NOTES AND CORRECTIONS: The following article is from a column titled "Little Tales of Old Hawaii", that ran in the Star Bulletin in the 1950's, written by Clarice Taylor. Her source is unknown. Lincoln descendants and researchers have brought to my attention errors in this article, the biggest being the main person discussed, George Lincoln was really named Lorenzo Lincoln.
From the book "Ancestors and Descendants of Nedabiah Lincoln, Sr., Volume I" by Albert J. Clarke II: "The eldest son Lorenzo born 1808 (from passport) left the area about 1833, arriving in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in 1836. He most certainly was the first Lincoln settler there. He married in 1839, had four sons and was divorced in 1858. He died in 1866." He list Lorenzo marrying Ka'aia Kuawalu (Kaaea in this article) on Jan. 19, 1839.
Lorenzo's obituary appears at the end of this article.
The Hawaiian people of Kohala are all one big family, each of the old families claims relationship to the other. Back in ancient days, the Kauai and Oahu alii claimed descent from the triplet sons of Laa-mai-kahiki's sons were born of three different wives. They were called triplets because their births occurred on the same day. The Kohala people claimed descent from a far more fabulous descent from a far more fabulous event. Their ancestress was a chiefess named Kanoena who gave birth to ten children at one time and raised everyone of the ten to adult life. They were called Ka hanaumi-a-Kanoena, The ten children of Kanoena and expression became a family byword. Even today, old time Hawaiians will meet each other and say, I'm a Kanoena to denote the fact that they come from Kohala. This legendary multiple birth is indicative of the respect the Hawaiians had for large families and the joy they took in large numbers of children.