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Thomas Hadley Hancock

Birth
Death
1734 (aged 86–87)
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Joanna Hancock, was born about 1647 or 1648... 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 [Leonard], daughter of John and Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Their children were:
Thomas, John, William, Rachel, Daniel, Abel, Jonathan and Mehitable.

Source: "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to family of the State of Massachusetts." William Cutter and William Adams. Volume II. Published 1910

Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Joanna Hancock, was born about 1647 or 1648... 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 [Leonard], daughter of John and Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Their children were:
Thomas, John, William, Rachel, Daniel, Abel, Jonathan and Mehitable.

Source: "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to family of the State of Massachusetts." William Cutter and William Adams. Volume II. Published 1910

Gravesite Details

Burial likely Old Farmington Cemetery (Memento Mori), Hartford, Connecticut



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