Sue, Please contact me by E-mail, bqueen@compusmart.ab.ca I found I have so many notes from several people, and have compared them. I will pass all of it on to you. The first (I) Major Hancock, I have been told "MAY" have been given his mother's maiden name. His mother was Jane, but no one has been able to confirm her maiden name, and it is possible it was Major, but this is ONLY speculation. This Major, son of Benjamina and Jane, was born 1742 in Fluvanna, VA. and died in Clay Co. MO. in 1839. He was almost 100 yrs. old. His SON, (2) Major was born 8 Feb. 1772 in Goochland, VA, and died in 1850, in Hall County, Georgia. Major (2) married Mary Page, and then moved to South Carolina. When she died, he married her cousin, Elizabeth Page. They later moved to Hall, Georgia, where he died leaving a will that named his children. Major (1) had an older brother John D. Hancock who married Elizabeth Maddox. They had a son whom they called Major (3). He was born 18 july 1770 in Fluvanna, VA and died after 1850 in Clinton, Kentucky. None of this Major's children were named after him, but Benjamin, the eldest son of John D. Hancock, and a brother to this Major (1770) named one of his sons Major (4). He was born 13 Mar 1792 in Patrick Co. VA. It is one of the areas of confusion. In his own Bio, he said he married Elizabeth Fuson in Oct. 1814, and left for Ohio arriving a month later. He lived and died in OH. and was a minister. The confusion seems to be with the Major born in 1770. It appears to me that when the census was taken he was living in one place with his family, but had just acquired new land. By the time the census taker got to his new land, he had moved onto it, and his daughters had moved up another age bracket making it appear that there were 2 different Major Hancocks in that area. It tooks months to take the census in those days. It is also good to remember the British accent in this case. A common English expression is "Our". My uncle was referred to as "Our Bob". In this case he could have been referred to as Our Major, but it was written as Armajor or R. Major, especially if someone else gave the census taker the information. If you want all the notes on these Major Hancocks, I can send you a genealogy report, giving you the IGI Film numbers for sources. I don't know if you are thoroughly confused or not, but I tried! <G> Ardath ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue" <sue@ziggycom.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Major Hancock, Sr. > Ardath, I have Major, Sr. b. Abt. 1742 in Fluvanna, Va. > d. 10 Nov 1836 in Clay County, Mo. > and > Major, Sr. b. 1735 in Fluvanna, Va. > d. 1820 in Green County, Tn > Any help will be appreciated. > Sue > > > > > > Sue, > > > > I had those Major Hancock's badly mixed up also. It seemed to take > forever > > to straighten them out. Give me your dates of birth and marriages, and I > > will try to help you. There is one that doesn't exist, although I know I > > will an argument on that one. > > > > Ardath > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sue" <sue@ziggycom.net> > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:10 PM > > Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Major Hancock, Sr. > > > > > > > I have two birthdates and two different places of death for Major > Hancock, > > Sr. Could someone help? > > > > > > Sue LeFan > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > Feel free to post the data you find on HANCOCK > > > in your research. Census, bible, wills, marriages, > > > deaths, cemetery, deeds, tax lists, and other > > > useful data. You might help a cousin who needs it. > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Where to send messages to the list..... > HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com >

By th Way, I'll take any info you want to give me, gladly. > Sue, > > Please contact me by E-mail, bqueen@compusmart.ab.ca > > I found I have so many notes from several people, and have compared them. I > will pass all of it on to you. The first (I) Major Hancock, I have been > told "MAY" have been given his mother's maiden name. His mother was Jane, > but no one has been able to confirm her maiden name, and it is possible it > was Major, but this is ONLY speculation. This Major, son of Benjamina and > Jane, was born 1742 in Fluvanna, VA. and died in Clay Co. MO. in 1839. He > was almost 100 yrs. old. His SON, (2) Major was born 8 Feb. 1772 in > Goochland, VA, and died in 1850, in Hall County, Georgia. Major (2) married > Mary Page, and then moved to South Carolina. When she died, he married her > cousin, Elizabeth Page. They later moved to Hall, Georgia, where he died > leaving a will that named his children. > > Major (1) had an older brother John D. Hancock who married Elizabeth Maddox. > They had a son whom they called Major (3). He was born 18 july 1770 in > Fluvanna, VA and died after 1850 in Clinton, Kentucky. None of this Major's > children were named after him, but Benjamin, the eldest son of John D. > Hancock, and a brother to this Major (1770) named one of his sons Major (4). > He was born 13 Mar 1792 in Patrick Co. VA. It is one of the areas of > confusion. In his own Bio, he said he married Elizabeth Fuson in Oct. 1814, > and left for Ohio arriving a month later. He lived and died in OH. and was > a minister. > > The confusion seems to be with the Major born in 1770. It appears to me > that when the census was taken he was living in one place with his family, > but had just acquired new land. By the time the census taker got to his new > land, he had moved onto it, and his daughters had moved up another age > bracket making it appear that there were 2 different Major Hancocks in that > area. It tooks months to take the census in those days. It is also good > to remember the British accent in this case. A common English expression is > "Our". My uncle was referred to as "Our Bob". In this case he could have > been referred to as Our Major, but it was written as Armajor or R. Major, > especially if someone else gave the census taker the information. > > If you want all the notes on these Major Hancocks, I can send you a > genealogy report, giving you the IGI Film numbers for sources. > > I don't know if you are thoroughly confused or not, but I tried! <G> > > Ardath > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue" <sue@ziggycom.net> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Major Hancock, Sr. > > > > Ardath, I have Major, Sr. b. Abt. 1742 in Fluvanna, Va. > > d. 10 Nov 1836 in Clay County, Mo. > > and > > Major, Sr. b. 1735 in Fluvanna, Va. > > d. 1820 in Green County, Tn > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Sue > > > > > > > > > > > Sue, > > > > > > I had those Major Hancock's badly mixed up also. It seemed to take > > forever > > > to straighten them out. Give me your dates of birth and marriages, and > I > > > will try to help you. There is one that doesn't exist, although I know > I > > > will an argument on that one. > > > > > > Ardath > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sue" <sue@ziggycom.net> > > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:10 PM > > > Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Major Hancock, Sr. > > > > > > > > > > I have two birthdates and two different places of death for Major > > Hancock, > > > Sr. Could someone help? > > > > > > > > Sue LeFan > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > > Feel free to post the data you find on HANCOCK > > > > in your research. Census, bible, wills, marriages, > > > > deaths, cemetery, deeds, tax lists, and other > > > > useful data. You might help a cousin who needs it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Where to send messages to the list..... > > HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking for. >