exactly my thoughts too. -----Original Message----- From: Kelli Miller <KJEFFREY@peoplepc.com> To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Re: Robert Hancock and Margaret >I recieved this message and I don't know what it is about. Please explain. >Alan Jeffrey >----- Original Message ----- >From: <HANSER5@aol.com> >To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 8:07 PM >Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Re: Robert Hancock and Margaret > > >> Hello list: >> >> I've sent my letter on Robert and Margaret Hancock for the last time. If >you >> want it please ask me direct. >> >> Thanks, >> Jim >> >> >> ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== >> Where to send messages to the list..... >> HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com >> >> > > >==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== >Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking for. >
Is there anyone on this list who has the correct info on Andrew W. Hancock. The IGI lists 2 Andrew W. Hancocks both born in 1811, one in March, and one in August. Some claim his name as Andrew William Hancock, and the other is Andrew White Hancock. It is possible both are the same person, with the birth in March and the christening in August. There is an Andrew W. who married Amelia Yeargin ( spelt a number of different ways), and an Andrew W. who married Elizabeth Clayburn Hancock. This could also be the same Andrew W. Hancock since the marriage to Amelia was about 1832 and the marriage to Elizabeth was in 1854. Anyone have proof or can send me in the right direction? Ardath
Hello list: I've sent my letter on Robert and Margaret Hancock for the last time. If you want it please ask me direct. Thanks, Jim
This is what DAR sent me in response to my inquiry about Robert Hancock. For a copy of application, see note below Bill HANCOCK, Robert Birth: VA 6 Mar 1755 Service: VA Rank: PS Death: AL 15 Apr 1831 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Sarah X Directions for ordering a record copy of the application submitted for this patriot can be found at http://www.dar.org/natsociety/membership.html Bill Felknor billf2k@yahoo.com
This is what DAR sent me in response to my inquiry about Robert Hancock. For a copy of application see note below Bill HANCOCK, Robert Birth: VA 6 Mar 1755 Service: VA Rank: PS Death: AL 15 Apr 1831 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Sarah X Directions for ordering a record copy of the application submitted for this patriot can be found at http://www.dar.org/natsociety/membership.html
ROSEDALE CEMETERY PEMBROKE, KY Mary Ella (Hancock)White wife of Chesteen White 1865- 1959 Lindsey Mason 1878- 1957 Eula Mae (Hancock) Mason 1870 - 1953 Sallie Rena (Hancock) Fish Jan. 3,, 1882 - 4/14/1967 Dave C. Fish Apr. 2, 1875 - June 20, 1947 son David Leslie Fish 1916 - 1958 J. F. Hancock 1848 - 1923 Rena Wells rwells@apex.net
Arvil and Jim, thank you for all the work that you have done on William, Simon , etc. If by any chance you come on proof that John is related please let me know. I am referring to John born in Chesterfield County, VA in 1735. I know that he had sons named Simon, William, Thomas, Peter, and John. There is still hope. I keep saying the information is out there, we just don't know where. Case in point. I discovered this week that most of Georgia's Colonial records were removed from Savannah, the capitol, during the Revolutionary war because the patriots thought that the British would destroy them. Those records went to Charleston, SC, New Bern, NC, Pennsylvania, Maryland and possibly to London to a person who was a patriotic supporter. I don't know whether those records ever got back to GA and if they did where are they? I had always had a question about why my Hancocks were in New Bern NC. That was off the trail for them coming to SC, and GA. When I found out that information it explained the New Bern Wills of my Hancocks, Marshalls, and Carters who probably never lived there. They were not NC wills but GA wills. I am willingly to say that if the locations mentioned in those wills could be checked that the lands would be in GA. Also, Every time that I go to my local library, there is new information on my families that I have never read before. Someone has investigated the facts and written a book. I have also found some very interesting old maps that I have downloaded. These maps all show that Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia stretched from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River. I knew that Georgia had done that but did not know the other states had done so. These maps seem to very accurate for the most part. Many are in French. Most are in English. A few have a hand written note that said that they were located in London. The