William Ezekiel Lincoln

William was born in 1840 in Saxlingham, Norfolk.¹   William's father was William Lincoln and his mother was Hephzibah Elizabeth Everrett.  His paternal grandparents were James Lincoln and Mary Plummer; his maternal grandparents were Anthony Everrett and Elizabeth. He had six brothers and five sisters, named Edgar, William, William, Clement, Ebenezer, Ezra, Isabel, Eliza, Agnes, Elizabeth and Kerenhappuch.  He was the fifth youngest of the twelve children.