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     Eileen May Hammond married Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds, son of Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds and Florence Anaise Le Gallais, in 1936 in Sydney, New South Wales.¹ Eileen May Hammond died on 9 March 2000 in New South Wales.²

     Hannah Hammond married Bartholomew Green III, son of Bartholomew Green II and Mary Short, on 19 November 1724 they had five children.²

     Hannah Hammond married John Sayward Trott, son of Benjamin Trott and Mehitable Sewall, on 2 December 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.¹

     Mary Betty Hammond was born on 31 December 1922 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi.¹ She was the daughter of Victor Hammond. Mary Betty Hammond married Frank Middleton Sewall, son of Harry Baird Sewall and Anna Irene Landee, in 1945.¹ Mary Betty Hammond died on 20 October 2009 in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, at the age of 86¹ and is buried in Kosciusko City Cemetery, Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi.²

     Collette Hamon was the daughter of Richard Hamon.² Collette Hamon married Nicholas Cabot, son of Thomas Cabot and Thomasse Le Morgue.² Collette Hamon died in January 1614/15 in Jersey and is buried on 6 January 1614/15 in Trinity, Jersey.²

     Elizabeth Hamon married Jean de Grouchy.²

     Osburga of Hampshire was the daughter of Oslac of Hampshire, (or the Isle of Wight).¹ Osburga of Hampshire married Ethelwulf King of Wessex, son of Egbert King of Wessex, and Redburga of the Franks ?, circa 830. Osburga of Hampshire died in 846 or 852.¹

     Ebenezer Hancock married Elizabeth Lowell, daughter of Ebenezer Lowell and Mary Reed, on 7 May 1767 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹

     Helen "Nellie" Grace Hancock was born on 19 October 1870 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.^1,2 She was the daughter of Smith M. Hancock and Jerusha W. Canfield.³ Helen "Nellie" Grace Hancock married Henry W. Gardner on 5 May 1891 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.^2,4 Helen H. Gardner appears on the census of 27 April 1940 at Merrimack County Farm, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.⁵ Helen "Nellie" Grace Hancock died on 11 October 1941 in Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, at the age of 70.²

     Jacob Hancock married Judith Wyatt.

     John Hancock was born on 1 March 1671 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.² He graduated in 1689 from Harvard.¹ He married Elizabeth Clark, daughter of Thomas Clark and Mary Bulkeley.³ John Hancock died on 6 December 1752 in Lexington at the age of 81.²

     Governor John Hancock. First signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Massachusetts.^1,2 He was born on 23 January 1737 in Quincy, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Rev. John Hancock and Mary Hawke.^3,4 Governor John Hancock married Dorothy Quincy, daughter of Judge Edmund Quincy and Elizabeth Wendell, on 28 August 1775 in Middlesex County County, Massachusetts.^3,5 Governor John Hancock died on 8 October 1793 in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 56.³

He was adopted by his uncle Thomas after his father's death in 1744, graduated from Harvard in 1754, and was then admitted to his uncle's counting house, finally inheriting the business. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature, 1766-72; a member of the committee to demand of the royal governor the removal of the British troops from town, 1770; a member of the Provisional Congress assembled at Concord, 1774-75, and was elected its president.

The efforts of the royal governor to secure the persons of Samuel Adams and John Hancock led to the battle of Lexington, and caused General Gage to exclude these two men from the general pardon offered to the rebels. He was a delegate to the Continental congress, 1775-80, and 1785-86, and was president of that body from May, 1775, till October, 1777. He was made major-general of the Massachusetts militia in 1776, and commanded the Massachusetts contingents in the expedition against Rhode Island in August, 1778. He took part in the Constitutional Convention of 1780, and served the Commonwealth as governor, 1780-86, and 1787-93. He received four electoral votes for President of the United States in 1789. He was the most wealthy man in Boston, and his money was subject to the needs of his country. In a discussion as to the best way to drive the British out of Boston, he is credited with meeting the issue with the suggestion to burn the town, and in the latter part of 1776 Congress did give Washington instructions to do so, if it should be necessary in order to dislodge the enemy, and the authority was signed by Jetta Hancock, President of Congress. He received the degree of A.M. from the College of New Jersey and from Yale in 1769, and that of LL.D. from Brown in 1788 and from Harvard in 1792. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was Treasurer of the Corporation of Harvard College, 1773-77, being removed from this office by the fellows of the corporation for neglect in making an accounting and settlement for the funds that passed through his hands. In October, 1765, he ordered from London an invoice of books to be specialty bound for the library of Harvard College to replace books burned in the fire of 1764. The cost of the invoice was £500 and the Hancock alcove in Harvard library contains the 1098 volumes as presented. He gave £1000, and the mahogany pulpit, deacons' seats and communion table to the Brattle Street church, soon after used as barracks by the British. On Sept. 10, 1896, the monument over John Hancock's grave in the Granary burying ground in Boston was unveiled. It was secured by an act of the legislature of Massachusettes, passed Feb. 3, 1894, providing $3000 for the purpose.⁶