indian trading paths were marked on most of the maps. My families had come down an old indian trading path to Georgia. I suspect that many peoples came to other states that way. Also, in Georgia, the boundary lines for counties changed almost yearly for about 12-15 years. Persons in one county this year might be in another county next year. No wonder we can't find these people that we in the 21st century are now looking for. I lucked up this week while working on my father's family who also came from VA to GA, and found that they had been GA just after the Revolutionary War. I had thought they had come much later. The three brothers came because land was given to them for being soldiers in the War. Their father was left behind in VA to be a citizen patriot and take care of the neighboring women whose husbands were at war. Well, he died in 1789. They probably had to go back to VA to settle his estate and they come back to GA at the later time that I had always known about. Again, thank you for all that you do to help us all find our long since gone relatives. Mary Wolfe
In a message dated 8/3/01 3:52:07 PM, HANSER5@aol.com writes: << Letâ ™s continue the research and the good discussions! Jim Hancock >> Dear Cousin Jim: You have some very compelling evidence that would seem to establish that Robert, Edward, William, George, Thomas, and Jushua - sons of Robert - were descendants of Simon rather than his brother Augustine. I think you are probably right. I am convinced enough that my database has been changed to agree with yours. But I think we need to continue to search for the smoking gun. In the meantime, I accept your version as being the most likely. There is so much that we don't know. So many things that we can't prove. Just to continue the discussions, as you request, I can certainly share some thoughts. No proof; no strong convictions; just thoughts. Let's analyze carefully the quotation from the Bible to see if we have been misreading or misinterpreting something. From "The Johnstons of Salisbury", page 183: "In ye year 1620 William Hancock in search for Forrest for his building of ships, embarked for ye plantations, being one of ye company owners thereof, leaving his familye in England; on ye 22nd of March, 1622 he, with others, was massacred by ye salvages at Thorpe's House, Berkeley Hundred, fifty miles from Charles City." "In 1630, Augustin, son and heir of William, came to Virginia to claim the estate, and died, leaving children, Robert, William, Sarah and Ruth. William, born 1631, died 1672, leaving sons George, born 1658; Jubal, 1660, Jubal killed by Indians at 'Jinto.' George died leaving one child Robert, born 1679, died 1732. Robert left children, Robert, born 1711; he was ancestor of Col. William Hancock of Bedford County, Virginia; Edward, born 1713 died young ------" First off, I have always been bothered by the statement that Augustin came to Virginia in 1630 to 'claim the estate.' Based on the number of shares in the Company that William owned, he should have had a grant of about 500 acres. But if William died in 1622, there would have been no estate in Virginia in 1630. When men died, as so many did, or if they did not "take up" their grant within a couple of years, the Crown would take back the land and grant it to somebody else. On the other hand, William would have had a substantial estate in England that should have been probated following his death in 1622. Many years ago I hired a prominent professional genealogist in England to find the will and estate settlement. He found none. Some Hancock researchers claim that William was a son of Thomas Hancock and Agnes Nickolls and that he married Susan Poynter 26 Sep 1604 in London. It's a neat fit. But my researcher found that the William who married Susan Poynter was still living in England after 1622. The name Augustin, or Augustine, does not appear in any early Virginia records that I have seen. As the eldest son, he should have had a sizeable inheritance in England and should have been a purchaser of land in Virginia. Did he return to England after he learned that there was no estate in Virginia? The owner of the Bible was, supposedly, Simon Hancock (1717-1791), son of Samuel and Johan. I'm convinced that the early part of the record was copied from an older Bible. At what point does the older account end and the newer entry begin? The latter part must have been the writing of Simon. He says "George died leaving one child Robert, born 1679, died 1732. Robert left children, Robert, born 1711; he was ancestor of Col. William Hancock of Bedford County, Virginia." He can't mean that Robert (1711) was the ancestor of Col. William since Col. William was born 30 May 1720. He must be talking about Robert (1679-1732) but you are convinced that Robert was not a son of George but rather a son of Robert Hancock and Johan Ligon. How could Simon have been mistaken if he was talking about his cousin and contemporary? I have other reservations and concerns, but won't muddy the water any further for now. Regards, Arvil
