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Lucy Hanks

Lucy Hanks

Female 1766 -

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  • Name Lucy Hanks 
    Birth 1766 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I392118491304  Cole Durand
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 

    Father Joseph Hanks,   b. 20 Dec 1725, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1793 (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Ann Lee,   b. 1742 
    Family ID F2721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Nancy Hanks,   b. 1784   d. 1818 (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F5571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • There are two opposing theories to the parentage of Lucy Hanks. One theory says that she is the daughter of Joseph and Nanny (Lee) Hanks and had Nancy Hanks, President Abraham Lincoln's mother, out of wedlock. The other theory says Lucy was a widow to an unidentified son of Joseph Hanks and Nancy Hanks was his daughter. On 21 OCT 2015, the results of a mtDNA study on the matrilineal kin of Lucy Hanks appears to have finally put this issue to rest. Lucy is a Hanks and not a Shipley.