Ancestry of
John Hancock

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

John Hancock

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• • 3rd Generation — Grandfather of John Hancock
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Hancock Jr.   
  • Mother:
  • Mary Prentice   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Mar 1671 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Dec 1752 
  • Death Location:
  • Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Clarke
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Nov 1700 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:
  • John Hancock Jr. 

• Sources for John Hancock

  • ¹ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Lexington, Vol. 1, p. 179, Death record for Rev. John Hancock.
  • ² Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Chelmsford, Vol. 1, p. 244, Marriage record for John Hancok and Elesibeth Clark.
  • ³ Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 99.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 140.
  • ⁵ Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert, Genealogical Gleanings in England, Volume 1, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1901), 285.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "John Hancock, Sr.", (accessed 02/09/2015).