John Hancock Sr.

John Hancock Sr.
Born March 1, 1671
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died December 6, 1752
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Resting place Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality American
Occupation Clergyman, Soldier, Planter, Politician
Title Colonel
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Clark
Children John Hancock Jr.
Thomas Hancock
Relatives John Hancock (grandson)

Rev. Col. John Hancock Sr. (March 1, 1671[1] – December 6, 1752[2]) was a colonial American clergyman, soldier, planter, politician, and paternal grandfather of American politician John Hancock III.[3]

Hancock graduated from Harvard College in 1689 and was ordained that year. He taught at the Grammar School at Cambridge, Massachusetts starting in 1691. In 1692 he was engaged as the preacher at Medford, Massachusetts, where he lived and served until November 1693.[4] He was invited to preach at Lexington, Massachusetts in 1697, and remained the pastor there for 55 years, until his death in 1752.[5]

His son Thomas Hancock (1703–1774) was a merchant in Boston who built the Hancock–Clarke House for his father. His son, Col. John Hancock Jr. (1702–1744), was also a minister and was father of the politician.

He is buried at the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Massachusetts.

References

  1. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society (1877) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, p. 330. Heritage Books, ISBN 978-0-7884-0240-1
  2. ↑ Green, Samuel Abbott (1899). Groton historical series: A collection of papers relating to the history of the town of Groton, Massachusetts. via Princeton University
  3. ↑ Brown, John Howard (1900). Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. James H. Lamb Co.
  4. ↑ John H. Hooper (1906). Proceedings of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Medford, Massachusetts, June, Nineteen Hundred and Five: Prefaced by a Brief History of the Town and City from the Day of Settlement. Executive Committee. p. 62. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Lexington Historical Society (Mass.) (1891). Lexington: A Handbook of Its Points of Interest, Historical and Picturesque. W.B. Clarke & Company. p. 7.
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