Hi Regina, I do not think there is a connection as my Hancock's come out of Jackson & Hall Co. Ga. Will keep you in mind as I research. My Line: William Jarrett Hancock b. 1859 Jackson Co. Ga. d.21 April 1937 Clarke co. Ga. Married Virginia L. Simmons of Hall Co. Ga. Wm. J. Hancock's father was John A. Hancock, married Lucy Ann Elizabeth Doss of Jackson Co. Ga. John A.Hancock's father was William Crawford Hancock, married Mary (Polly) Yarbrough of Jackson Co. Ga. William C. Hancock's father was William Hancock , married Elizabeth Smith of Jackson Co., Ga. Thanks, Diane, Georgia