Research · Person profile
Joseph Hanks
Likely 7× great-grandfather of Michael
- Years
- d. 1793
- Surname line
- Hanks
- Living status
- Deceased
- Evidence
- supported
Events
| Date | Event | Place | Status | Claim |
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| 1793 | death | — | supported | claim:joseph-hanks:death:1 |
Relationships
Partners
- Ann Lee supported
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Children
- William Hanks supported
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- Lucy Hanks supported
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- Nancy Hanks Hall supported
- On the tree
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Research leads
- Tom Hanks conditional (lead)
- On the tree
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Claim ledger
Every exported claim about this person: what it says, how strong its best source is (tier 1 = original record image, 5 = unsourced lead), its review state, and the sources that carry it. Source links open the workings page for that citation.
| Claim | Predicate | Summary | Status | Tier | Review | Sources |
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claim:joseph-hanks:name:1 | name | Joseph Hanks Modern Hanks research places Joseph in Lincoln's maternal family. No reviewed evidence connects Michael's Fleenor line to this branch. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:joseph-hanks:living-status:1 | living-status | deceased Deceased, per the cited sources. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:joseph-hanks:death:1 | death | death · 1793 The William Hanks / Elizabeth Hall research paper (tier 3) dates Joseph Hanks's will to 8 January 1793 and the executor's bond to 14 May 1793, so a death in 1793 is genuinely supported. The claim previously cited only the reports index page, which states nothing but report titles, so the paper that carries the evidence is now cited beside it (T-RES-005 review, record error R-12). No probate record image has been read. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:joseph-hanks:spouse-of:1 | spouse-of | spouse-of Ann Lee Modern Hanks research shows Joseph Hanks and Ann Lee as a couple and the parents of William, Lucy and Nancy Hanks Hall. The pairing rests on compiled historical and mtDNA research, not an inspected marriage record. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:joseph-hanks:parent-of:1 | parent-of | parent-of William Hanks The William Hanks / Elizabeth Hall research paper documents the sonship from records it quotes: William is enumerated with his father Joseph Hanks on the Nelson County, Kentucky tax lists of 1787–1792, and Joseph's will of 8 January 1793 leaves him a horse and the executorship. The claim previously cited only the Genetic Lincoln reports index, a page of report titles, so the paper that carries the evidence is now cited beside it (T-RES-005 review, record error R-12 / S-20). Supported, not confirmed: compiled research citing records, no record image read. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:joseph-hanks:parent-of:2 | parent-of | parent-of Lucy Hanks The Lucy Hanks (Henry Sparrow) research PDF argues the parentage from a 2013–2015 mtDNA study — matrilineal descendants of two daughters of Joseph and Ann Lee Hanks, of two daughters of Henry and Lucy Hanks Sparrow and of Lucy's daughter Sarah all fall in the rare haplogroup X1c, while the rival Shipley line does not — and states the documentary caveat plainly: Lucy is the only child not mentioned in Joseph's will, probably because she had already married Henry Sparrow by 1793. That PDF is now cited instead of the reports index page alone (T-RES-005 review, record error R-12 / S-20). Supported: compiled research, no record names her parents. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:joseph-hanks:associated-with:1 | associated-with | associated-with Tom Hanks (lead) A lead line, not a kinship claim. The workbook identifies a broader Hanks-family branch that includes Tom Hanks, and the one published statement opened says only that Tom Hanks and Abraham Lincoln are third cousins four times removed; it names no ancestor or path connecting Tom to Joseph. Michael's path to Joseph is now supported, but Tom's side remains unproved, so no Michael–Tom cousin degree is stated. | conditional | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:joseph-hanks:parent-of:3 | parent-of | parent-of Nancy Hanks Hall Wilson and Davis place Nancy Hanks Hall in the Joseph and Ann Hanks family, while the Genetic Lincoln mtDNA work matches descendants of Nancy Hall, Mary Friend and Lucy Hanks in the rare Ann Lee Hanks maternal line. Supported research: no newly inspected record image states the parentage. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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Conflicts and open questions
Question
question:paul-fleenor:parentage(open)Which original record images can independently confirm the newly indexed Fleenor-to-Hanks chain? Authenticated indexes now name Otis Fleenor and Anna Smith as Paul Theodore Fleenor's parents, Dollie Despain and John Henderson Smith as Anna's parents, Martha Beans and Milton Despain as Dollie's parents, and Mahala Hall and William Beams as Martha's parents. Wilson/Davis and Genetic Lincoln research continue the line through Nancy Hanks Hall to Joseph Hanks and Ann Lee. The old Nancy Hanks DeSpain → Dollie route is superseded, not part of this path.
