When George Washington Hancock was born on 8 March 1826, in Columbia Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States, his father, Solomon Hancock, was 32 and his mother, Alta Adams, was 30. He married Betsy Jane Fackrell on 14 May 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1848. He registered for military service in 1846. In 1851, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as farmer in Davis, Utah, United States. He died on 15 November 1901, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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.
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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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