Hello list: ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ARVIL!!! Arvil, I hope you know just how much many of us appreciate your work, and especially your continued involvement in Hancock research. As I have told you, without your work I would probably still be out there roaming the Virginia hills looking for my Hancocks. Your the best! >From the Randolph-Macon college's website: "The college's roots go back more than a century and a half to its founding by Methodists in 1830. Randolph-Macon's first campus was in Boydton, Virginia, near the border with North Carolina. The destruction of railways during the Civil War made the site inaccessible, and in 1868 the college moved to its present campus in Ashland, Virginia." If I may, I would like to present a few additional points on the matter of Robert and Margaret Hancock, which may be relevant to this case. Please know that my intentions are not to discredit any former/current Hancock researchers, whom I hold in high regard. Consider: 1). Margaret Hancock of Henrico and Chesterfield counties, Virginia, made a number of land transactions from 1747-1751, associating her with men named William, George, Joshua, and Thomas Hancock. And various land transactions were made in that same time period and in those same counties among Robert, William, George, and Joshua. In 1750 Margaret deeded property to Joshua (both parties of Chesterfield Co). And in 1751 Margaret and Joshua deeded property to George of Chest Co.; and to Robert of Chest. Co. It appears she decided to give her land to her children rather than later devising the property to them by will. 2). This leads us to Robert Hancock, whose wife was named Margaret, given in Adventurers of Purse and Person. He was a son of Robert and Johan (Ligon) Hancock. Robert Hancock, son of Robert and Johan, was living in 1729. His family resided in Henrico County, Virginia. The time frame and location fit well. 3). According to such secondary sources as "The Johnstons of Salisbury, with a Brief Supplement Concerning the Hancock, Strother and Preston Families" (1897), by William Preston Johnston, the Bible (unfortunately) does not name Robert Hancock's wife, but lists his sons as Robert, Edward, William, George, Thomas, and Joshua. (Note: As shown above the names Robert, William, George and Joshua appear in the deed records). 4). We also have Mary Jones as the wife of George Hancock. Mary Jones was the daughter of Rice and Frances (Bowman) Jones. See in part, the Will of Mary's mother, Frances Jones, in WB 1 P 237 (24 May 1752), Chesterfield Co., Va.: "To daughter Mary Hancock, 1 negro…" This connects the family of Mary, George’s wife, to Chesterfield Co. and in the same time period as the deed transfers above. All the above evidence, I think, leads us to Robert and Margaret (unknown) Hancock as having been the probable parents of the children named in the Bible. But there are other reasons for believing this: 5). If the ancestral lines of brothers, Robert (b 1711) and George (1724-1782), et al, did go through Augustine, son of William (b ca 1580), then Simon (1717-1791), whom (we think may have) had the Bible, and Robert & George (above) et al, would have been 3rd cousins once removed. If however, the line went instead through Simon, son of William (b ca 1580), then Simon (who had the Bible) and Robert & George (above) et al, would have been first cousins. One would think that the Bible info would have more likely come from the nearer relatives. 6). No attempt is being made here to discredit the whole of the Bible record, nor is that necessary. But with the recently discussed evidence of the land transactions I do think that maybe some of the Bible material was simply copied down wrong. If that info were copied from other Bibles, say from those owned by Simon’s father, and/or his grandfather, then it is possible that this portion was copied wrong. This does not discredit the whole of the Bible record. It seems wise to hold to the Bible record except where other compelling evidence seems to contradicts any of its parts. So, unless/until other parts are brought into question, the rest of the Bible record can be considered reliable. Note that the earliest info on William Hancock, (b. ca 1580), supposedly in the Bible, has long been substantiated. That is, a William Hancock is clearly shown as an adventurer in the Virginia Company. Also, if this new alignment is correct, it substantiates the portion of the Bible record in which the names the children of Robert Hancock are given. It's hard to imagine just how someone would