_http://chester.pa-roots.com/townships/west_nantmeal_township_chester_c.htm_ (http://chester.pa-roots.com/townships/west_nantmeal_township_chester_c.htm) The earliest tax transcript that seems to be on record is that of the year 1722. It is of interest to note the name of Mordecai Lincoln on the original tax lists (1720 to 1725). He was married to Hannah Salter Lincoln and they had a daughter named Hannah Lincoln and a son John, who was the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. Other children were named Deborah, Mary Anne and Sarah. This line of descent marks Mordecai Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln’s great grandfather and places Hannah Lincoln Millard as his great-aunt. Hannah was also the great grandmother of Thomas Millard and was married to Joseph Millard. Many present residents of West Nantmeal Township trace their ancestry to Hannah and Joseph Millard. The name is familiar throughout the area and it appears that the Millard family has been established here since the early 1700’s. The child Deborah was born in 1717 and died in 1720. She was buried in the old Jemison burying ground in Monmouth County, N.J. Shortly after Deborah’ s death, Mordecai moved his family to Pennsylvania. His land was described as lying near "the branches of the French Creek and the Brandywine in Chester County, Pa." In 1725, he was one-third owner of the Coventry Forge, which he sold to a partner on December 14, 1725 for 500 pounds. His-wife Hannah died in Coventry Township in 1727 and in 1729 he married Mary, who it is thought, was a daughter of Andrew Robeson. Mordecai leased a 1,000 acre tract in neighboring Exeter Township, Berks County, which he later purchased in May, 1730. The house he built there in 1733 is still standing and bears the inscription "ML-1733." It appears that Mordecai then left West Nantmeal Township and took up residence in nearby Berks County. Cuz Connie