Dorothy (Clayes) Hancock (1675 - 1756)

Born 1675 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Samuel Hancock — married 1697 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1756 at about age 81 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Her last name of Clayes was originally imported to this profile, but it has not been supported by an original source record or explanation. ^[1] Other aspects of her life, where she is referred to as "Dorothy" are supported by records.

Biography

Dorothy (Unknown) married at Cambridge/Charlestown Massachusetts Bay Colony by 1697 (Torrey's New England Marriages) ^{[2] [3]} Samuel Hancock, born 2 Jan 1672 at Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of Nathaniel Hancock II (1638-1719) and Mary (Prentice) Hancock (1644-1699) died 21 Dec 1735 at Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts^{[4] [5] [6]}

Children of Samuel Hancock and Dorothy (Unknown) Hancock: ^{[7] [8]}

• Dorothy Hancock, bapt. 21 March 1696 at Cambridge Mass., married 24 Nov 1820 Caleb Lamson, died 15 April 1757 at Charlestown, Mass.
• Mary Hancock, b. 1698, bapt. 19 April 1702 Lexington, Mass. married (1st) ____Pain, married (2nd) 1749/50 Malachi Salter, died 1782.
• John Hancock, bapt. 10 Sept 1699 Lexington Mass., shoemaker at Charlestown until 1775 burning of Charlestown, then died 18 March 1776 at Cambridge, Mass.
• Solomon Hancock, b. 18 June 1804 Lexington, Mass.
• Samuel Hancock, b. 21 July 1706 Lexington Mass, died 14 June 1716 Cambridge, Mass.
• Hannah Hancock, bapt. 27 Feb 1709 Lexington Mass, died 21 Oct 1792.
• Sarah Hancock, b. 17 Feb 1712 Lexington, Mass.
• Elizabeth Hancock, 1716 (not mentioned in Paige’s “History of Cambridge”)
• Nathaniel Hancock, bapt., 7 July 1715, married 7 July 1737 Prudence White.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Raymond Nichols.
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7674/324/140964782
3. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/693/426888901
4. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13924/313/250969861
5. ↑ Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), Hancock Supplement, p. 241.
6. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14462/10276-co1/263878492
7. ↑ Paige, Lucius R., History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register, (Boston: Houghton and Company, 1877), p. 573.
8. ↑ Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), Hancock Supplement, p. 241

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Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Raymond Nichols for starting this profile.