have gotten that kind of info if it were not true. And apparently many older researchers believed firmly in the Bible’s existence and reliability. But, regardless of that, I know of no lineage society, which will accept a Bible record as legitimate without producing the Bible. Maybe we can somehow track it down, or else get more info from one of the earlier secondary sources which referred to it. 7). Another reason for making the change is the lack of Virginia county records relative to Augustine, son of William (b ca 1580), on down to George (1658-1682). One would think that there would be something more there to indicate their presence. While there may be some other records, which were lost by fire, etc., we just don't have them now...that I am aware of. We do, however, have some pretty good evidence supporting the possibility/likelihood that the people named in the (supposed) Bible were the children of Robert and Margaret Hancock. We would probably do well to concentrate our research along those lines, and see where it leads. I think we’re all seeking the truth. For me, until something more compelling arises, I will show the "new" alignment. Let’s continue the research and the good discussions! Jim Hancock
Can anyone tell me more about this JAMES HANCOCK? Mine was JAMES MONROE HANCOCK also born 1836 Austin HANCOCK b 05 Oct 1760 is the only recorded s/o Benjamin & Mary (BEADLES) HANCOCK according to records. He married 27 Dec 1781 St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., VA to Ann NUCKOLS/NICHOLS. ........................ +Ann NUCKOLLS / NICHOLS ............................... 4 [3] James HANCOCK 1782 - 1846 ................................... +[4] Elinor/Elender/Eleanor "Nelly" HANCOCK ???? - 1824 ............................... *2nd Wife of [3] James HANCOCK: ................................... +Mary (Mrs.) (???) COONS ............................... 4 Aldine HANCOCK ............................... 4 Nancy HANCOCK 1787 - ???? ................................... +John P. THOMASSON, Jr. ............................... 4 Kesiah HANCOCK 1791 - ???? ............................... 4 John HANCOCK 1795 - ???? ................................... +Nancy ??? 1797 - ???? ........................................... 5 James HANCOCK 1836 - ???? ......................... ........................................... 5 Ann HANCOCK 1837 - ???? ........................................... 5 Horatio HANCOCK 1839 - ???? Rena Wells rwells@apex.net
How well documented are Ebenezer's lineage via his offspring? Gary A. Gavegan 24810 Pecan Creek Lane San Antonio, Texas 78255 Gavegang@cs.com
ARVIL and JULIA: I printed out that about The John hancock.. good info. Does anyone know who the sibling's children are? I have a Mass : a WILLIAM HANCOCK served 4 years as a RW PVT-- enlisted in Stoughton, and Buxton, MASS for Rev War. don't know his parents..He lived c1756-1841( I forget exactly when, for my bro has borrowed my papers) Can you tell me where might the Buxton -Stoughton papers be held? I looked in 94 while up in Newport RI , it might be in Dedham, Mass.. 1. William Hancock m an Elizabeth..... issue: 2. (my line): John G Hancock m ANis Turpin, d/o Francis Turpin (FTserved in RW ) 3. son Francis m Eliz POOR/POORE moved to Garrard Co, KY -- an "ANNY" lived with them in 1800 census . Francis is listed 1800, 1810, 1820 KKY then, family moved to Mt Vernon twp, POSEY CO, Indiana. issue: 4. John Hancock m Emeline Monette PARHAM (bn PA) ( as yet, can't find wedding or death notice for John. issue: 5, Francis III m 1807 Garrard Co, KY Judith-------- 5. Katherine Elizabeth (b St Louis, MO) m Joe MATTINGLY issue: 6. Monette Katherine Mattingly b Cincinnati, O. (source DAR 1907 apps) m George TARBELL ------------------------- Francis and Judith, his wife show Emeline aged 70, living with them in 1880. .Posey Co IN.census. -------------------------- 4. (my line) dau SADONA Hancock (ba 1809 Garrard Co,KY-1895 Howard Co IN) m 1840 husb #2 William BUTCHER #2.wife,Decatur Co, IN issue: 6.John Bryant Butcher b 1843 m Sarah Jane THOMAS issue: 7. Angie MONETTE Butcher b 1880. my grandmother. I know this probaly is too long..but I hope someone is 'listening" Found a Butcher desc last week- one of Sadona's boy's desc and a beginning geneo who LIVES in Howard CO IN! Alicia in FL
In a message dated 08/03/2001 10:31:59 AM Central Daylight Time, swarren2@prodigy.net writes: > Whose children are the ones listed near the end of the message? > They are John (the signer)'s children, however Lydia died at the age of one, and John G.W. died at the age of nine. Arvil didn't mention it here, but I believe that John's brother, Ebenezer, had children, who had descendents. Julia
Julia, Thanks for the explanation. Shirley
Whose children are the ones listed near the end of the message?