     Rev. John Hancock was born on 1 June 1702 in Lexington.² He was the son of John Hancock and Elizabeth Clark.³ A graduate of Harvard in the class of 1719; librarian of the college, 1723-26, and preacher at Braintree, 1726-44.¹ Rev. John Hancock married Mary Hawke. Rev. John Hancock died on 7 May 1744 in Qunicy (Braintree) at the age of 41.²

     John George Washington Hancock was born in 1778.¹ He was the son of Governor John Hancock and Dorothy Quincy.¹ John George Washington Hancock died on 27 January 1787 (their only child.)¹

     Smith M. Hancock was born circa 28 August 1821 in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, (calculated from age at death.)¹ He was the son of Jacob Hancock and Judith Wyatt. Smith M. Hancock married Jerusha W. Canfield, daughter of Asahel Canfield and Nancy Blake, on 7 April 1857. Smith M. Hancock died on 27 May 1897 in Franklin, New Hampshire,¹ and is buried in Hodgdon Cemetery, Northfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.²

     Susan Hancock married Joseph Gerrish, son of Lt. Col. Henry Gerrish and Martha Clough.¹ Susan Hancock was born on 13 July 1791.^1,2 She died on 26 November 1849 in Northfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, at the age of 58.^1,2

     Thomas Hancock was born on 3 July 1703 in Lexington.² He was the son of John Hancock.¹ Thomas Hancock died in August 1764 at the age of 61 suddenly.²

Bookseller, merchant, founder of the Hancock chair of Hebrew and other oriental languages in Harvard, for which purpose he bequeathed £l000. He also gave £1000 to propagate the gospel among the Indians, £600 to the town of Boston for the erection of an insane asylum, and the remainder of his large fortune to his nephew, John Hancock, the signer.¹

     William Henry Hancock was born on 18 September 1856 in Franklin, New Hampshire.² He was the son of Smith M. Hancock and Jerusha W. Canfield.¹ William Henry Hancock died on 3 November 1881 or 19 November 1881 in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was a blacksmith and died of typhoid fever.^2,3

     Helen Sarah Hand was born on 28 May 1895 in New York.¹ She married Arthur Perry Dale Sewall, son of William Perry Sewall and Gertrude Hortense McEwen, on 22 April 1914.¹ Helen Sarah Hand died on 24 November 1961 at the age of 66.¹

     Gustavus Handcock-Temple was born in 1754.² He married Mary Moore, daughter of John Moore of Drumbanagher and Gertrude Baillie, on 14 July 1775.¹ Gustavus Handcock-Temple died in 1792.²

     Diana Elizabeth Handley married William Davenport Humphreys, son of Rear Admiral Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys C.B., K.C.H. and Maria Davenport, in October 1850.¹

     Faith Margaret Handley is also recorded as Fay Knocker. She was born on 15 November 1896 in Woolwich.³ She was the daughter of Lt. Colonel Arthur Handley.⁴ Faith Margaret Handley married Lt. Cdr. Edward John Shirley Knocker, son of John Cowper Knocker and May Livingstone Sewell, on 22 April 1924 in St. Paul's, Rusthall.⁴ Faith Margaret Handley died on 29 October 1969 in Meadowsweet, Pembury, Kent, at the age of 72 suddenly⁵ and is buried on 3 November 1969 in Tunbridge Wells Cemetery. After a service at St. Luke's, Matfield.⁵

     Martha Handley married Rev. Salusbury M. Humphreys, son of Rear Admiral Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys C.B., K.C.H. and Jane Elizabeth Morin, on 24 February 1848 in North Muskham, Nottinghamshire.¹

     Sallie Reed Handley married Ernest Powell.

     Joan Handsacre was the daughter of Sir William Handsacre Knt. and Margaret Malveysin.¹

     Margaret Handsacre was the daughter of Sir William Handsacre Knt. and Margaret Malveysin.¹