This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/5892.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I have information about John Dean's ancestors. John Lincoln died leaving a will in Rockingham County, VA, dated Nov. 1788. In it he mentioned his wife Rebecca (Flowers) Lincoln and the following children: 1. Thomas Lincoln (died in KY) 2. Abraham Lincoln (grandfather of Pres. Abraham Lincoln) born 17 May 1744, m. Bethsheba Herring. 3. Isaac Lincoln m. Mary Ward 4. Jacob Lincoln b. 1751 m. Darcas Robinson 5. John Lincoln d. Ohio 1835 6. Hannah Lincoln m. John Harrison of Rockingham 7. Lydia Lincoln m. Bryan 8. SARAH LINCOLN married JOHN DEAN******** 9. Rebecca m. a Rymel and d. in Greenville, TN, 1840. John Dean and Sarah Lincoln Dean's son ABRAHAM DEAN m. Charity Gregory 2 DEC 1813. Abraham Dean and Charity Gregory Dean's children: Rebecca Dean b. 5 OCT 1813, d.17 MAR 1891 m. John Valentine b. Abt. 1808 TN. John Valentine and Rebecca Dean Valentine's daughter, Julia Ann Valentine married Elisha Howard. Elisha Howard is my husband's great grandfather. John and Rebecca's daughter Sarah A. b. Abt 1836 m. Peter Hinkle b. Abt. 1834, d. 20 MAY 1911 ELIZABETH DEAN b. Abt. 1819, d. Abt 1859 July An Dean b. Abt 1825 m. James Walker b. Abt 1820. Alexander Dean b. Abt 1825 Isaac Dean b. Abt 1827, m. Caroline Noe b. Abt 1833 Anderson Dean b. Abt 1829, d. Abt 1862 George W. Dean b. Abt 1833, m. 7 DEC 1854 m. Elizabeth Howard b. Abt 1835. Sophia Dean b. Abt. 1836, d. 1862 m. Valentine Mary J. b. Abt. 1839