In a message dated 08/02/2001 5:06:16 PM Central Daylight Time, billf2k@yahoo.com writes: > Hi All, > I again need your help. > Back on December 11, 2000, Julia Wood sent an e-mail to the list > explaining why The John Hancock had no descendents. > Would someone please send me a copy of that e-mail. > Thank you so much, best wishes > Bill Felknor Bill, I don't know if anyone sent it to you, but here it is. Sorry, just getting to the mail. Julia .................... =========================================================================Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:07:10 ESTFrom: <A HREF="mailto:JULIAFWOOD@aol.com"><JULIAFWOOD@aol.com></A>To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.comMessage-ID: < 93.4292652.2766479e@aol.com>Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Re: JOHN HANCOCK, THE SIGNERContent-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"Content-Disposition: InlineThis is from Arvil, Re, the John Hancock family.In a message dated 11/14/2000 5:05:36 PM Central Standard Time, ArvilH writes: > > This is information in answer to questions from people who have been told > that they descend from John Hancock, the Signer of the Declaration of > Independence. > > The Reverend Frederick Wallace Pyne has published a very extensive > series of volumes titled "Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of > Independence." Volume 1, The New England States, was published by Picton > Press in 1997. Volume 6, Virginia, was just printed in March 2000. The > biography for John Hancock, which appears in Volume 1, opposite his > picture, is quite brief and reads as follows: > 4: John Hancock > "Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes." > James M. Barrie > > John Hancock has perhaps the most famous signature on the Declaration > of Independence. It is located directly under the last line of text in the > center of the document in a very large, quite neat, elite, and elaborate > hand. This signature has come to be used as an expression for signing any > document - sign your "John Hancock." He was one of the five members of the > Massachusetts Delegation, but because he was elected presiding officer > (president of the Continental Congress) he did not sit with the Delegation > and his signature was thus not included with the other Massachusetts > Delegates. > John Hancock was the son of The Rev. John Hancock and Mary Hawkes. > Although his father died when the boy was only seven, young Hancock had a > good education at the insistence of his childless Uncle Thomas Hancock. He > graduated from Harvard College in 1754 at the age of 17. Upon his uncle's > death in 1764 , John Hancock inherited an extensive mercantile business > which he managed and further expanded, becoming quite wealthy. He was > elected to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1766 and thus became associated > with many of those in the Revolutionary Party. > John Hancock was nearly captured by a British scouting party near > Lexington on the night of 18 April 1775, but managed to escape just in the > nick of time and shortly thereafter was in Philadelphia for the opening of > the Second Continental Congress. He was elected President of the Congress, > and re-elected the following year, thus seating him in the important Chair > during the crucial year of 1776! Toward the end of the War of the > Revolution, he found more interest in local Massachusetts politics, where, > in 1780 he was elected the first Governor of the State. He served a total > of nine terms as Governor, and presided at the State Convention to ratify > the Federal Constitution in 1788. > > First Generation > > 1. John Hancock was born 12 Jan 1736/7 in Braintree (now Quincy), MA. He > married Dorothy Quincy in Fairfield, CT on 28 Aug 1775. She was born in > Boston, MA on 10 May 1747, and died in Boston, MA on 3 Feb 1830. He died in > Braintree, MA on 8 Oct 1793. > It can be seen below that there are no descendants of Signer of the > Declaration John Hancock. > Readers