I have been a member of the list and doing genealogy research for about six years, now, and have only seen third hand reference to the Simon Hancock bible. It was mentioned in a book that someone read at a library, but can't find again. I am not sure that the bible ever existed, and as you saw in this weeks discussion on Augustine, the quote from the bible was in error. Even it it existed, it was written 100 years after William Hancock joined the Virginia Company that went to Jamestowne in 1607. Julia French Wood
Julia and all, The reference I found to this mysterious bible was in 'Virginia Genealogies'. Will have to look back to get the name of the writer, but I think it is work taken from lots of sources and combined into one book. It's a series of about 4 or 5 books. It has genealogies on lots of VA families, in great deal in most cases, and it is very obvious that it was written a long time ago. The book does not tell where the bible was found, who had it in their possession, or where it might be at the time the book was written. I can't say if the bible ever existed or not, but even if it did (or does), I find it hard to believe the story. If William did come to VA, he sounds as if he would be much like many of the other 'gentlemen' of England who found living in the wilderness not what they had expected, and soon returned to England. Someone owning a ship building business would be a bit lost without his butlers and maids I'd think. Lisa Check out my website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7502/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <JULIAFWOOD@aol.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Simon Hancock-Jane Flournoy Bible > I have been a member of the list and doing genealogy research for about six > years, now, and have only seen third hand reference to the Simon Hancock > bible. It was mentioned in a book that someone read at a library, but can't > find again. I am not sure that the bible ever existed, and as you saw in > this weeks discussion on Augustine, the quote from the bible was in error. > Even it it existed, it was written 100 years after William Hancock joined the > Virginia Company that went to Jamestowne in 1607. > > Julia French Wood > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ >