Rachel Leonard Hancock was born in 1665. (Source: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011) to Welsh immigrants John Leonard and Sarah Heald Leonard Parsons Tilton. Rachel married Thomas Hadley Hancock on 14 March 1684.
"Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Joanna Hancock, was born about 1647 or 1648, but the exact date is not recorded. He appears in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1670, and was then about twenty-five years of age. He was one of the original proprietors of the town, and was a prominent citizen in both civic and ecclesiastical affairs. The church records state that "Thos Hancock was one of those who sat in the first seat, in the square body of the church." He removed in 1691 to Hartford, where he kept the jail. He married, March 17, 1684-85, Rachel, daughter of John and Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, Massachusetts. Their children were: Thomas, John, William, Rachel, Daniel, Abel, Jonathan and Mehitable."
(Source: From the Book Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to family of the State of Massachusetts).
Son, John Hancock, b.1688, is also 1st cousin of John Hancock, Signer of the American Declaration of Independence.
"Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Joanna Hancock, was born about 1647 or 1648, but the exact date is not recorded. He appears in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1670, and was then about twenty-five years of age. He was one of the original proprietors of the town, and was a prominent citizen in both civic and ecclesiastical affairs. The church records state that "Thos Hancock was one of those who sat in the first seat, in the square body of the church." He removed in 1691 to Hartford, where he kept the jail. He married, March 17, 1684-85, Rachel, daughter of John and Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, Massachusetts. Their children were: Thomas, John, William, Rachel, Daniel, Abel, Jonathan and Mehitable."
(Source: From the Book Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to family of the State of Massachusetts).
Son, John Hancock, b.1688, is also 1st cousin of John Hancock, Signer of the American Declaration of Independence.
Rachel Leonard Hancock was born in 1665. (Source: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011) to Welsh immigrants John Leonard and Sarah Heald Leonard Parsons Tilton. Rachel married Thomas Hadley Hancock on 14 March 1684.
"Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Joanna Hancock, was born about 1647 or 1648, but the exact date is not recorded. He appears in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1670, and was then about twenty-five years of age. He was one of the original proprietors of the town, and was a prominent citizen in both civic and ecclesiastical affairs. The church records state that "Thos Hancock was one of those who sat in the first seat, in the square body of the church." He removed in 1691 to Hartford, where he kept the jail. He married, March 17, 1684-85, Rachel, daughter of John and Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, Massachusetts. Their children were: Thomas, John, William, Rachel, Daniel, Abel, Jonathan and Mehitable."
(Source: From the Book Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to family of the State of Massachusetts).
Son, John Hancock, b.1688, is also 1st cousin of John Hancock, Signer of the American Declaration of Independence.
"Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Joanna Hancock, was born about 1647 or 1648, but the exact date is not recorded. He appears in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1670, and was then about twenty-five years of age. He was one of the original proprietors of the town, and was a prominent citizen in both civic and ecclesiastical affairs. The church records state that "Thos Hancock was one of those who sat in the first seat, in the square body of the church." He removed in 1691 to Hartford, where he kept the jail. He married, March 17, 1684-85, Rachel, daughter of John and Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, Massachusetts. Their children were: Thomas, John, William, Rachel, Daniel, Abel, Jonathan and Mehitable."
(Source: From the Book Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to family of the State of Massachusetts).
Son, John Hancock, b.1688, is also 1st cousin of John Hancock, Signer of the American Declaration of Independence.
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Burial likely Springfield Cemetery, Hampden, Massachusetts, location of her death
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