I wonder if the young man (Daniel)?French)) Maybe-I don't have the book in front of me-that Hector Hancock and his wife "adopted" in 1732(?) is a relative of his? Becky Mitton-Pocatello ID RM Joshua Paris France 02-04 RM Nathan Mesa AZ 03-05 RM Taylor Detroit MI 11-13 MM Curtis Mitton Mendoza Argentina 13-15 > On Oct 5, 2014, at 6:39 AM, JULIAFWOOD via <hancock@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi Sue and Audrey, > > I am reading all this with interest. I noticed a few years ago that many > of the New Jersey lines that connect to the French and Hancock lines in New > Jersey were, later, in the Craven, Jones, Carteret area of North Carolina. > The children of Henry Allways of Craven County, married into my Jones line > that is inter-married with my Hancock line of Craven County. The > interesting thing is that he ran a tavern and had daughters named Comfort and > Content Allways. There was, also, an Allways Creek in NC. As was in New Jersey. > > Also, the father of Phoebe Bloomfield who married a male from my French > line in New Jersey died in Craven County, NC leaving a Will naming his > daughter Phoebe French. (If she should ever come to claim it) Note, however, that > my French line is from Middlesex County, New Jersey and not proven to be > connected to the Burlington French line. > > Since I have never learned, for certain, from whence the Craven families > came, I watch all messages that mentions their names. The problem is that > we only have one DNA test of the Hector line and it doesn't match my Craven > Hancock line. We need more than one test to confirm but it appears that > there are no other Hector descendants available to test. The same for the > French lines in New Jersey. My line has been tested and has over 30 matches, > but the Burlington line only has one male who claims to be from that line and > he doesn't match my French line, the same for the one test in the French > line in Craven County, NC. The one test doesn't match my French line. It > is, always, possible to have an unknown adoption in a line that changes the > DNA but the testing of more male descendants is needed. > > New Jersey is on the Atlantic Coast as is North Carolina and I have noticed > other surnames of my North Carolina lines were in New Jersey as well, but > with them, too, I haven't found the connection. The DNA of Dear Jean > Hancock's Slocomb line in Craven County, NC matched the line in New Jersey area. > Some of the families may have traveled back and forth along the Coast and > some may have just come directly to each place from England, Ireland, > Scotland, etc. > > I hope we get it sorted out, someday. Thanks Sue and Audrey for posting > all this. > > Julia, with eyes and ears, always, open for clues. > > > > > In a message dated 10/4/2014 10:49:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > hancock@rootsweb.com writes: > > I've been looking into the Hancocks that Audrey posted tonight and found a > Salem, NJ, Hancock family in a genealogy chart located at..... > > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/r/Dorothy-C-Burt/GENE29-0098. > html > > These are ancestors connected to the surname Cook. If you scroll down, > you'll find the Hancocks. This seems to be the same family that Audrey posted > today. There is mention of Allowayes Creek in New Jersey. Is this a family > represented on our Hancock DNA chart? Julia will want to know that the > surname French is also mentioned in this genealogy, but perhaps this is not new > information to anyone but me. > > The reason I grew interested in the family was because Edward Hancock and > William Hancock were each appointed guardians on Oct. 28, 1737, of teenage > boys with the surname of Daniel. My William Hancock (b. 1801 SC) has yet to > find a group on the Hancock DNA chart, but on the Family Tree DNA matches > of all surnames, my Hancock keeps coming up with a close connection to > three people with the last name of Daniel. My family and this family are only 2 > mutations apart in Y-DNA37 markers. > > When you are up against a wall genealogically, you get excited about > anything that might be a new clue!! > > Sue in Texas > > > > ________________________________ > From: Audrey Shields Hancock via <hancock@rootsweb.com> > To: Hancock@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2014 8:23 PM > Subject: [HANCOCK] William Hancock > > > Honeyman, A. Van Doren, "Documents relating to the Colonial History of the > State of New Jersey;" First Series, Vol. XXX, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, > Administrations, Etc.; Volume II, 1730-1750, Somerville, NJ, the Unionist > Assn., Printers, 1918, p. 217: > > "1737, Oct. 28. Hancock, Willia, Esq., of Salem Co. [NJ], appointed > guardian of William Daniel (16 years). Witnesses: Abel Nicholson, Dan'l > Mestayer. 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