, near Goosenest Farm

The Bushes & Johnstons

 Christopher Bush m. Hannah
Children:
6 sons, 3 daughters, including Sarah (step mother of Abraham)
m.
Daniel Johnston
Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Matilda,
John Davis
Sarah Bush Johnston m. Thomas Lincoln
Children:
none
Matilda Johnston m. Squire Hall (see as listed for the Hall Family) 
Children:
John, Nancy, Elizabeth, Alfred, Sarah Louisa, Joseph Amanda and Harriet
Squire would die and Matilda (Tildy) would marry Reuben Moore
Children:
Giles




John Davis Johnston (son of Sarah Bush Lincoln) m. Mary Mary Barker
Children:
6 sons, 1 daughter
Mary dies and John Davis marries Nancy Williams
children:
John Davis Jr.
The Bush Family line continues through the ancestors of Hannah Bush Radley who married John Sawyer and their children:
Lydia and Ann