Julia, That is almost too much of a coincidence! I've wondered for years where Chief Hancock of the Tuscarora Indians got the name 'Hancock'. The good thing is the DNA can point us in the right direction. It's a great story!!! Lisa On 2/4/2013 6:03 PM, JULIAFWOOD@aol.com wrote: > Some time ago, I said that I would post a funny / interesting thing that I > learned from my Hancock DNA matches and here it is. > > As you may know, I haven't been able to get past 1668 Craven / Bath, NC. > > This is from Accomack County, VA > > "On 2 Mar 1666, Ann, wife of Miles Gray, admitted adultrey with John > Hancock from Apr 1665 to 2 Mar 1666 and asks husband's forgiveness. On 18 > Feb 1667, Ann had a bastard child and Miles left her. Ann Toft paid her fine > instead of the whipping. On 17 Feb 1667, Miles Gray disowned Ann Gray as > his wife. She had a bastard child and he left her to the law. On 27 Oct > 1668, Ann Toft paid 500 lbs of tobacco for her (Acc Co Orders, 1666-70, pp. 21, > 51, & 60). Also on 27 Oct 1668, Miles Gray, who had fathered a bastard > child by Hannah Leach who was one of Ann Toft's servants, paid Ann Toft a fine > of 1500 lbs of tobacco (Acc Co Orders, 1666-70, f. 20). In 1669, Jane the > wife of Robert Hill who had formerly been appointed whipper for a year, was > ordered to "some time in each month Jane Hill shall go to the house of > Mrs. Ann Toft and likewise to all other houses where the like order shall be > given, and that the sheriff or deputy see that Jane Hill do with a fitting > whip give unto John Hancock, Ann Gray, Adam Rocinson and Penelope Stafford > twenty lashes on their bare backs soundly laid on, and this is to be > continued for a year, once in each month" " > > If you look at Group 4 of our Hancock Project, which is my group, you will > see that one of the DNA matches is with a fellow named GRAY whose ancestor > is Miles Gray. This means that John Hancock of that record above is > related to my Hancock line. One interesting thing is that some of my Craven Co., > NC ancestors came from Accomack, VA and the Jane Hill who did the whipping > is one of my ancestors. Her granddaughter, Ann Hill (daughter of Richard > Hill) married Evan Jones and their daughter, Tamar Jones married my James > Hancock. > > Now to a strange thing. My ancestor, Nancy Gray b.c1810 of Currituck Co., > NC married Daniel Burfoot Lindsey and they moved to Mississippi by 1850 > and then to Prairie Co., Arkansas by 1860. My ancestor Frederick W. Hancock > b.1808 moved from Craven Co., NC to Mississippi by 1850 and then to Prairie > Co., Arkansas by 1860. Their children Matilda D. Lindsey and William Henry > Hancock were married in Prairie Co., Arkansas in 1865 and named their > first son, Miles Daniel Hancock and the second son, Gaston Gray Hancock. I > have often wondered where they got the name Miles. Note that is was 200 years > after that affair in Accomack Co., VA. Coincidence? I don't know. Could > Nancy Gray of Currituck be descended from Miles Gray and really be a > Hancock? I don't know. Nancy's father was Thomas Gray and his father was Joseph > Gray, both of Currituck, NC. I can't get back father in that line. > > Julia > ------------------------------- > Join our DNA Project at: > http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Hancock > > (Scroll down to place your order) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HANCOCK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >