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Amy Hancock (Ward)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Death: January 14, 1847 (77)
Kanesville, Pottawatamie, Iowa, United States
Place of Burial: Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jacob Ward and Irena Ward
Ex-wife of Thomas Hancock, Jr.
Mother of Elijah Hancock; Elizah Hancock; Thomas Hancock, III; Clarissa F. Alger; Solomon Hancock and 6 others
Sister of Arrenia Brown; Jacob [1] Ward, III; Anne Ward; John Ward; Hannah Forman and 9 others

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About Amy Hancock

Amy Ward was born 28 Feb 1769 in Somers,Tolland, Connecticut, the daughter of General Jacob & Irena Jones Ward. She married Thomas Hancock, the son of Thomas & Jemima Wright Hancock, May 25 1786 in Longmeadow, MA. They were the parents of 10 children: Elijah, Thomas, Elizah, Clarissa, Solomon, Alvah, Joseph, Levi Ward, Sarah Abbott & Amy Hancock. The Hancock family joined the Mormon Church in 1830, after Thomas heard speaches by Parley Pratt, Sidney Rigdon & Oliver Cowdrey. They also knew the family of Mormon founder Joseph Smith. They were among the Mormon converts enroute to Utah, when Amy died. Her husband Thomas died in Illinois October 1, 1844. Son Alvah died in Iowa, son Solomon died at Winter Quarters, NB. The only family members to survive the trip and make it to Utah were Sarah "Sally", Joseph, Levi Ward & Clarissa.

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Amy Hancock's Timeline

1769
February 28, 1769
Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
1782
1782
Old Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
1786
September 21, 1786
Longmeadow, Hampden, MA
1788
January 25, 1788
Old Springfield, Hampden, Mass., Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1788
Old, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1790
September 3, 1790
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1793
August 14, 1793
Old Springfield, Hampden, MA
1796
April 19, 1796
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
1800
March 18, 1800
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA, Springfield, MA, United States