are reminded that John Hancock lost his father when he was > quite young and was raised by his uncle Thomas Hancock. There were several > other Hancock children in the area, cousins of John Hancock and children of > Thomas Hancock's other brothers. Thus there were other Hancock relatives of > the period of the Revolution in the same vicinity, but none of them are > descendants of John the Signer! > While it is possible that one may be "related" to one of these other > Hancocks; it is not possible that one is a descendant of John Hancock. > > Children: > 2 i Lydia Hancock, b. most probably in Philadelphia, in the fall > of 1776, a short time before Congress fled to Baltimore in late 1776 (Oct) > 1776; d. in Aug 1777. > 3 ii John George Washington Hancock, b. 21 May 1778; d. 27 Jan > 1787, from a fall while trying to use some new ice skates. > > I hope this will help you to answer any future questions about > descendants of John the Signer. > > Regards, > Arvil
In a message dated 08/02/2001 8:55:19 PM Central Daylight Time, awooten@execpc.com writes: > > > > > > Mark your calenders NOW for the 95th annual HANCOCK Reunion to be held > Sunday, August 12, 2000, in Onton, Kentucky!! > > This Reunion has been held annually since 1906 (except for the war years) > for the descendants of > > HANCOCK, John, Born 18 Jun 1766 in Albermarle Co.?, VA, Died ??? 1827? in > Franklin Co.?, KY at age 60; left VA and moved to KY via MD, WV, OH, and > IN, settling in KY ca. 1805 with his wife and family. > SP FARRAR, Frances (Fanny), Born ??? 1771 in Goochland Co?, VA?, Married > 13 Dec 1791 in Virginia for 35 years, Died ??? 1837? in Anderson Co.?, > KY at age 66 > > Allied families include: > > ASHBY BRADSHAW BRANSON CARLISLE > COLEMAN CORUM DUNVILLE FLEMING > FLOYD GILPIN HALL > HOBGOOD > JACKSON JENKINS JETT LAYTON > LISENBY LUCK MELTON MOORE > NANCE OGLESBY PRICE > RAILSBACK > RAMSEY ROLAND RYAN SELLERS > THOMASSON TIMMONS TOMBLISON TOOMBS > > and many more... If your Hancocks are from Hopkins, Webster, or Henderson > Co., KY, you are probably kin. And even if you aren't, come anyway!! > > The Reunion will be held again this year at the Methodist Church in Onton, > Kentucky. It will start at 12:00 noon, and please bring a dish to share for > the potluck picnic. There will be tours of the Old Onton Cemetery (right > across the road!), New Onton Cemetery, Sassafras Grove Cemetery, and > Old Hancock Cemetery, as well as good conversation, fellowship, and > meet all the relatives!! There were about fifty people there last year and > they are hoping for more this year, but unfortunately I don't think Judy and > I will make it this year. I know that's what I said last year and we went > anyway, so you never know... > > For more information, drop me an e-mail. > > -Tony Wooten (in WI) > awooten@execpc.com >
Is anyone following the Benjamin Hancock - Sarah Lane line? Benjamin was born abt. 1740, and married Sarah Lane on 23 Feb. 1765 in N.C. She was born abt. 1735. They had 8 children according to what I have been told. I am having problems with the Vickerys that married into the Hancock line. Two of Benjamin and Sarah's seemed to have married Vickery sisters. William B. Hancock, born 18 July 1771, married Sarah Vickery in Wayne Co. KY. Does anyone have a date of her birth, or of their marriage. Benjamin Hancock, born 1778, a brother to William B. Hancock, married Elizabeth Vickery on 10 Dec. 1820 in Wayne Co. KY. My 3rd problem is with a Sarah Hancock, born 9 Jan. 1813 in Wayne Co. who married a William Vickery on 10 Aug. 1833. Does anyone know who her parents were, and who were William Vickery's parents, or his birthdate, and place. I was playing around in my program, and trying to correct some errors, and I guess, I lost the parents of Sarah. Thanks for any help. Ardath
