Full name : Major Hancock
Alternate spellings, aliases : Asmajor, Armajor, Azmajon, R. Major, Major. R.;
Handcock
Notes : Major was indeed the name he went by, and not a rank of any sort.
parents
Father : John Hancock
Mother :
Notes : this has not been confirmed
Date of Birth : 18 July 1770
Place of Birth : Fluvana County, Virginia
Notes :
Spouse1 : Jane Perry Morrow
Date of Marriage : 2 January 1794
Place of Marriage :
Died : <1835
Notes :
Spouse2 : Sarah Jane Hancock
Date of Marriage : 16 August 1835
Place of Marriage :
Died : 1850
Notes : Sarah Jane is daughter of Benjamin Hancock.
Date of Death : >1860
Place of Death, and or Burial :
Burial info :
Obituary :
Occupation : farmer, laborer
Property, residences, etc :
214, 1442/1436,
Robert Dabney, 56, Male, White, Farmer, 1500/700, Virginia
214, 1442/1436, Nancy Dabney,
52, Female, White, Housewife, na, Virginia
214, 1442/1436, John Dabney, 31,
Male, White, Day Laborer, 0/200, Kentucky
214, 1442/1436, Mary Dabney, 27,
Female, White, Spinster, na, Kentucky
214, 1442/1436, Lydia Ann
Dabney, 24, Female, White, Spinster, na, Kentucky
214, 1442/1436, Nathan W. Dabney,
21, Male, White, Day Laborer, 0/100, Kentucky, in school
214, 1442/1436, Sarah E. Dabney,
19, Female, White, Spinster, na, Kentucky
214, 1442/1436, Rebecca E.
Dabney, 16, Female, White, Spinster, na, Kentucky, in school
214, 1442/1436,
Lewis T. Dabney, 11, Male, White, na, na, Kentucky, in school
214, 1442/1436, William A.
Dabney, 8, Male, White, na, na, Kentucky, in school
214, 1442/1436,
Armajor Hancock, 90, Male, White, Day Laborer, na, Virginia
Family :
Daughter : Elizabeth Maddox
Date of Birth : circa 1794
Place of Birth : possibly Patrick County, Virginia
Married : William Dickson Anderson, 28 March 1828, Wayne County Kentucky
Died : Carlinville, Illinois
Notes : Marriage consent signed by Major Hancock
Daughter : Sally
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth :
Married : George Dabney, 27 May 1834, Wayne County, Kentucky by Benjamin
Hancock.
Died :
Notes : From marriage record, “Major Hancock gave consent for daughter
Sally.” Surety, George W. Dabney.
Daughter : Milly
Date of Birth : circa 1796
Place of Birth : possibly Patrick County, Virginia
Married :
Died :
Notes :
Son : Wilson
Date of Birth : circa 1797
Place of Birth :
Married :
Died :
Notes :
Son : John
Date of Birth : circa 1800
Place of Birth :
Married :
Died :
Notes :
Daughter : Mary
Date of Birth : circa 1802
Place of Birth :
Married :
Died :
Notes :
Daughter : Nancy
Date of Birth : circa 1807
Place of Birth :
Married : Robert Dabney, 16
May 1827, Wayne County, Kentucky by John Jones.
Died :
Notes :
Daughter : Rebecca ‘Rebeck’ Hancock
Date of Birth : circa 1810
Place of Birth :
Married : Daniel Hancock, 3 January 1832, by John Jones.
Died :
Notes : From marriage record, “Mr. Krisman these lines comes to inform you that
I have consented of Dannel Hancock to obtain lisons from you to wead with my
daughter rebeck given under my hand 31 Dec 1831 by Major Handcock.”
Sources, bibliography :
Bork, June Baldwin. Wayne County, Kentucky Marriages and
Vital Records 1801 – 1860. Volume
One Marriages A – J. June
Baldwin Bork, Huntington Beach, California. 1972. LOC#
362922.
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