Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock Pruette. DAR ID Number: 160228 Born in Oxford, N. C. Wife of Rowland Shaw Pruette. Descendant of Ensign William Hancock, as follows: 1. Franklin Wills Hancock (b. 1854) m. 1891 Lizzie Hobgood (b. 1869). 2. Robert Hancock (1812-87) m. 1838 Elizabeth Swan Mallard (1820-88). 3. William Hancock, Jr. (1774-1854), m. 1806 Mary Sears (d. 1849). 4. William Hancock m. Sarah —–. [p.79] William Hancock served as ensign in Captain Tyre's company, Craven County, North Carolina troops. He was born 1740, in North Carolina; died in New Bern, N. C. Also No. 109356