This is in response to the Hancocks in Talbot and Upson counties (Georgia). I have been searching for several years for the following GG grandmother: Malinda Hancock married Phillip Cato in Talbot County Georgia in 1848. Malinda Hancock was born in Georgia abt 1829. Later she was in Upson County and there she applied for a widow's pension (CSA) in Upson County. One of her sons, Hartwell Jackson Cato is my great grandfather who married Vallie Green in Pike County (Now Lamar County, Ga). I can find nothing on this grandparent....any help would give me a missing link. Barbara Thurmond barbarathurmond@remax.net
I would love Margaret's info back to Boston and John's back to Virginia if you don't mind!!!! This is my husband's Hancock family His grandmother was Grace Pearl Hancock who married Benjamin W. Daniel in Upson County, Ga. Their son Luther Daniel was my husband's father. I have a great picture of Grace and Ben if you are interested!! Myra Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: <Graylwolfe@aol.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Upson County Ga Hancocks > Hi, > This is my mother's family. Francis s Bennett Hancock married Elizabeth > Shepherd. His father was John Hancock married Margaret Louisa Marshall, > daughter of David and Frances Marshall of Talbot County, GA. John was born > May 1, 1819, at Edgefield, SC, probably Steven's Creek. He died on April 19, > 1898, in Talbot County, GA and is buried in the cemetery at Roland Primitive > Baptist Church in Upson County, GA. Margaret was born on August 21, 1824, in > Jones County, GA. She died on October 13, 1891, and is buried in the cemetery > at Roland Primitive Baptist Church in Upson County, GA. John's parents were > John Hancock and Elizabeth. They lived at Edgefield, SC and Talbot County, > GA. They are probably buried in the cemetery at Roland Primitive Baptist > Church in Upson County, GA in unmarked graves. John's brothers were James and > Oliver Hazzard Hancock. Oliver married Nancy Railey in Tolbot County. They > later moved to Harris County, GA. John's grandparents were John Hancock and > Ann Oliver. They were married in Petersburg, VA. before 1764. She lived in > Petersburg. He lived Chesterfield County, VA. Their children were: Peter, > Polly, Sarah, John, Thomas, George, William, and Simon. John and Ann moved to > Edgefield, SC. before 1769. > John and Margaret married in Talbot County, GA on July 25,1841. They lived at > Pleasant Hill in Talbot County, GA. There children were: > 1. Francis Bennett Hancock born June 24, 1849 Married Elizabeth Shepherd. > They are buried in the cemetery at Roland Primitive Baptist Church in Upson > County, GA. They moved to Upson County, GA after their marriage. Their > children were: Maude "Maddie" F. Hancock, Clara L. Hancock, Marshall Lennie > Hancock, Shepherd Bennett Hancock, Alva Norris Hancock, Ira Cleve Hancock; > his wife is still living, Lizzie Lou Hancock; my grandmother, George A. > Hancock, Annie Belle Hancock, Ruth Hancock, Isaiah B. Hancock. All married > and lived in Upson County, GA at Crest. > 2. Robert A. Hancock was born in 1854. He is buried in the cemetery at Roland > Primitive Baptist Church in Upson County, GA. > 3. Francena Hancock was born 1856. She married William Robert Kersey. They > moved to Texas. > 4. Nancy Jane Hancock was born 1859. She married George W. Brown. She was a > member of Friendship Baptist Church in Upson County, GA. > 5. Silas P. Hancock was born in January of 1861. He married Mary Ann Brown. > They lived in Sycamore, GA. > 6. Martha Jane Hancock was born on October 21, 1863. She never married. She > lived in Talbot County, GA with her parents. She died March11, 1896. She is > buried in the cemetery at Roland Primitive Baptist Church in Upson County, GA > If you would like more information, I have Margaret's family back to Boston > in 1633. I think that I have John's family back to the 1600s in VA. also. I > don't have proof of that yet. > Are you a family member? My mother, sister, and myself went to the Hancock > family reunion in June at Crest, GA. > Mary Wolfe > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Where to send messages to the list..... > HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com