John and Elizabeth married on November 18, 1799, the wedding officiated by Reverend Samuel Parker.
Boston Latin Class of 1780.
Proprietor of The Boston Athenaeum.
He was a contributor to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union in 1858 that lead to the purchase and preservation of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia in 1860. (John dined with George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon in May of 1799. John later had a son named George and another son named Washington, both named in honor of President Washington.)
John was a member of the Humane Society of Massachusetts.
"DEATH OF JOHN HANCOCK.
BOSTON, Jan. 3.-John Hancock, a nephew of John Hancock, the Revolutionary patriot, died yesterday, aged 85." - The Daily Dispatch, January 5, 1859 [He died at the age of 84.]
Cause of death: old age
Undertaker: R. Dillon
1850 U.S. Census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67Q7-6GW?mode=g&i=114&cc=1401638
John and Elizabeth married on November 18, 1799, the wedding officiated by Reverend Samuel Parker.
Boston Latin Class of 1780.
Proprietor of The Boston Athenaeum.
He was a contributor to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union in 1858 that lead to the purchase and preservation of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia in 1860. (John dined with George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon in May of 1799. John later had a son named George and another son named Washington, both named in honor of President Washington.)
John was a member of the Humane Society of Massachusetts.
"DEATH OF JOHN HANCOCK.
BOSTON, Jan. 3.-John Hancock, a nephew of John Hancock, the Revolutionary patriot, died yesterday, aged 85." - The Daily Dispatch, January 5, 1859 [He died at the age of 84.]
Cause of death: old age
Undertaker: R. Dillon
1850 U.S. Census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67Q7-6GW?mode=g&i=114&cc=1401638
Inscription
No. 16 TOMB OF HANCOCK
Gravesite Details
Grave marker is no longer there. The John Hancock memorial shaft is located where the Hancock family tomb is.
Family Members
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James Scott Hancock
1800–1884
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Elizabeth Lowell Hancock
1802–1806
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John Hancock III
1804–1850
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Thomas Hancock
1806–1873
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George Hancock
1808–1885
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Charles Lowell Hancock
1810–1890
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William Ebenezer Hancock
1812–1851
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Elizabeth Lowell Hancock Moriarty
1814–1857
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Mary Lydia Hancock Colyer
1816–1872
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Franklin "Frank" Hancock
1818–1893
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Washington Hancock
1822–1904
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