1. John Sr. enlisted in the Civil War and was killed, having only seen his son one time.
1. John Alfred Corn reared a large family. [10 Children]
2. He was a member of the House of Representatives 1905-06 and 1913-14.
3. He was a Senator from the 40th District. [Date Unknown]
1. John Hancock was orphaned as a child, and adopted by his wealthy merchant Uncle Thomas who was childless.
2. He attended Harvard College for a business education and graduated in 1754 at the age of 17.
3. He apprenticed to his Uncle as a clerk and proved so honest and capable that, in 176 he was sent on a business mission to England. There he witnessed the coronation of Geroge III.
4. He was left a large fortune by his Uncle, and was probably the largest property-owner in Boston.
5. This John Hancock was the "first" signer of the Declaration of Independence. The signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence is the most flamboyant and easily recognizable of all.
6. HANCOCK, John, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., January 12, 1737; pursued classical studies; a selectman of Boston several terms; member of the provincial legislature 1766-1772; president of the Provincial Congress in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1778 and served as Presiden of the Congress from May 24, 1775, to October 1777; served as senior major general of Massachusetts Militia during the Revolutionary War; member of the Massachusetts constitutionjal convention in 1780; Governor of Massachusetts 1780-1785; was again elected President of the Continental Congress on November 23, 1785, but resigned May 29, 1786, not having served on account of illness; again Governor of Massachusetts from 1787 until his death in Quincy, Mass., October 8, 1793; interment in Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
7. He displayed a pronounced contempt for unreasoned authority.
8. He left his Will of 1802 in Fluvanna, Virginia. It listed some children: Nancy, Benjamin, Lewis William Major, Rodue Lane, Elizabeth Mayo, & Susannah Hancock.
1. William was the Executor of his father's Will.
1. Source: Marriages of Patrick County, Virginia, 1791-1850. Compiled by Lela C. Adams.