James Hancock (bef. 1780 - 1853)

Born before 27 Aug 1780 in Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Wild) Hancock — married 6 Oct 1811 in Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1853 after age 73 in Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

James Hancock was born in Northamptonshire, England.

James Hancock was baptised on 27 Aug 1780 in Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Hancock and Sarah Dumbleton ^[1]

James Hancock (bachelor) was married to Mary Wild (spinster) on 29th October 1811 in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, after banns. ^[2]

In 1841, James Hancock (60, ag. lab.) and his wife Mary (55) were living in Chacombe, Northamptonshire, in the house of James's father, Thomas Hancock (80, parish clerk). Three of their children, Thomas (25, a framework knitter), John (20) and Elizabeth (14) were also living with them. ^[3]

In 1851, James Hancock (70, born in Middleton Cheney, now a framework knitter) and Mary (67, born in Chacombe,) were living in Chacombe. Their son, Thomas (36, born in Chacombe) and his wife, Ann (38, born in Cropredy) were living with them. Mary was recorded as a framework knitter and Thomas was dittoed, but the enumerator has crossed framework knitter out and written lace across the two lines, leaving the ditto. I imagine they must have either been producing knitted lace using a knitting frame, or the frame had been adapted for bobbin lacemaking (possible but less likely, given the initial statement that they were framework knitting). ^[4]

James Hancock (73) was buried on Christmas Day, 25th December 1853, in Chacombe, Northamptonshire. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com citing Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 62P/5 Note the transcriber has put 29th. It's clearly 27th.
2. ↑ Record Transcription: Northamptonshire Marriages, Findmypast.co.uk citing Northamptonshire Family History Society. Note that the marriage source on Ancestry.com is from Bishops Transcripts and has the wife's first name as Anne. I believe this to be an error, as the wife is Mary on all other sources.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7QW-B5B : 25 May 2019), James Hancock in household of Thomas Bradley, Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Please note the citation has the wrong name - it should say "In the house of Thomas Hancock". See https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1841/0804/0099&parentid=GBC/1841/0006730563
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGXV-1M9 : 24 October 2017), James Hancock, Chacombe, Oxfordshire, England; citing Chacombe, Oxfordshire, England, p. 15, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. See http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1851/4279211/00445&parentid=GBC/1851/0000571399
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1912[database on-line] Ancestry.com citing Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 62P/10. James Hancock; Age: 73; Burial Date: 25th December 1853; Burial Place: Chacombe, Northamptonshire.

• Northamptonshire Anglican Registers. Warwick, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office.