Brief Life History of Eliphalet
When Eliphalet Hancock was born in 1782, in Ferrisburgh, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Oliver Hancock, was 23 and his mother, Betsy Hall, was 21. He married Betsey Yale on 9 November 1786. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Fowler, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 10 October 1869, in Geneva, Allen, Kansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Allen, Kansas, United States.
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- Eliphalet Hancock, "United States Census, 1850"
- Eliphalet Hancock, "Find A Grave Index"
- E. Hancock in entry for Luther J. Hancock and Ada Alice Rhodes, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1802
Historical Boundaries 1802: St. Lawrence, New York, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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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