Silas Hancock (abt. 1810 - abt. 1847)

Born about 20 Jul 1810 in Orland, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (LeCain) Hancock — married 27 Oct 1833 in Pictou, Nova Scotia

Died about 23 Jun 1847 at about age 36 in Orland, Hancock, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Silas Hancock was born at Orland in 1810. He was the son of Thomas Hancock and Sally Stockbridge. He married Mary Jane Le Cain on October 27, 1833 in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Judging from the birth locations of their children, Silas and Mary Jane lived in Nova Scotia, then New Brunswick and then removed to Hancock County, Maine, at some time between 1843 and 1846.

i. Sarah Hancock b. in Nova Scotia abt 1834. m. Willard Collins, d. at Bucksport in 1922

ii. Cornelia Hancock b. in Nova Scotia about 1837

iii. Leander Hancock b. in New Brunswick abt 1839, d. at Bucksport in 1894

iv. Freeman Hancock b. about 1841 in New Brunswick

v. Charlotte, b. abt 1843, d. unmarried in Franklin Mass in 1866

vi. Kate Hancock abt 1846

He died in 1847 and is buried at Hilltop Cemetery in Orland, Maine. His widow was living in Bucksport with 6 children in 1850.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/74309859/silas-hancock : accessed 20 January 2020), memorial page for Silas Hancock (unknown–23 Jun 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74309859, citing Hilltop Cemetery, Orland, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Veteran Guy (contributor 47317741) Find A Grave: Memorial #74309859.
• Calnek, William Arthur, "History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia : with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families". Annapolis, Nova Scotia: William Briggs, 1897. Page 538.
• Ancestry.ca: Silas Hancock
• NovaScotiaGenealogy.com: Marriage Record: Mary Jane LeCain and Silas Hancock
• Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44W-796 : 10 February 2018), Silas Hancock, 20 Jul 1810; citing ORLAND,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,726.
• Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMGH-NF1 : 8 December 2014), Silas Hancock and Mary Jane Lecain, 1833, Marriage; citing p. 6408, volume 1800, , Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
• Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-H5GJ : 13 March 2018), Silas Hancock in entry for Sarah Campbell Collins, 25 Feb 1922; citing Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm
• Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQ8-XDF : 5 November 2017), Silas Hancock in entry for Leander Hancock, 22 Mar 1894; citing Bucksport, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
• Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWVN-YX3 : 22 May 2019), Silas Hancock in entry for Charlotte A. Hancock, 23 Feb 1866; citing Franklin, Massachusetts, v 193 p 248, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,188
• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-J8C : 29 October 2019), Cornelia Hancock in household of Mary J Hancock, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing family 217, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).