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About Abigail Herring
Abigail Harrison
- b.1710 Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, USA
- d.1780 Rockingham County, Virginia
- F. Isaiah Harrison 1663 - 1738 M. Abigail Smith Bef 1684 - m Bef 1701
- H. Alexander Herron, Jr. 1708 - 1778
Children
6/sons, perhaps a daughter
- Jesse HERRING (HERRON)
- + Leonard HERRING
- + Alexander HERRING
- John HERRING
- William HERRING (HERRON)
- Bethuel HERRING (HERRON)
Disputed descent
“Abraham Lincoln was a descendant of one of Isiah's daughters, who married a Herring (some dispute this)”
Not a known parent of Bathsheba Lincoln.
“While many sites indicated that this family are ancestors to Abraham Lincoln, no sources have ever been provided to substantiate the claim.[1]”
References
- Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County ... By John Houston Harrison. Page 282. GoogleBooks. Pioneer Alexander Herring left, in 1781, five sons (Leonard, Alex, William, Bethuel, Jesse). Also son John and one daughter (unnamed), speculated to be Bathsheba, wife of Abraham Lincoln.
- Warren, Louis Austin : "The Herrings of Virginia. Searching for Facts about Lincoln's Paternal Grandmother", The Lincoln Kinsman, No. 3, Ft. Wayne, IN (Sep 1938) Archive.Org
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130754780/alexander-herring
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Alexander_Herron_%281%29
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Herring-175
- “Mrs. Bathsheba Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's paternal grandmother - Was she a Herring?” by R. Andrew Pierce link Alexander Herring resided in Rockingham (then Augusta) Co. from at least 1751 until his death in 1778, and had five sons. There was considerable deed activity among the sons after his death, and none of them mention a daughter/sister Bathsheba. Distinctive names among the Herrings such as Alexander, Leonard and Bethuel, do NOT occur in the Lincoln family.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_family_of_Virginia
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130755017/abigail-herring
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https://archive.org/stream/lineageandtradi00hendgoog/lineageandtrad...
'John Alexander Herring, of Norfolkshire County, England, ran away from home
when a mere lad of 15, coming to New Jersey ahout 1670, where he married. Later he
moved to the Valley of Virginia, now Rockingham County, about 1736. One of his sons
was Alexander Herring. He qualified as lieutenant, July, 1756. He married Abigail
Harrison, a descendant of the James River Harrisons. This family are said to be
entitled to bear the same Arms, differing only in the crest, which is a boar's head
holding in its mouth four arrows. These Herrings were given their Arms, etc., for
saving the King's life while boar hunting. There were four brothers, and one of them
lost his life in the encounter (ref. Dr. Burke Chrisman). Alexander Herring had
issue: No. 1, John Herring; No. 2, Jesse Herring, killed in the Revolution; No. S,
Leonard Herring, who also fought In the Revolution, went West and had several
children; No. 4, William Herring, made lieutenant in 1778. and qualified as captain
October 24, 1780. He married Elizabeth Stephenson. No. 6, Bethuel Herring. place
described was called the "Mill Place/* In 1790, January
27, he sold it to James Salter/ This land adjoined James CJox's
place. The Coxes were closely allied to the Herrings.
William Herring and family then moved to Pendleton
County, where he bought land from Samuel Dalrymple, Decem-
ber 27, 1790. The Herring names appearing as witnesses to
this purchase were Jacob, Isaac and Ephraim Herring. This
tract was 320 acres and is described as "lying on Generostee
Creek, waters of Savannah River.'^ This document is dated De-
cember 27, 1790. This property lies very near Anderson, the
present county seat In this transfer the name appears written
as follows: Herron, Herren and Herrin, and is signed William
Herring. In 1813 he had 1,000 acres surveyed for him. It lay
in Oconee County, near the coimty line, and adjoined Elisha
Herring's land. William Herring's will was made in 1812. His
son Elisha was his executor. He died about 1819. The follow-
ing properties he conveyed to his various children :
No. 1. To his son Elisha Herring, 80 acres 'lying on
waters of Big Generostee Creek," January 19, 1804.
No. 2. To his son Stephen Herring, 110 acres, conveyed
September 1, 1801. This reads: "between William Herring of
the County of Pendleton, State of South Carolina, planter, of the
one part and Stephen Herring, planter, of the other part," etc.,
"all that plantation whereon Stephen Herring now lives, lying
on the Generostee Creek, waters of Savannah River."
No. 3. His daughter married William Jolly and to him
he conveyed 100 acres, August 11, 1811. This is also described
as "on waters of Generostee Creek, close to fence of Elijah Her-
ring's land, east side of Little Rocky Creek." The Jollys inter-
marry with the Herrings. They were evidently of French extrac-
tion; the name being originally Joulee. Daniel Joulee of St
James, Santee P., and Constant June, spinster, married March
13, 1783.* They took notable part in the Revolutionary War.
His brother, John Jolly, married Sarah Palmer and bore the rank
of lieutenant in 1780. He was killed that year or the following
either at Leighton's or Fairforest. Joseph Jolly was captain in
1776. Benjamin Jolly was major and died before marriage. Wil-
liam JoUy^s will is recorded in Franklin County, Ga., where the
JoUys and the Herrings later removed.
No. 4. William Herring conveyed to his son-in-law (?)
Peter Keys 50 acres, January 20, 1807,' also "lying on waters of
Big Generostee Creek, waters of Savannah River."
William Herring had another son, (No. 5) Elijah Herring.
No. 1. Elisha Herring was probably his eldest son, as his
father appointed him his executor. Elisha conveys the same tract
from his father noted above to his son (A) Francis Herring.
From the estate papers, dated 1856, the following descendants of
Francis have been collected. Issue :
( a ) Elijah Herring. Issue :
Xa. James Herring.
Xb. Samuel Herring, both minors in 1856.
(b) Ruthy Ann Herring, wife of Mr. Beatty. Issue :
Xa. David Milton Beatty.
Xb. Francis A. Beatty.
(c) Jesse M. Herring, dead, but left heirs.
(d) James M. Herring, administrator of father's estate.
(e) Francis Herring.
(f ) J. Mercer Herring.
(g) Sarah Ann Herring, married John Tilly,
(h) Laura M. Herring, married A. Brooks.
No. 2. Stephen Herring was bom January 7, 1768,* and
married Rhoda Land — ^bom September 29, 1775 — daughter of
Joseph and Sarah Land, of "Keowee Creek," Pendleton County.
Joseph Land's will was made in July, 1803, and he left every-
thing to his wife. The Lands were a family of gentle blood of
Princess Anne County, Va., who moved to South Carolina a
short while before the War of the Revolution. Lewis Land of
Greenville County, S. C, was a pensioned soldier of the "Vir-
ginia Militia," born 1759. His will is recorded there and dated
'Anderson (S. C.) records.
"Ret, his family Bible.
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Abigail Herring's Timeline
| 1710 |
June 1, 1710
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Oyster Bay, Long Island, Province of New York, Colonial America
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| 1735 |
1735
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Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, Colonial America
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1738
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Sussex, Delaware, United States
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1739
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Sussex County, Delaware, Colonial America
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1744
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Augusta County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
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1746
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Delaware, Colonial America
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1746
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Sussex County, Delaware, Colonial America
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1780
Age 69
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Augusta County (Present Rockingham County), Virginia, United States
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1780
Age 69
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McGaheysville, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States of America
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