Brief Life History of Eli F.
When Eli F. Hancock was born on 6 January 1809, in North Carolina, United States, his father, John Hancock, was 48 and his mother, Priscella Bell Hancock, was 34. He married Mary Hannah Powell on 31 August 1837, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wilson, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Lamar, Texas, United States in 1860. He died on 22 August 1879, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Pattonville, Lamar, Texas, United States.
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- Eli F Hancock, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
- Eli Hancock, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Eli F. Hancock, "Find a Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1826
Historical Boundaries 1826: Nacogdoches, Mexico 1836: Red River, Republic of Texas 1841: Lamar, Republic of Texas 1845: Lamar, Texas, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke ).
Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle, periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.
History: Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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