Correspondence, sermons, biographical materials, bills and receipts, and other papers, of members of the Hancock family. Includes account (1748-1750) of Rev. John Hancock with Thomas Hancock, merchant and bookseller, in Boston, for goods purchased; two letters (1886 and undated) written by Thomas Minns to Rev. C.A. Staples relating to the Boston estate of Thomas Hancock and information on the tomb in Fairfield, Conn., of Mrs. Lydia Hancock, widow of Thomas Hancock; notes (2 v., 1690-1698), taken by Rev. John Hancock on discourses (sermons) delivered by Cotton Mather and others; biography (undated) of Rev. John Hancock; letters (ca. 15 items, chiefly 1740s) from Christopher Kilby (1705-1771), wealthy Boston merchant, written to Thomas Hancock and also other correspondence and papers of Kilby, concerning shipping and real estate ventures, including some details of the Louisbourg affair (1745); broadside concerning the death of Gov. John Hancock (1793 Oct. 8); election sermon preached by Rev. John Hancock, before Samuel Shute, Esq., relating to the election of counsellors (May 30, 1722), including signature of Thomas Hancock on back cover; two discourses on the death of Rev. John Hancock by Rev. Nathaniel Appleton, preached at Lexington Dec. 17, 1752; deed (1698-1699) of Nathaniel Hancock, of Cambridge, to John Hancock, concerning land in Cambridge; and bill of sale (1797 Mar. 17) for sale of "Coniac Brandy" by Thomas and John Hancock to Mr. William Dodd, and list of payments (1769-1800) received by the Hancocks for the boarding of Timothy Dodd, Jr.

Two genealogical pedigree charts of the Hancock family, an obituary entitled "Resolutions of Resptect for sister Phebe Adams Hancock," and an account book probably of Thomas Hancock (1763-1844).

Correspondence of Hancock family members including two letters from John Marshall Clemens to his mother Pamelia (Goggin) Clemens Hancock as well as letters from Elsie Hancock to Paul E. Carrico discussing Mark Twain, Mary G. (Hancock) Saunders, and Mary Ann Pamela Xantippe Saunders. Non-correspondence materials include deeds for the family's land, William H.Saunder's certificate of citizenship, and Pamelia G. Hancock's will, among other items. These papers were gathered by Paul E. Carrico (apparently as research for a thesis at Notre Dame University).

William Hancock, c1580 traveled to Jamestown Settlement in Colonial America. Follow his lineage as they settled south, in Georgia and Florida from 1609-2015. Compiled by Midred Gruner, Daughter of the American Revolution, and speaker/teacher.

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of various English branches of the Hancock families who immigrated to America. Genealogical information begins with William Hancock who was born ca. 1580 in Devonshire, England and immigrated to America aboard the ship "Margaret of Bristol" 16 September 1619. He was the father of three known children who immigrated to America and settled with him in Virginia. His English ancestors (not identified in this text) produced descendants who settled in Massachusetts, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, California and elsewhere.