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Joseph Jacob Hancock 1720–1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 17 Jun 1775

Death Location: Battle of Bunker Hill, Charleston, Massachusetts

Father: Nathaniel Hancock

Mother: Prudence Hancock

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Joseph Jacob Hancock was born in 1720 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Nathaniel Hancock And Prudence Hancock. Joseph Jacob Hancock passed away in 1775 in Battle of Bunker Hill, Charleston, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • Joseph Jacob Hancock was born in 1720 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Nathaniel Hancock And Prudence Hancock.
  • Joseph Jacob Hancock passed away in 1775 in Battle of Bunker Hill, Charleston, Massachusetts.

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Joseph Hancock's Ancestors

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Joseph Hancock
1720–1775
Birth Place: Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Nathaniel Hancock
1668–1755
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Prudence Hancock
1670–1742
Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Nathaniel Hancock
1638–1719
Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
Mary Prentice
1644–1699
Boston, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel John)
1596–1652
Joanna Wright
1612–1652
Henry Prentice
1620–1654
Jane Prentice
1623–1687
2nd-Great-Grandparents
RICHARD II
1564–1663
Anna Roodes
1567–1605
Reverend Wright
1568–1638
Joanna Fellowes
1576–1612

Joseph Hancock's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Joseph Jacob Hancock in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1775
17 Jun 1775
Age 55
Death of Joseph Jacob Hancock in Battle of Bunker Hill, Charleston, Massachusetts
Battle of Bunker Hill, Charleston, Massachusetts

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1775
    Event Place: Battle of Bunker Hill, Charleston, Massachusetts

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