Thomas Hancock

Thomas Hancock Born: 17 March 1818, Islington, London, England
Christened: 19 April 1818, St Andrew, Holborn, London, Middlesex, England
Parents: James Hancock and Ann Hancock (nee Kennedy)
Siblings: Charles James Hancock, 21 February 1809, London (died 26 February 1813, London)
                George Frederick Hancock, 5 November 1810, London (died 7 April 1811, London)
                Margaret Ann Hancock, 5 April 1812, London (died 16 August 1826, Grahamstown)
                James Hancock, 7 February 1814, London (died 3 March 1815, London)
                Joseph Ebenezer Hancock, 13 June 1816, London
                Thomas Hancock, 17 March 1818, London
                Samuel Hancock, 27 March 1820, on board the Aurora
                    (died 23 June 1886, Grahamstown)
                Benjamin Hancock, 16 June 1823, Salem (died 22 January 1825, Grahamstown)
                    (buried 23 January 1825, St George (Anglican), Grahamstown)
                Rachel Hancock, 26 December 1825, Grahamstown (died 24 March 1869, Port Elizabeth)
                Ann Eliza Hancock, 14 December 1827, Port Elizabeth (died 18 January 1850, St John's River)
                Elizabeth Kennedy, 19 August 1832, Port Elizabeth (died 19 January 1834, Port Elizabeth)
                Clarissa Charlotte Hancock, 5 November 1834, Port Elizabeth (died 29 October 1906, Harrismith)
Married: Mary Elizabeth Webb, 11 November 1851, Wesleyan Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Cape Colony (by Rev. William Shaw)
Children: None
Died: 16 June 1895, (aged 77), Hancock Grange farm, Umzimkulu (Ixopo) District, Colony of Natal
Buried: Hancock Grange farm cemetery

Thomas Hancock

Death register for Thomas Hancock and Mary Elizabeth Hancock (nee Webb)

1820 Settler, part of Hezekiah Sephton's party in the ship Aurora.
Departed from London on 15 February 1820. Arrived at Simon's Bay 1 May 1820.
Arrived at final destination of Algoa Bay, Cape Colony on 15 May 1820.

Aurora

Hancock's Drift

The story of Joseph Ebenezer Hancock and his family is told in the book "Hancock's Drift" by Frederic Whinchcombe Powell.

(Click on the image of the book cover for further details.)


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