Abraham Lincoln's family tree: no living descendants.

Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 in Sinking Spring Farm, Kentucky, the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, and died on 15 April 1865 in Washington, District of Columbia, at 56. He married Mary Ann Todd. 4 children are in the tree.

Five generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 30 of the 30 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.

Three generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 6 of the 6 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.

Abraham Lincoln's family, year by year.

1809Sinking Spring Farm, KentuckyOn 12 February 1809, Abraham Lincoln is born to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
1812Hodgenville, KentuckyOn 22 February 1812, his brother Thomas Lincoln Jr. dies. He is 3.
1818Gentryville, IndianaOn 5 October 1818, his mother, Nancy Hanks, dies. He is 9.
1828Dale, IndianaOn 20 January 1828, his sister Sarah Nancy Lincoln dies. He is 18.
1843Springfield, IllinoisOn 1 August 1843, his son Robert Todd Lincoln is born.
1846Springfield, IllinoisOn 10 March 1846, his son Edward Baker Lincoln is born.
1850Springfield, IllinoisOn 1 February 1850, his son Edward Baker Lincoln dies at 3.
1850Springfield, IllinoisOn 21 December 1850, his son William Wallace Lincoln is born.
1851Goosenest Prairie, IllinoisOn 17 January 1851, his father, Thomas Lincoln, dies. He is 41.
1853Springfield, IllinoisOn 4 April 1853, his son Thomas Lincoln is born.
1862Washington, District of ColombiaOn 20 February 1862, his son William Wallace Lincoln dies at 11.
1865Washington, District of ColumbiaOn 15 April 1865, Abraham Lincoln dies at 56.

His children.

Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926), died at 82
Edward Baker Lincoln (1846–1850), died at 3
William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862), died at 11
Thomas Lincoln (1853–1871), died at 18

His descendants.

Below his children, the FamilySearch Family Tree holds 3 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren who have died. Anyone who may still be living is left out. The most recent death among his descendants in the tree is his great-grandson Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, on 24 December 1985, at 81.

Robert Todd Lincoln, his son: Mary Todd Lincoln (1869–1938), Abraham Lincoln II (1873–1890), Jessie Harlan Lincoln (1875–1948)
Mary Todd Lincoln, his granddaughter: Lincoln Isham (1892–1971)
Jessie Harlan Lincoln, his granddaughter: Mary Lincoln Beckwith (1898–1975), Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904–1985)

Where the lines came from.

Up his father's line: Thomas Lincoln, his father, born 1778 in Rockingham, Virginia; Abraham Lincoln, his grandfather, born 1744 in Amityville, Pennsylvania; John Lincoln, his great-grandfather, born 1716 in Freehold Township, New Jersey; Mordecai Lincoln, his 2nd great-grandfather, born 1686 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony; Mordecai Lincoln, his 3rd great-grandfather, born 1657 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony; Samuel Lincoln, his 4th great-grandfather, born 1622 in Hingham, Norfolk; Edward Lincoln, his 5th great-grandfather, born 1580 in Swanton Morley, Norfolk; Richard Lincolne, his 6th great-grandfather, born 1550 in Wymondham, England.

Up his mother's line: Nancy Hanks, his mother, born 1784 in Hampshire, Virginia; Thomas Sparrow, his grandfather, born 1767 in Coles(historical)Lexington, Kentucky; James Wright Sparrow, his great-grandfather, born 1739 in Mecklenburg, Virginia; Thomas Wright Sparrow, his 2nd great-grandfather, born 1705 in Norfolk, Virginia.

The family as the FamilySearch Family Tree holds it: 293 people, 271 of them his ancestors. The earliest on his direct line is James Rafe de Bradshawe, born 1542 in Aspull, England.

What history says.

The last descendant of Abraham Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died on December 24, 1985.Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Jessie Lincoln and Warren Beckwith had two children, Peggy and Bob: "Peggy and Bob, who died in 1975 and 1985 respectively, were the last direct descendants of Abraham and Mary Lincoln." The FamilySearch Family Tree also lists a Beckwith child born and died on December 28, 1901, whom the collection does not mention, so this page leaves that child out.The Beckwith Family (c1912), the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

The FamilySearch Family Tree makes Thomas Sparrow the father of Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, and the line above her his. Her mother was Lucy Hanks, who "sent Nancy to live with her Aunt Elizabeth and husband Thomas Sparrow." Who her father was has never come to light.Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, National Park Service; NCpedia

Gaps in the record.

The FamilySearch Family Tree is built by the people who use it, and Abraham Lincoln's has places nobody has filled yet. Eight generations back, 175 of the 254 places are filled. Most of the open ones are in England in the 16th century, and in Virginia, United States in the 17th century: if that's where you research, they're your question. If you know who they were, add them on FamilySearch, with a source, and the next person to look will find them.

Both parents of Thomas Wright Sparrow (born 1705, Norfolk, Independent Cities)
Both parents of Elizabeth Morris (born 1666, Roxbury, Boston)
Both parents of Herring (born 1750)
Both parents of Herring (born 1751)
Both parents of Hamilton (born 1660)
Both parents of Hamilton (born 1660)

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