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The Story of Abraham Lincoln was published in Baldwin's book for young Americans, Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, ster, Lincoln ().
A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his home in the south of France.!
Descendants of
John Hickmott and Ann Russell
of Lamberhurst
(last updated 23 January 2012)
John Hickmott was the third son of the yeoman farmer ThomasHickmott (1651-c1714) and his wife Mary Masters (1648- ).
He was born inHorsemonden in Kent in 1684 and married Ann Russell in East Farleigh in Kent in1713. Ann, whose parents were Stephen and Anne Russell, was born in Horsmondenin 1697.
James Baldwin was an essayist, novelist, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America made him one of the.Following his father’s death in 1714, John was given sole access toeighty acres of land known as the ‘Kettles’, as well as joint access to two allotmentsknown as Castoins Field and the Great Tutchburys. All were located in thevicinity of Lamberhurst (see Wendy Beckett’s website for the full text ofThomas’ will).
This led John and his family to move, in around 1722, fromHorsemonden where they were then living to Lamberhurst where their remainingchildren were baptised and where both John and Ann eventually died and wereburied (in 1750 and 1754 respectively