Can Nancy Hanks Melungeon Ancestry Be Proved or Disproved?
I have spent the last five months researching Nancy Hanks and have found thousands of web pages and books devoted to the ancestry of Nancy Hanks Lincoln. One accepted fact about Nancy Hanks Lincoln is she passed away in Illinois when she was about thirty-five in the year 1818. Her life was short and tragic. Yet at the same time, she left behind a great gift that changed the world. One common theory suggests that Nancy was orphaned at an early age and went to live with different relatives during her childhood. Some writings read that Nancy’s father was killed by Indians in Virginia one year after her mother passed away. I read a couple of web sites that the parents of Nancy Hanks were cousins and the noble gentleman was a ruse to hide the fact. Nancy Hanks and Tom Lincoln’s marriage bond states that Richard Berry was the legal guardian of Nancy Hanks. They were married in Washington County, Kentucky at the Berry home. What amazes me is the fact that it appears that Nancy Hanks Lincoln’s
