The Earliest Documented Ancestor of HANCOCK / HANDCOCK - DNA Testing
*This line begins with an Ancestor of John Hancock, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Test # H20215--
John Hancock was born about 1506 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
His son, Richard Hancock, was born about 1527 In Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England and married Isabell who was born about 1536 and died 9 May 1585 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
Their son, Richard Hancock, was born 19 Dec 1564 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
His son, Nathaniel Hancock, was born 3 Oct 1596 in Padiham, Lancashire, England and died in 1648 in Cambridge, MA. He married Joanne Wright who was born about 1609 and died about 1664.
Their son, Nathaniel Hancock, was born 18 Dec 1638 in Cambridge, MA and died there 12 Apr 1719. He married Mary Prentice on 8 Mar 1662 in Lexington, MA. She was born 25 Sep 1644 in Cambridge, MA and died there on 20 Sep 1699.
Their son, Nathaniel Hancock, was born 29 Oct 1668 in Cambridge, MA and died there on 10 May 1755. He married Prudence Russell in 1690. She was born 30 May 1670 in Cambridge, MA and died there on 15 Jul 1742.
*NOTE: Nathaniel had a brother, John Hancock (1671-1752). He had a son, John Hancock (1702-1744). He had a son, John Hancock (1738-1793) who was President of the Continental Congress from 1775-1777 and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was, also, Governor of Massachusetts for 13 years.
Nathaniel & Prudence's son, Solomon Hancock, was born 10 Nov 1706 in Cambridge, MA and died 20 Sep 1756 in Lake George, NY. He married Mary Torrey on 4 Nov 1730 at Tisbury, MA. She was born about 1711 and died in Cambridge, MA on 19 Mar 1799.
Their son, Torrey Hancock, was born 6 Apr 1746 in Cambridge, MA and died there 17 Jul 1778. He married Sarah Wyeth on 5 Jul 1774 in Cambridge, MA where she was born on 2 Apr 1746 and died 31 mar 1815.
Their son, Torrey Hancock, was born 9 Nov 1778 in Cambridge, MA and died 18 Mar 1852 at St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada. He married, second, Isabella Rice on 5 Jun 1811 at Wayland, MA. She was born 12 Aug 1789 in Wayland, MA and died in Cambridge, MA on 29 May 1838.
Their son, John Torrey Hancock, was born 26 Apr 1820 in Cambridge, MA and died 17 Aug 1900 in Cummingsville, MN. He married Harriet Caroline Johnson on 4 Nov 1851 in Cambridge Port, MA. She was born 22 Dec 1831 and died 13 Jan 1912 at Cummingsville, MN.
Their son, Alfred Johnson Hancock, was born 5 Sep 1852 in Lincoln, MA and died 3 Aug 1920 . He married Ida Lousia Jane McNown on 11 Feb 1886 in Beaver, MN. She was born 3 Sep 1860 at Lemonevane, WI and died 3 Dec 1931.
