Person:John Hancock (32)

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Rev. John Hancock
b.1 Mar 1671
d.6 Dec 1752 Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 Mar 1663/64
  1. Nathaniel Hancock1664/65 - 1665
  2. Mary Hancock1666 -
  3. Sarah Hancock1667 -
  4. Nathaniel Hancock1668 - 1755
  5. Abigail Hancock1669 - 1672
  6. Rev. John Hancock1671 - 1752
  7. Samuel Hancock1672 -
  8. Abigail Hancock1675 -
  9. Elizabeth Hancock1677 - 1748/49
  10. Ebenezer Hancock1680/81 -
  11. Joseph Hancock1683 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Dec 1700
  1. Rev. John Hancock1702 - 1744
  2. Thomas Hancock1703 - 1764
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. John Hancock
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1 Mar 1671
Marriage 11 Dec 1700 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Clarke
Death[2][4] 6 Dec 1752 Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q6237548?


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Rev. Col. John Hancock Sr. (March 1, 1671December 6, 1752) was a colonial American clergyman, soldier, planter, politician, and paternal grandfather of American politician John Hancock III.

Hancock graduated from Harvard College in 1689 and was ordained that year. He taught at the Grammar School at Cambridge, Massachusetts starting in 1691. In 1692 he was engaged as the preacher at Medford, Massachusetts, where he lived and served until November 1693. He was invited to preach at Lexington, Massachusetts in 1697, and remained the pastor there for 55 years, until his death in 1752.
His sons:

He is buried at the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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References
  1. ↑ 1. Capt. John3 Gerrish, in Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The Gerrish Family: Family of Capt. John Gerrish. (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1913)
    p. 5.

    ...b. 13 July 1703, son of Rev. John and Elizabeth (Clark), who became one of the wealthiest merchants in Boston; no issue.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Hancock, Sr., in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  3.   Rev John Hancock, in Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ Lexington (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1677-1905. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998)
    179.

    HANCOCK..John, Rev., in his 82d year, Dec. 6, 1752.

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