Christopher Lincoln Family from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: LINCOLN
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, page 312

LINCOLN, CHRISTOPHER, was born in Hingham, Mass., Nov. 8, 1779; came to this town about 
1820, and established himself in the tailoring business here. He was a descendant of Daniel Lincoln, 
who came from Hingham, Eng., in l648, and settled in Hingham, Mass., in the following line of descent: 
1st, Daniel, jr., 2d, Joshua, 3d, Joshua, Jr., 4th, Christopher. He lived in town about ten years, and 
came to his death whence returning from Keene, with others, where he had been as a juryman in a 
capital case, by being thrown from a wagon, on the hill east of William Arnold’s, Oct. 11, 1880, when 
he received such injuries that he died the 18th of the same month. He married Eliza, dau. of John 
Williston, of Boston, Mass., b. Dec. 10, 1785,by whom he had eleven children:
I. Christopher C., d. young.
II. Samuel W., b. June 12, 1808; resides in Quincy, Mass., unm.
III. Eliza A., b. June 16, 1810; d. Dec. 30, 1866.
IV. Christopher, 2d, d. young.
V. Eleanor, d. young.
VI. Mary J., b. June 15, 1815; m. James N. White, of Boston,--issue, two ch.
VII. Harriet N., b. Jan. 14, 1818.
VIII. George C., b. July 9, 1821; m. first, Miranda Evans, Windsor, Vt.; m. second, Anna 
Leach, and has six ch.
IX. Sarah M., b. April 5, 1823; m. Griffin C. Reynolds, res., Abbington, Mass.,--issue, two ch.
X. Charles Sprague, b. April 20, 1826; m. Louisa E. Plimpton, and has five ch. He fitted for 
college, it is said, after his majority, in nine months, under the instruction of Rev. Ezekiel H. 
Barstow, and graduated at Harvard College in 1850. He was a teacher before he entered 
college, and taught awhile after graduating. In the mean time he studied law, and for n period 
was in the law school at Cambridge. In 1855 he established himself as a lawyer in Boston, 
where he has been doing a successful business up to the present time (1879).
XI. John Bradford, b. Dec. 8, 1828; m. Anna ---; d. Oct. 30, 1864, leaving one son, Frank.