Deborah Lincoln, great-grandaunt of President Abraham Lincoln, died of a childhood disease at age 3 years, 4 months.
She was the daughter of Mordecai and Hannah Salter Lincoln.
N 40° 11.418 W 074° 28.889
Added January 27, 2022:
Contributor Carol (Farmer) Cunningham (48053850) found a couple of records indicating Deborah was born Jan 1717 or 1717. "her birth couldn't be 1716 to close to brothers birth."
Added January 19, 2013:
According to Kenneth Shuttleworth, reporter for the Trenton Evening Times in 1965, who inspected the grave that year, the Headstone actually reads: Deborah Lincoln, Aged 3 Years, 4 Months, 15 Days, May 15, 1720"
He continues to say, "The monument to the child, about one foot square is a milestone of the onward march of the Lincolns to Illinois - and to the White House."
Owners of property at that time were quoted as saying, "Years ago relatives of the people buried in the cemetery came to decorate the graves, but no more. Sometimes people interested in history came to visit. But now nobody cares anymore."
The state Department of Conservation and Economic Development had made arrangements to buy the cemetery property under terms of the Assunpick Creek Project. They planned on marking the area and trying to make the site a tourist attraction.
∼Died at the age of 3-years, 4-months. Buried near Robinson and Allentown, New Jersey. She was the great-great aunt of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Her parents were Mordecai Lincoln, born April 24, 1686 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and Hannah Salter of Freehold, New Jersey. Deborah had an older brother, John Lincoln who was known as "Virginia John", born May 3, 1711. John and his wife Rebecca (Moore) were the direct great-great grand parents of Abraham Lincoln.
Cemetery was originally named, "Ye Old Robbins Burial Ground" in Imlaystown.
She was the daughter of Mordecai and Hannah Salter Lincoln.
N 40° 11.418 W 074° 28.889
Added January 27, 2022:
Contributor Carol (Farmer) Cunningham (48053850) found a couple of records indicating Deborah was born Jan 1717 or 1717. "her birth couldn't be 1716 to close to brothers birth."
Added January 19, 2013:
According to Kenneth Shuttleworth, reporter for the Trenton Evening Times in 1965, who inspected the grave that year, the Headstone actually reads: Deborah Lincoln, Aged 3 Years, 4 Months, 15 Days, May 15, 1720"
He continues to say, "The monument to the child, about one foot square is a milestone of the onward march of the Lincolns to Illinois - and to the White House."
Owners of property at that time were quoted as saying, "Years ago relatives of the people buried in the cemetery came to decorate the graves, but no more. Sometimes people interested in history came to visit. But now nobody cares anymore."
The state Department of Conservation and Economic Development had made arrangements to buy the cemetery property under terms of the Assunpick Creek Project. They planned on marking the area and trying to make the site a tourist attraction.
∼Died at the age of 3-years, 4-months. Buried near Robinson and Allentown, New Jersey. She was the great-great aunt of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Her parents were Mordecai Lincoln, born April 24, 1686 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and Hannah Salter of Freehold, New Jersey. Deborah had an older brother, John Lincoln who was known as "Virginia John", born May 3, 1711. John and his wife Rebecca (Moore) were the direct great-great grand parents of Abraham Lincoln.
Cemetery was originally named, "Ye Old Robbins Burial Ground" in Imlaystown.
Deborah Lincoln, great-grandaunt of President Abraham Lincoln, died of a childhood disease at age 3 years, 4 months.
She was the daughter of Mordecai and Hannah Salter Lincoln.
N 40° 11.418 W 074° 28.889
Added January 27, 2022:
Contributor Carol (Farmer) Cunningham (48053850) found a couple of records indicating Deborah was born Jan 1717 or 1717. "her birth couldn't be 1716 to close to brothers birth."
Added January 19, 2013:
According to Kenneth Shuttleworth, reporter for the Trenton Evening Times in 1965, who inspected the grave that year, the Headstone actually reads: Deborah Lincoln, Aged 3 Years, 4 Months, 15 Days, May 15, 1720"
He continues to say, "The monument to the child, about one foot square is a milestone of the onward march of the Lincolns to Illinois - and to the White House."
Owners of property at that time were quoted as saying, "Years ago relatives of the people buried in the cemetery came to decorate the graves, but no more. Sometimes people interested in history came to visit. But now nobody cares anymore."
The state Department of Conservation and Economic Development had made arrangements to buy the cemetery property under terms of the Assunpick Creek Project. They planned on marking the area and trying to make the site a tourist attraction.
∼Died at the age of 3-years, 4-months. Buried near Robinson and Allentown, New Jersey. She was the great-great aunt of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Her parents were Mordecai Lincoln, born April 24, 1686 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and Hannah Salter of Freehold, New Jersey. Deborah had an older brother, John Lincoln who was known as "Virginia John", born May 3, 1711. John and his wife Rebecca (Moore) were the direct great-great grand parents of Abraham Lincoln.
Cemetery was originally named, "Ye Old Robbins Burial Ground" in Imlaystown.
She was the daughter of Mordecai and Hannah Salter Lincoln.
N 40° 11.418 W 074° 28.889
Added January 27, 2022:
Contributor Carol (Farmer) Cunningham (48053850) found a couple of records indicating Deborah was born Jan 1717 or 1717. "her birth couldn't be 1716 to close to brothers birth."
Added January 19, 2013:
According to Kenneth Shuttleworth, reporter for the Trenton Evening Times in 1965, who inspected the grave that year, the Headstone actually reads: Deborah Lincoln, Aged 3 Years, 4 Months, 15 Days, May 15, 1720"
He continues to say, "The monument to the child, about one foot square is a milestone of the onward march of the Lincolns to Illinois - and to the White House."
Owners of property at that time were quoted as saying, "Years ago relatives of the people buried in the cemetery came to decorate the graves, but no more. Sometimes people interested in history came to visit. But now nobody cares anymore."
The state Department of Conservation and Economic Development had made arrangements to buy the cemetery property under terms of the Assunpick Creek Project. They planned on marking the area and trying to make the site a tourist attraction.
∼Died at the age of 3-years, 4-months. Buried near Robinson and Allentown, New Jersey. She was the great-great aunt of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Her parents were Mordecai Lincoln, born April 24, 1686 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and Hannah Salter of Freehold, New Jersey. Deborah had an older brother, John Lincoln who was known as "Virginia John", born May 3, 1711. John and his wife Rebecca (Moore) were the direct great-great grand parents of Abraham Lincoln.
Cemetery was originally named, "Ye Old Robbins Burial Ground" in Imlaystown.
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