Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Hancock was born about 1838, in Tockington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Hancock, was 24 and her mother, Eliza Nelmes, was 24.
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1815–1894 Male
1815–1893 Female
Siblings (17)
1838– Female
1838–1911 Male
1840–1895 Female
1842– Male
1842–1924 Male
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World Events (3)
1843
Age 5
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 16
1884
Age 46
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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