Brief Life History of Enoch
When Enoch Hancock was born in 1809, in Onslow, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Hancock, was 37 and his mother, Ruth Huggins, was 35. He died in Giles, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Enoch Hancock in household of Noah Hancock, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1772–1849 Male
1774–1846 Female
Siblings (9)
1801– Male
1805–1855 Female
1809– Male
1811–1850 Male
1811–1855 Male
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World Events (8)
1812
Age 3
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 21
1846
Age 37
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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