Boston Latin Class of 1818.
George was a member of The Boston Athenaeum.
George was baptized at the old Trinity Church in Boston on October 30, 1808.
"Mr. George Hancock, one of the descendants of Governor John Hancock, died in Chicago last Friday, and his body will this afternoon be laid in the family tomb in the Granary Burying Ground. Mr. Hancock, whose age was seventy-seven, was one of the nine children of John Hancock, the heir to the governor's wealth. The survivors of the line at present are Charles Lowell, Franklin and Washington Hancock." - Boston Evening Transcript, October 30, 1885.
Reverend Leonard K. Storrs, pastor of St. Paul’s Church in Brookline, performed the ceremony on October 30th.
Cause of death: chronic collitis
Place of death: Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
Undertaker: B.F. Smith
1850 U.S. Census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67Q7-6GW?mode=g&i=114&cc=1401638
1860 U.S. Census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSS-5H5?mode=g&i=3&cc=1473181
Boston Latin Class of 1818.
George was a member of The Boston Athenaeum.
George was baptized at the old Trinity Church in Boston on October 30, 1808.
"Mr. George Hancock, one of the descendants of Governor John Hancock, died in Chicago last Friday, and his body will this afternoon be laid in the family tomb in the Granary Burying Ground. Mr. Hancock, whose age was seventy-seven, was one of the nine children of John Hancock, the heir to the governor's wealth. The survivors of the line at present are Charles Lowell, Franklin and Washington Hancock." - Boston Evening Transcript, October 30, 1885.
Reverend Leonard K. Storrs, pastor of St. Paul’s Church in Brookline, performed the ceremony on October 30th.
Cause of death: chronic collitis
Place of death: Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
Undertaker: B.F. Smith
1850 U.S. Census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67Q7-6GW?mode=g&i=114&cc=1401638
1860 U.S. Census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSS-5H5?mode=g&i=3&cc=1473181
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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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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