1737 - 1793 (56 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1737 - 1793 (56 years)
Birth |
12 Jan 1737 |
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
Died |
8 Oct 1793 |
Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts |
Buried |
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Father |
Rev. John Hancock, b. 1 Jun 1702 |
Mother |
Mary Hawke, b. 13 Oct 1711 |
Married |
12 Dec 1733 |
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Family |
Dorothy Quincy, b. 1747 |
Married |
28 Aug 1775 |
Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA |
Children |
| 1. Lydia Hancock, b. 1776 |
| 2. John George W. Hancock, b. Abt 1777 |
| 3. Nancy Hancock, b. 17 Feb 1783 |
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1747 - 1830 (83 years)
Birth |
1747 |
Died |
3 Feb 1830 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Father |
Edmund Quincy, b. 13 Jun 1703, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Elizabeth Wendell, b. Abt 20 Aug 1704, New York, New York, USA |
Married |
15 Apr 1725 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Family 1 |
Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
Married |
28 Aug 1775 |
Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA |
Children |
| 1. Lydia Hancock, b. 1776 |
| 2. John George W. Hancock, b. Abt 1777 |
| 3. Nancy Hancock, b. 17 Feb 1783 |
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Family 2 |
James Scott |
Married |
Abt 1796 |
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1735 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
8 Apr 1735 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Rev. John Hancock, b. 1 Jun 1702 |
Mother |
Mary Hawke, b. 13 Oct 1711 |
Married |
12 Dec 1733 |
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1702 - 1744 (41 years)
Birth |
1 Jun 1702 |
Died |
7 May 1744 |
Braintree, Massachusetts, USA |
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Father |
Rev. John Hancock, b. 1 Mar 1671, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Elizabeth Clark, b. 1681, Chelsford, Massachusetts, USA |
Married |
11 Dec 1700 |
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Family |
Mary Hawke, b. 13 Oct 1711 |
Married |
12 Dec 1733 |
Children |
+ | 1. Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2. Mary Hancock, b. 8 Apr 1735 |
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1711 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
13 Oct 1711 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
James II Hawke, b. 29 Sep 1683 |
Mother |
Mary Gill, b. 6 Sep 1686 |
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Family |
Rev. John Hancock, b. 1 Jun 1702 |
Married |
12 Dec 1733 |
Children |
+ | 1. Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2. Mary Hancock, b. 8 Apr 1735 |
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1747 - 1830 (83 years)
Birth |
1747 |
Died |
3 Feb 1830 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Father |
Edmund Quincy, b. 13 Jun 1703, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Elizabeth Wendell, b. Abt 20 Aug 1704, New York, New York, USA |
Married |
15 Apr 1725 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Family 1 |
Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
Married |
28 Aug 1775 |
Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA |
Children |
| 1. Lydia Hancock, b. 1776 |
| 2. John George W. Hancock, b. Abt 1777 |
| 3. Nancy Hancock, b. 17 Feb 1783 |
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Family 2 |
James Scott |
Married |
Abt 1796 |
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1776 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
1776 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Dorothy Quincy, b. 1747 |
Married |
28 Aug 1775 |
Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA |
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Abt 1777 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
Abt 1777 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Dorothy Quincy, b. 1747 |
Married |
28 Aug 1775 |
Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA |
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1783 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
17 Feb 1783 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Dorothy Quincy, b. 1747 |
Married |
28 Aug 1775 |
Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA |
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Family |
James Scott |
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Name |
John Hancock |
Prefix |
Governor |
Suffix |
III |
Birth |
12 Jan 1737 |
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Prominent People |
Founding Father USA |
Death |
8 Oct 1793 |
Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts |
Burial |
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Siblings |
1 Sibling |
+ | 1. Governor John Hancock, III, b. 12 Jan 1737, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Oct 1793, Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts (Age 56 years) ▻ Dorothy Quincy, m. 28 Aug 1775 | | 2. Mary Hancock, b. 8 Apr 1735 d. Yes, date unknown | |
Person ID |
I235936 |
Geneagraphie |
Links To |
This person is also John Hancock at Wikipedia |
Last Modified |
2 Jul 2002 |
Family |
Dorothy Quincy, b. 1747 d. 3 Feb 1830, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
28 Aug 1775 |
Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA |
Children |
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Family ID |
F94523 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
2 Jul 2002 |
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Notes |
- inherited the most profitable Boston merchant house when he was just 27. He was not a particularly successful business man in his own right and many of his grand schemes, such as the constitution of a monopoly in whale oil, failed. The introduction of the Stamp Act in 1765 was just the last of many restrictions the British put on their American colonies. It hurt New England's merchants as much as Virginia's planters and precipitated the events which led to the Independence war. John Hancock's difficulties with the British custom commissioners led him into the Independence movement and to one of its leaders, Samuel Adams. John Hancock became president of the Provincial Congress and later of the Continental Congress too. He is best remembered for his oversized signature on the Declaration of Independence. Despite relatively little mercantile success, (his inherited firm went out of business in 1775), John Hancock was still a wealthy man when he died, with an estate then estimated at 350'000 $.
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First signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 ,
Any person who signed that document was guilty of treason with the British government, and he signed it with very large handwriting and a flourish. His finances helped greatly in supporting the Revolution.
president of the Continental Congress,
Firts governor of Massachusetts from 1780-1793.
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a Delegate from Massachusetts; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Harvard College in 1754; a selectman of Boston several terms; member of the provincial legislature 1766-1772; president of the Provincial Congress in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1778 and served as President of the Congress from May 24, 1775, to October 1777; first signer of the Declaration of Independence; served as senior major general of Massachusetts Militia during the Revolutionary War; member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1780; Governor of Massachusetts 1780-1785; was again elected President of the Continental Congress on November 23, 1785, but resigned May 29, 1786, not having served on account of illness; again Governor of Massachusetts from 1787 until his death
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