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Nancy Hanks Hall was born circa 5 February 1780 in Amelia County, Virginia to Joseph Hanks (1725-1793) and Nancy Lee (1728-1808) and died 5 October 1829 Gentryville, Spencer County, Indiana of milk sickness. She married Levi Hall (1785-1829) 18 October 1802 in Kentucky.

Marriage & Family

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Nancy Hanks Hall was an aunt to Nancy Hanks (1784-1818), the mother of US President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Her first child Dennis Friend Hanks (1799-1892) was born out of wedlock and prior to her relationship to Levi Hall. Dennis moved into the home of his famous cousin and would be a childhood friend and older brother to the future president and a source of much of the history that we know about childhood.



Children


Offspring of Unknown (c1780) and Nancy Hanks Hall
Name Birth Death Joined with
Dennis Friend Hanks (1799-1892) 15 May 1799 Hardin County, Kentucky 21 October 1892 Paris, Edgar County, Illinois Sarah Elizabeth Johnston (1806-1864)


Offspring of Levi Hall (1785-1829) and Nancy Hanks Hall
Name Birth Death Joined with
William Hall (1803-)
Squire Levi Hall (1805-1851) 1805 Montgomery, Kentucky 5 October 1851 Charleston, Coles County, Illinois Matilda Johnson (1809-1878)
Mahala Ann Hall (1808-1910)
Lydia Hall (1810-)
Alfred Hall (1812-)
Sarah Hall (1812-1853)
Letitia Hall (1819-)
Joseph Hall (1814-1860)



Siblings


Offspring of Joseph Hanks (1725-1793) and Nancy Lee (1728-1808)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Thomas Hanks (1759-1834) 1759 Virginia 1833 Degraff, Logan County, Ohio Elizabeth Ryan (1756-)
James Hanks (1760-1793)
Joshua Hanks (1762-1835)
William Hanks (1764-1851) 1765 North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia 6 October 1851 Macon County, Illinois Elizabeth Hall (1766-1844)
Lucy Hanks (1765-) 1765 Richmond, Virginia 9999 Kentucky Unknown (c1780-)
Henry Sparrow (1765-1840)
Mary Polly Hanks (1773-1821) 1773 Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia 1820 Kentucky Jesse Friend (1773-1830)
Elizabeth Hanks (1776-1818) 4 March 1771 North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia 1818 Spencer County, Indiana Thomas Sparrow (1765-1817)
Nancy Hanks (1780-1829) 5 February 1780 Amelia County, Virginia 5 October 1829 Gentryville, Spencer County, Indiana Unknown (c1780)
Levi Hall (1785-1829)
Joseph Hanks (1785-1852) 1782 Amelia County, Virginia 24 January 1852 Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Mary Young (1792-1872)


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