Next: Open and archive the underlying Iowa record images for the four FamilySearch indexes, identify the exact 1850 Beams household schedule, and seek probate, Bible, or civil evidence naming Mahala as Nancy Hanks Hall's daughter. Until those checks are complete, publish the resulting relationship to Abraham Lincoln as likely second cousins six times removed and strongly supported research—not a fully confirmed pedigree.
claim:otis-fleenor:parent-of:1confirmed Otis Oscar Fleenor: parent-of Paul T. Fleenorclaim:anna-smith-fleenor:parent-of:1confirmed Anna Velora Smith Fleenor: parent-of Paul T. Fleenorclaim:john-smith:parent-of:1confirmed John Henderson Smith: parent-of Anna Velora Smith Fleenorclaim:dolly-despain-smith:parent-of:1confirmed Dollie Despain Smith: parent-of Anna Velora Smith Fleenorclaim:milton-despain:parent-of:1confirmed Milton Despain: parent-of Dollie Despain Smithclaim:martha-beames:parent-of:1confirmed Martha Ann Beames: parent-of Dollie Despain Smithclaim:william-beams:parent-of:1confirmed William Beams: parent-of Martha Ann Beamesclaim:mahala-hall:parent-of:1confirmed Mahala Hall Beams: parent-of Martha Ann Beamesclaim:levi-hall:parent-of:1supported Levi Hall: parent-of Mahala Hall Beamsclaim:nancy-hanks-hall:parent-of:1supported Nancy Hanks Hall: parent-of Mahala Hall Beamsclaim:joseph-hanks:parent-of:3supported Joseph Hanks: parent-of Nancy Hanks Hallclaim:ann-lee:parent-of:3supported Ann Lee: parent-of Nancy Hanks Hall
Question
question:hanks-branch:lifespans(open)Which source states the birth and death years of Joseph Hanks, Ann Lee, William Hanks and Lucy Hanks? The T-RES-005 review found the only cited sources contradicting three recorded values and silent on three more: William's 1756 and 1834 (the research paper says born about 1765 and died after 1850), Ann Lee's 1784 (the widow Anne Hanks assigns land in January 1794), and Lucy's 1830 death (the research PDF says she died between 1830 and 1840); no source opened gives a birth year for Joseph or Ann Lee, so those years are no longer recorded, and Lucy's 1762 is hedged in its only source.
Next: For William, the Nelson County, Kentucky tax lists of 1787–1793 and the 1850 federal census of Macon County, Illinois, which the research paper cites but does not reproduce. For Ann Lee, the Nelson County deed of January 1794 signed by the widow Anne Hanks, and Joseph Hanks's probate file (will of 8 January 1793, executor's bond of 14 May 1793). For Lucy, the 1830 and 1840 federal censuses of Mercer and Adair counties, Kentucky, and the 1790 Mercer County marriage bond. Record a birth year for Joseph or Ann Lee only when a record or an institutional transcription states one; until then none of the withdrawn values may appear in the narrative in any form, with or without "about".
claim:william-hanks:birth:1reconstructed William Hanks: birth · about 1765claim:william-hanks:death:1reconstructed William Hanks: death · after 1850claim:joseph-hanks:death:1supported Joseph Hanks: death · 1793claim:ann-lee:death:1reconstructed Ann Lee: death · after 1794claim:lucy-hanks:birth:1reconstructed Lucy Hanks: birth · 1762claim:lucy-hanks:death:1reconstructed Lucy Hanks: death · between 1830 and 1840
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