Helene and all of Hancock Cousins, I don't know if I am about to start a Hancock Family squabble or not, but I had all the Major Hancocks so mixed up and spent a lot of wasted time trying to figure it all out. It ends up that I believe that the Major who was "supposed" to have been born in 1803, is a figment of imagination. There never was one born then. I have gone to great lengths to find the truth on this one. Here are some of my notes. Some have been sent by numerous researchers, and I have put them together to make some sense. Mary Page was first wife. The second wife was Elizabeth Page, a cousin of Mary. After Mary died Elizabeth (d/o Robert) married Major in 1830. Major 1772 married and moved to SC in 1807. He lived in Spartanburgh untill 1840 when re moved to Hall Co GA. He left a will in Hall Co and died there but named his children. Many researchers have the "Majors" confused. **The Spartanburg Co., SC census records that Mary and Major had children---at least one son and three daughters.** (This is not true, there was no son, just a blot or a fly-speck on the film. I checked three different 1810 Census films at three locations.) Note:- This was done by another researcher who was helping me. Elizabeth was eighteen years younger than her husband. They lived in Woodruff, Spartanburg Co., SC and had one child. (This statement is not correct either.) The child in that home was Nancy, the daughter of Pamela, unmarried. She later married a Truelove. Major's second wife, Elizabeth (age 60), was listed in the 1850 Spartanburg Co., SC Census with Mansell and Matilda LAWSON (both age 20) living with her<< Elizabeth had no children. Nancy Matilda Hancock was a granddaughter of Major and the daughter of his (unmarried ?) daughter Pamela (Hancock) Truelove. She lived with Major and was mentioned in his will. She married "Emanuel" Lawson in GA and moved to SC. Major's birthdate is taken from the "Douglas Register" and his marriage date from a book by Kathleen William "Goochland Co. Marriages". Major and wife moved from Goochland Co. to Spartanburg Co. SC 1807. This is proved by a deed he signed to Anderson Page (brother-in-law) filed in Goochland Co. The deed bears a note "Major Hancock of Carolina" I have checked with many who are also researching the Page line, and the Hancock line. The following was some of the notes: **This deed is very important and proves which of the various Major Hancocks is involved . Mary's father owned a very small estate. but one item was an odd-size parcel of land. (81 and 1/2 acres). When he died Mary inherited one-fourth of his land and, in 1807, Major and Mary (Page) Hancock, sold their part of the land to her brother William Page. The land was described as being on Lickinghole Creek (one fourth part of 81 1/2 acres) "which James Page dec'd was possessed of". This transaction is easily identified. ** They were enumerated in Spartanburg in 1810- having: two females 0-10, one female 10-16, one female 26-45. (This Census copy was very difficult to read and was thought to have shown a male child. Subsequent copies of the 1810 Census did not show any male children) and none was enumerated in future lists. ** He purchased 115 acres of land in Spartanburg described as being "on Cherokee Creek waters of Broad River". ** In 1820 Spartanburg there is: one male over 45; two females 0-10, one female 15-20 and one female 30-40. **In 1830 Spartanburg there is one male 50-60, one female 15-20 and one female 30-40. ** The family moved to Hall Co GA before 1840. This period is when Donald Page author of "History and Genealogy of Robert and Rachel Page Family" suggests wife Mary had died and Major had married her cousin Elizabeth Page, daughter of Robert Page. ** In Hall Co. GA i840 Census there is: one male 70-80, one female 5-10, one female 60-70. died in Hall Co. GA in 1850. See "History & Genealogy of of Robert and Rachel Page Family by Donald Page. ** Major's will was filed in Hall Co. on 31 Nov., 1845 and proved 1 Sept., 1851. The will mentions his wife Elizabeth, daughter Nancy Hancock to have 1/2 of his lot, daughter Mahala Gamblin, daughter Elizabeth Wechel, daughter Matilda Umpheries, daughter Parmela Truelove and granddaughter Nancy Matilda Hancock the daughter of Parmela Truelove. Besides the above, some have thought that Major Hancock who married Elizabeth Fuson moved around the county. He did not. He married, and 1 month later moved to OH, where he remained. All these Major Hancocks, were born so close to gether, and were named after their father or another son of a brother which makes it difficult. Many of you may not agree with me, but if you do not, please present something more plausible than what I have. Ardath