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Major Hancock (m 1765)

Three great-great-granddaughters of Major Hancock married members of the Dunville family of Kentucky.

Major Hancock
m 1765

wife: Ann Thomas, married: 1765
child:
John Hancock (1776-c1827)
Child of Major Hancock and Ann Hancock nee Thomas
John Hancock
1776-c1827
father: Major Hancock
mother: Ann Hancock nee Thomas
born: 18 June 1776 in Goochland County, Virginia
died: c1827
wife: Frances Farrar, married: 13 December 1791 in Albermarle County, Virginia
father: Perrin Farrar
mother: Sally Farrar nee Lacy
born: 1771
died: c1837 in Anderson County, Kentucky
child:
William Lewis Hancock (1792-1883)
Child of John Hancock (1776-c1827) and Frances Hancock nee Farrar (1771-c1837)
William Lewis
Hancock
1792-1883
father: John Hancock (1776-c1827)
mother: Frances Hancock nee Farrar (1771-c1837)
born: 14 November 1792 in Goochland County, Virginia
died: 2 February 1883 in Webster County, Kentucky
wife: Sarah Bradshaw, married: 17 February 1819 in Mercer County, Kentucky
father: Benjamin Bradshaw (son of John Bradshaw and Sarah Bradshaw nee McBride)
mother: Elizabeth Bradshaw nee Carter, married 27 September 1796
born: 8 October 1798 in Goochland County, Virginia
died: 5 May 1873 in Webster County, Kentucky
children:
Elizabeth Claiborne Hancock (1820-1913)
James Edward Hancock (1836-1908)
Children of William Lewis Hancock (1792-1883) and Sarah Hancock nee Bradshaw (1798-1873)
Elizabeth
Claiborne
Hancock
(1820-1913)
father: William Lewis Hancock (1792-1883)
mother: Sarah Hancock nee Bradshaw (1798-1873)
born: 21 January 1820
died: 21 March 1913, buried in Agnew Cemetery, Henderson County, Kentucky
children (with Andrew W Hancock 1811-1900):
Susan F Hancock (1857-1898)
Margaret Jeanette Hancock (1863-1905)
Louis Hancock
husband: Ottow Moore, married: (1)
husband: Andrew W Hancock, married: (2) 3 April 1854
born: 3 August 1811
died: 10 February 1900, buried in Agnew Cemetery, Henderson County, Kentucky
James Edward
Hancock
(1836-1908)
father: William Lewis Hancock (1792-1883)
mother: Sarah Hancock nee Bradshaw (1798-1873)
born: 14 March 1836
died: 16 March 1908
wife: Anna Maria Carlisle, married: 24 March 1859
born: 9 September 1842 in Kentucky
died: 24 March 1885 in Kentucky
child:
Julia Elizabeth Hancock (1870-1958)
Children of Andrew W Hancock (1811-1900) and Elizabeth Claiborne Hancock (1820-1913)
Susan F Hancock
1857-1898
father: Andrew W Hancock (1811-1900)
mother: Elizabeth Claiborne Hancock (1820-1913)
born: 28 May 1857 in Henderson County, Kentucky
died: 19 October 1898, buried with her parents in the Agnew Family Cemetery in Henderson County, Kentucky, near Cario
children:
Truman Dunville (b 1891)
Lula Dunville (b 1894)
husband: Jessie Morris Dunville (1854-1940), married: 25 March 1889
father: Richard Andrew Dunville Jr (1798-1871)
mother: Sarah Ellen Dunville nee Morris (1826-1923)
born: 16 November 1854 in Kentucky
died: 1940, buried adjacent to his mother at Sassafrass Grove Church Cemetery in Webster County, Kentucky, near Onton
biography:
Morris was a big (about 240 pounds), strong, easy-going farmer who spent his life in and near Webster County, Kentucky.
Margaret
Jeanette
Hancock
(1863-1905)
father: Andrew W Hancock (1811-1900)
mother: Elizabeth Claiborne Hancock (1820-1913)
born: 7 February 1863 on the Hancock family farm near Cario, Kentucky
died: 17 October 1905, buried at New Liberty Church Cemetery near Kevil, McCracken County, Kentucky
children:
Minnie Docia Dunville (1882-1975)
Herbert Austin Dunville (1885-1906)
Nellie Jewell Dunville (1889-1908)
Richard Andrew Dunville (1894-1930)
Lena Grace Dunville (1891-1892)
After Harry's death, Margaret married Thomas E Ashby Jr and had the following children:
Hallie (twin, born 6 October 1901)
Hattie (twin, born 6 October 1901)
Ratchel (born 28 April 1903)
husband: Benjamin Harry Dunville (1859-1896), married: 1881
father: Richard Andrew Dunville Jr (1798-1871)
mother: Sarah Ellen Dunville nee Morris (1826-1923)
born: 14 September 1859 in Kentucky
died: 30 November 1896 in Kentucky, buried at Hinkelville, Kentucky
biography:
In 1894 Harry and Margaret moved from Webster County to McCracken County, Kentucky. They bought a small farm on the Woodville Road near Kevil, Kentucky. Two years later Harry died of tuberculosis. Within a few years this disease had killed all members of this family except Minnie Docia and Richard Andrew.
Louis Hancock father: Andrew W Hancock (1811-1900)
mother: Elizabeth Claiborne Hancock (1820-1913)
Child of James Edward Hancock (1836-1908) and Anna Maria Hancock nee Carlisle (1842-1885)
Julia Elizabeth
Hancock
(1870-1958)
father: James Edward Hancock (1836-1908)
mother: Anna Maria Hancock nee Carlisle (1842-1885)
born: 14 September 1870
died: 18 September 1958, buried with Robert at Sassafras Grove Church Cemetery near Onton, Kentucky
children:
Henry, who died on 29 December 1903 at the age of five when he was burnt with hot coffee
Ralph Emerson
John George
Robert Murphy
husband: Robert Anderson Dunville (1861-1945), married: 25 March 1894 in Webster County, Kentucky
father: Richard Andrew Dunville Jr (1798-1871)
mother: Sarah Ellen Dunville nee Morris (1826-1923)
born: 9 April 1861 in Kentucky
died: 29 June 1945 in Kentucky, buried at Sassafras Grove Church Cemetery near Onton, Kentucky
biography:
Robert was tall and lanky. He had a country general store in Slaughter, Kentucky.

The information for this page was researched and provided by Martin Dunville (1922-1992) of Michigan and Florida.

See also:

Jessie Morris Dunville (1854-1940), husband of Susan F Hancock (1857-1898)

Benjamin Harry Dunville (1859-1896), husband of Margaret Jeanette Hancock (1863-1905)

Robert Anderson Dunville (1861-1945), husband of Julia Elizabeth Hancock (1870-1958)

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LAST MODIFIED: 29 FEBRUARY 2004