The family from which Abraham Lincoln descended came to America from Norfolk, England, in 1637. A brief table[1] will show at a glance the line of descent: _Samuel Lincoln_, born in 1620. Emigrated from Norfolk County, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1637. His fourth son was _Mordecai Lincoln_, born in 1667. His eldest son was _Mordecai Lincoln_, born in 1686. Emigrated to New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 1714. His eldest son was _John Lincoln_, born before 1725. In 1758 went to Virginia. His third son was _Abraham Lincoln_, date of birth uncertain. In 1780, or thereabouts, emigrated to Kentucky. His third son was _Thomas Lincoln_, born in 1778, whose first son was ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Sixteenth President of the United States. Footnote 1: This table was prepared especially for this work by the Hon. L. E. Chittenden of New York, Register of the Treasury under Mr. Lincoln. In the Appendix will be found a full memorandum of Lincoln’s genealogy, also prepared by Mr. Chittenden. [Illustration: LAND WARRANT ISSUED TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, GRANDFATHER OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. From the original, owned by R. T. Durrett, LL.D., of Louisville, Kentucky. The land records of Kentucky show that Abraham Lincoln entered two tracts of land when in Kentucky in the spring and summer of 1780. These entries, furnished us by Dr. Durrett, are as follows: MAY 29, 1780.—“Abraham Linkhorn enters four hundred acres of land on Treasury Warrant, laying on Floyd’s Fork, about two miles above Tice’s Fork, beginning at a Sugar Tree S. B., thence east three hundred poles, then north, to include a small improvement.”—_Land Register_, page 107. JUNE 7, 1780.—“Abraham Linkhorn enters eight hundred acres upon Treasury Warrant, about six miles below Green River Lick, including an improvement made by Jacob Gum and Owen Diver.”—Page 126.