Jacob Bradshaw Hancock (1788 - 1844)

Born 16 Nov 1788 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hubbard) Hancock — married about 1830 in Ohio

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1844 at age 55 in Ohio, United States

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Biography

Jacob was a Friend (Quaker)

The youngest son of Jacob Hancock, a Quaker industrialist, Jacob Bradshaw Hancock was born in Lisburn, Ireland in 1788. He emigrated to America, where he became connected with the public schools of Cincinnati. He married Mary Hubbard around 1830 and they had five children together. In 1844, he drowned in the Ohio River while trying to save a boy’s life.

Sources

• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-B-M-5-2%2F0107&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FBIR%2F006055 : accessed 01 February 2023), birth of Jacob Hancock on 16d 11mo (Nov) 1788, father: Jacob Hancock, mother: Elizabeth Phelps; citing Archive Reference LBM5.3, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.

• http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1819_Lisburn.htm

• Ohio wills and Probate, Jacob B. Hancock, 1845. Ancestry.com

• Martin Register Andrews, History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1902. Page 1327:

"Thomas Hancock, superintendent of the city electric light plant of Marietta, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 10, 1832. His father was Jacob Bradshaw Hancock, of Belfast, Ireland, a scholar of unusual attainments and a graduate of both Dublin and Oxford Universities. After coming to this country he became connected with the public schools of Cincinnati. In that city in 1830, he married Mary Hubbard of Westfield, Massachusetts. When Thomas was 13 years old, his father died."

Note: Jacob is not listed as an alumnus of Oxford University.

• Death of Mr. Hancock; The Vindicator, Wednesday, 2 October, 1844; CMSIED 9310318

"A brother of Dr. Hancock, of Lisburn, was lately drowned in the Ohio, while humanely endeavouring to save the life of a boy who was in danger of perishing while bathing."