Samuel Lincoln (progenitor of many notable United States political figures, including his 4th great-grandson, President Abraham Lincoln, Maine governor Enoch Lincoln, and Levi Lincoln Sr. and Levi Lincoln Jr., both of whom served as Massachusetts Representatives, Governor and Lieutenant Governor) left England in 1637 on a ship named John & Dorothy traveling to the colony of Massachusetts to meet his brother, Thomas, who was granted a house lot in Hingham.
Samuel Lincoln (progenitor of many notable United States political figures, including his 4th great-grandson, President Abraham Lincoln, Maine governor Enoch Lincoln, and Levi Lincoln Sr. and Levi Lincoln Jr., both of whom served as Massachusetts Representatives, Governor and Lieutenant Governor) left England in 1637 on a ship named John & Dorothy traveling to the colony of Massachusetts to meet his brother, Thomas, who was granted a house lot in Hingham.