Hi Paul In my notes I have Richard HANCOCK's father as Thomas son of John and Dorithy, but not 100% sure ? also I think John HANCOCK left a will at Oldbury on the Hill but I have not had sight of it yet. I have Richards will ref GRO 1649/68 Hawkesbury I think they probably lived at Maypole farm at Upton then moving to Saddewood House where we find son William dies there in 1674. Richard was my 10 x Great grandfather. regards Robert -- Original Message ----- From: "Gifford, Paul" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 2:06 PM Subject: [HWK] HANCOCK, Little Badminton > > Dorothy, daughter of John Butler, Esq., of Great Badminton (Lord of > the Manor) in the mid-16th century, by > Silvester Gyes, married John Hancock (source - Visitation of > Gloucester, 1623). John and Dorothy Hancock > are listed in 1560 as owners or tenants in Upton Hawkesbury, with heir > Henry Hancock (information thanks to > Robert Millard's Portland Papers pages). I assume they were ancestors > of Richard Hancock (will, 1651, PCC), of Little Badminton. I'm > working on a theory that they were the parents of Silvester, wife of > Henry Neale (c.1565-1657), yeoman/gentleman, of Little Badminton and > later Sherston Magna, Wilts. Henry's daughter was Dorothy Neale, who > married, in 1610 at Hawkesbury, Richard Francklyn. > > Does anyone know where John Hancock's chief residence was? There is a > will from 1597 for a John Hancock, of > Berkeley, Gloucester, but I haven't found one in the P.C.C., though I > haven't looked at the paper index yet. > > Do the Hawkesbury Manor Rolls exist? I wonder what sources might > exist to prove that Dorothy Butler was the > mother of Silvester, wife of Henry Neale, as well as ancestor of the > early Hancocks in Hawkesbury, as I believe > she probably was. > > Paul Gifford > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > 2002 Get Together........This years will be on Saturday the 5th of October and will include The Pond Dipper's 40th birthday celebrations > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >