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Subject: [HANKS-L] HANKS, SPARROW, LINCOLN
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:16:32 EST

In a message dated 12/15/98 8:41:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

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stated that they were trying to trace HANKS through SPARROW to LINCOLN and
that SPARROW and HANKS may have been cousins. While this may be true, what I
have found is that Abraham LINCOLN's maternal grandmother was Lucey SHIPLEY
HANKS SPARROW and that she gave birth to Nancy HANKS LINCOLN out of wedlock
and while living in her father's house. About 7 years later she married Henry
SPARROW and had children including Mary "Polly" SPARROW WHITEHOUSE who married
a Benjamin WHITEHOUSE and through whom my connection is made. This made Nancy
HANKS the half-sister of Mary "Polly" SPARROW who in turn is the half-aunt of
Abraham LINCOLN. Now if I am mistaken or if there are wildly different
opinions on this out there on the Internet - I would appreciate it if you
would contact me at so that any corrections could be made
to my data. This is however, coming to me from some very reliable sources at
this point and I don't expect to find many differences. Thanks and if you
would like further information on this line that includes dates and about 7
generations of research please let me know via email.

Sincerely,
Stella A. Marquez

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