Hancock Family Tree

The First Thanksgiving

Read about the event that the U.S. Parks Service calls "The First Thanksgiving" and how the Hancocks were a part of it.

Hancock Family Tree

Below is a family genealogy that shows the Hancock family line from Thomas Hancock of London (1525) to present. Click on a name to learn more about that person.

b. c.1525 at St. Mary Woolnot, London England (original burial place of John Newton, author of "Amazing Grace"

d. unknown

Thomas Hancock / Agnes Nickolls

b. May 1, 1550 in England

d. unknown

William Hancock / Susan Poynter, 1604

b. Sept. 4, 1580 in Devonshire, England

d. March 22, 1622 in Berkeley Hundred, Jamestown, Virginia

Simon Hancock / Sarah Gaye, 1636

b. 1612 in Devonshire, England

d. 1649 or1654 in Virginia

William Hancock / Elizabeth Cockroft

b. 1640 (or 1647) Norfolk Co., VA

d. 1687 in Virginia

William Hancock / Elizabeth Spenser

/ Eleanor __________

b. 1666 in Virginia

d. 1731 Craven Co., NC

Capt. William Hancock / Dorothy Elizabeth Durham, 1715

b. 1697 (or 1694) at Craven Co., Bath, NC

d. 1747 at Craven Co., NC

James H. Hancock, Sr. / Tamar Jones

b. 1725 Craven Co., NC

d. 1747 Craven Co., NC

James Hancock, Jr. / Jestern ___________

b. 1755 Craven Co., NC

d. 1816 Tatnall Co., GA

b. 1770

d. 1849 Tatnall Co., NC

Durham Hancock / Mary "Pollie" Hall

/Mary Ann Hood

b. 9-8-1786 Craven Co., NC

d. 3-1-1864 Colquitt Co., GA

b. 1783 in Georgia

d. 1870 Columbia Co., FL

James T.

b. 1815

Cader

b. 1829

Lucienda

b. 1817

Shadrack

b. 1831

John

Henry W.

b. 1818

Durham, Jr.

b.1819

Mary Ann

b. 1811

Jordan

b.1821

Burrell

b. 1813

Margaret

b. 1827

John D. Hancock / Irene Van Zant, 1835

b. 1809 Tatnall Co., GA

d. 1870 Berrein Co., GA

b. 1811 Tatnall Co., GA

d. Berrien Co, GA

William W

b. 1848

Henry

John Mark

b. 1836

Eliza L.

b. 1839

Mary Ann

b. 1841

Sarah W.

b. 1844

Henry J. Hancock / Dicy Nesmith

b. 1852

d. 1923

"Will"

b. 1849

d. 1935

Newton

Ethel

Elmira

Edwin

b. 10-31-1880

d. 6-14-1942

James Newton, Jr.

b.

d.

Marvin Anderson "M.A." / Erma Foy

Jerry Newton / Patricia Ann Canton

Patricia Darlene 10-6-58

Jerry Randall 12-19-64

Karen Nan / Cecil A. Hutton 12-6-30

Darrell Dane 8-6-55

David Dean 3-15-57

Denise Dawn 4-3-66

Naomi Leah / Clarence Gilbert

Eleanor June / Thomas Lavern Kendrix

Debra Laverne 5-28-57

Donna Leah 6-5-59

Carol Ann 1-24-62

William Robert 1-19-68

James Thomas 1-19-68

Drew Willis / Rou Ann Pour

James Michael 6-5-50/ Terri Lee Eklard / Maggi _______

Jonah, Michael, Joe, Emily

Dru Ann 3-22-52

Barbara Lee 3-22-52 / Frank Snyder 3-4-39

Stephanie

James Newton Hancock, Jr. / Louise Russell, 5-21-29

b. 7-18-1908 Quitman, GA

James Newton III

b. 7-21-1910 Crisp Co., GA

Emily Sue / Charles Larry Neighbors

b. 7-13-41 Ocilla, GA

b. 2-24-39 Alexander City, AL

Jeffery Levin, b. 9-3-63/Alicia Ann Adams, b. 6-30-70

Kaylee Ann, b. 9-2-96

Kara Beth, b. 11-07-2001

Lee Larry, b. 1-16-67 / Kristi Sellars, b. 11-7-75 / m. 3-17-2002

James Newton Hancock III / Ann Carol Hogan, 12-31-61

b. 6-24-36 Ocilla, GA

b. 1-8-38 Danville, AL

James Kirk Hancock / Ruth Clayton Chapman, 6-20-87

b. 6-29-63

Rachel Louise, b. 3-22-92

Hunter Chapman, b. 11-01-94

b. 7-14-64

Rev. Jay Russell Hancock / Jody Suzanne Fink, 6-25-88

b. 9-14-65

Lindsey Ann, b. 1-29-95

Amy Suzanne, b. 4-28-97

b. 12-7-66

Kristi Louise Hancock / Andrew Timothy Moore, 4-9-94

b. 1-11-69

Carson Andrew, b. 10-10-96

Amanda Louise, b. 3-4-99

b. 10-19-65