Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
HERRING, Bathsheba
1746 - 1836 (90 years)-
Name HERRING, Bathsheba Born 1746 Rockingham County, Virginia Gender Female Died 1836 Millcreek, Union, Illinois Person ID I7839 Uriah Davis I - Genealogy Last Modified 21 Jun 2018
Father HERRING, Alexander Mother HARRISON, Abigail, b. 1710, Smithtown, Long Island, New York , d. 1780, Rockingham County, Virginia (Age 70 years) Married Aft 1735 Sussex County, Delaware Family ID F1990 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LINCOLN, Abraham, b. 16 Jun 1739, Berkshire County, Pa , d. May 1786, Jefferson County, Kentucky (Age 46 years) Married 9 Jun 1770 Bridgewater, Agusta-Now Rock County, Virginia Children 1. LINCOLN, Thomas, b. 8 Jan 1778, Linville Creek, Agusta County, Virginia , d. 17 Jan 1851, Goose Nest Prairie, Coles County, Illinois (Age 73 years) Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F2831 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - An ancestral heritage of personal independence came to Abraham from his grandmother, Bathsheb Herring, daughter of Leonard Herring, of Virginia, who when told by her father Leonard--perhaps influenced by traditions of the "Royal Pedigree" of the Leonards -- that she might have her choice between giving up her plebeian lover, Abraham Lincoln, Sr., or being disinherited, promptly chose the latter and went with the husband of her choice to the wilds of Kentucky. Doubtless the aristocratic Leonard thought his daughter was making the mistake of her life. Instead, she was stepping up into the real Aristocracy of this glorious land.