In a message dated 7/25/03 11:37:00 PM, [email protected] writes: << With my limited knowledge of that area, it is possible to think that the three separately identified burial locations are all for the same physical location. Does anyone have an understanding that might substantiate, or repudiate, any of the above information. >> Tom- I do not know the exact location but John's home was next to Thomas Jefferson's and I thought Benjamins' was also? Sorry. Do you know of any living descendants of John D? We need to rally around the DNA test and fill in some blank names. BobHop Visit our home page http://bobhopkins0.tripod.com/ 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

[email protected] wrote: ... I do not know the exact location but John's home was next to Thomas Jefferson's and I thought Benjamins' was also? Sorry. Do you know of any living descendants of John D? We need to rally around the DNA test and fill in some blank names. BobHop ... ===================================== Thanks for your thoughts Bob. I know both John and Benjamin both resided in Albemarle County up through the 1770's, and that they lived in the Cunningham Creek section that became Fluvanna County in 1777. I also understand John deeded his son Benjamin land purported to be "adjacent to Thomas Jefferson, among others", and have no reason to doubt it. However, if the land where Benjamin lived were next to Monticello, I would suspect that Benjamin's residence would have remained in Albemarle County. In any case, I believe both John and his son began the move to Henry County a few years after Fluvanna County was formed. Benjamin married Anna in Henry County in 1781, and although it's unlikely that they were then residing there, Benjamin is listed on the Henry County Tax List the very next year (see "Sketches in the life and times of Jesse Corn" at http://www.intp.us/jessecorn). As is convincingly shown in that document, Benjamin had been residing for many years in Henry (later becoming Patrick) County byt the time of John's death. More cogently however, is the information as to John's will that appears on page 97. In fact, this is the basis for my query regarding a more specific location for his death and burial. I think it would be very good if we were able to learn of his gravesite. In the Allied Families Shelter at Fairystone Park there is a placque for John & Elizabeth M. Hancock placed there by Robert V. Hancock. This is recorded in Pilson's book but is not a tombstone marker. It seems most likely that John would have been buried either on Benjamin's or William's property. Benjamin and Anna sold land in 1815 to James Via, and William made many land transactions up to 1850. I'm sorry to say I don't know any "DNA quality" descendants Bob. As a matter of fact, based on my internet forays, I would have thought you to be the person most likely to conjure up the "real Hancock" for DNA testing our line. Seriously, I too hope that we can find someone. -Tom --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software