Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

ltfSt 10 the Massachusetts Colony. and
settled at Cambridge. where he died in
1867, is not proved TO have ever claimed
coat armor. The grant OF armoriai de
vices wa3 obtained. doubtless. by his
ilu"trioua descendant. Governor John
fahcoc't. on account of the high trus,
imposed on him by the Crown OF Eng
iahd. Yet the arms attributed to them
ar" held by the family In all parts or
the country. which denotes the name
80 graphically 10y the dexter hand OF
the shield and the crest of Il cock. also
hoiding - couped hand SO We NAV
presume that all descendants can claim
their usage. II Is not certain who was
me hrst Hancock To settle in Virginia.
i.ehhine mentions in his Statutes
George. John. Samuel. Simon and Will
liam Hancock during the Revolutionary
period. and we fnd tina, William Han
cock was in the cavalry service from
Surry county az early AS 1857. thus
showing that the family must have
settled in lower Virginia before that
date John Hancock is first mentioned
by bishop Meade vcstrymau in
Lynn Haven Parish. Prince William
county. Va. iISS. and Mary Ann Han
COCK isupposrd his daughter) married
the Roy. William Seldom. son OF John
seldom. son of the er:,srant, 1880. so
1t must be supposed til. Hancock fam
iiy were then quite extensive.
Through 4 prominent member OF the
family. Ny. Richard H. Hancock Of
Aupurn, Tenn. We are enabled TO trace
tho descent Of this John Hancock isup-
posed son Of the cmigrant Wiiliam).
who was born in 1895 married Ella
h"th Maddox October IS. 100 lie
moved I" Patrick County. Va. prior
10 1892. whore he died i'm 1902 leaving
iour sons and six daughters. or the
dau3h Nancy married 4 Mr.. Corn;
OH ~. al
Il Morrison, and Susannah was not
married at the time he made his will
The four sons OF John. OF Patrick
county. were Lewis. William. Major
ana benjamin. From Lewis Hancock
descended the eminent lawyer Villa m
scott Hancock. OF 81. Louis. Mo- Ben
lanln. the fourth son. had a SON.
Charles. who moved 10 Cannon County
Tenn. 1917, when but eighteen years
OLD. lie married Nancy Ramsey: she
died III 1865. and he in 1875. They
left three sons. benjamin, Charles and
Polly, Jane, Caroline and Synthia. Iii.
son. Charles, next TO the youngest
and tho only one now living, being
s!Nty-threc years: he married Sue
Lester III 1871. who died In 1901. leav-
Ing i've children. now living--william,
Forrest. Ida. Bertha. Ethel and Fannie,
ana one dead, Herbert Harrison Han
cock. remained In Patrick County. Va
lie had five sons. Charles, Lewis, Bon
Ja!nin. John, Witt and Peter, and one
daughter. Martha. who married Joseph
Edwards in 1918. John, Witt and Peter
tiancocN also married itno tho Ed
wards's family: Of the daughters OF
Beniam min Hancock. one married a MIR
smith, and remained In Virginia: the
other three moved to Tennessee, ono
OF whom married Jerry Turner: one.
BIRD Spurlock. and one. Peter Rule
Major Hancock married 4 Fuson and
settled Ia OHIO: he had three sons and
ilNe daughters, four Of whom are now
living. Richard Hancock married "A
widow. Polly Cooper ana settled IL. Can
non county. Tenn. H., had two sons and
one daughter, all dead. He was quite
wealthy. leaving 4 property Of $4,000
st his death Lewis Hancock married
Nancy Adams. ana also settled In Can
non County Tenn. lie had two tlaugh-
'ers. one Of whom married William
A"anson, ANA the other. Jack Thorn
son. ms seven sons were: William.
sylvester. lcnjln.in. Charles. Richard.
h"ss ana Blemford. Charles. who Is i'll
Limestone County. Texas. is the only
one living nov. lie has only Il chill
hrHn ard - 3randchildren--total
A.: Tn mother OF that I4c is still
iINin". Can old Virginia beat that"
JIM; Hancock. son OF benjamin. went
west Benjamln, son OF BENJAMIN. mar
licu Folly Ramsey, sister OF Nancy
Eanscy. who married Charles. They
"cttled /: Franklin County, Ala Ue
had Two sons. James and Franklin
Hancock. and seven daushters--Nancy,
Martha, Elizabeth. Sallie Eliza, Terry
and Mollic. ali are dead one of his
srandsons sold I'll iron ore farm in
Niabama for $4,000 j. T. Hancock.
OF Iniane Hotel Nashville. Tenn; Jim