This may not help but I have an America Hancock est born 1845 who was a d/o Charles Hancock 1823 Wison Co TN. I have no other info on America. The name Benjamin is widely used withthis Hancock line and the Dabneyss intermarried for generations. BobHop Visit our home page http://mx4.xoom.com/bhop1 Major family names- Abel, Adams, Anders, Bellisfield, Brock, Byers, Davis, Dement, Field, Guffey, Hancock, Hockaday, Hopkins, Irvine, McClanahan, Scarbrough, Shipley, Strother, Stonestreet, Wade, Wampler, Westlake