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Mary Hancock (Prentice)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death: September 20, 1699 (54)
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry "The Planter" Prentice, Sr.; Henry Prentice and Joane (Joanna) Gibson
Wife of Deacon Nathaniel Hancock
Mother of John Hancock; Nathaniel Hancock, died young 1; Mary Emmons; Sarah Patten; Nathaniel Hancock and 10 others
Sister of Solomon Prentice; Abiah Prentice; Samuel Prentice; Henry Prentice of Cambridge and Sarah Smith

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About Mary Hancock

Mary Prentice Sex: F Birth: 25 SEP 1644 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA Death: 20 SEP 1699 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Buried Old Cambridge Cemetery.

Tombstone Inscription: Here Lyes the Body of Mary Hancock, Wife to Nathaniel Hancock Senr who Died Sept 20th, 1699 in the 56th Year of Her Age.

  • parents: Father: Henry Prentice b: ABT 1615 in England & Mother: Joanna

Married:

  1. 8 MAR 1664 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA to Deacon Nathaniel Hancock b: 18 DEC 1638 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. died 4/12/1719 Cambridge. Nathaniel married (2) Sarah Green born 10/7/1642 12/26/1699.

Children of Mary and Nathaniel, all born in Cambridge

  1. Nathaniel Hancock, b.Feb. 28, 1665; bapt. May 28; d. July 20, 1665.
  2. Mary Hancock, bapt. May 13, 1666.
  3. Sarah Hancock, b. Aug. 23, bapt. Sept. 15, 1667.
  4. Nathaniel Hancock, b. Oct. 27, 1668.
  5. Abigail Hancock, b. Dec. 20, 1669; d. young.
  6. John Hancock (Rev.), b.1671; d. Dec. 5, 1752; Harvard College, 1689.
  7. Ann Hancock, b. 1672, d. 1672
  8. Abigail Hancock, b. 1672, d. 1672
  9. Samuel Hancock, b. Jan. 2, 1674.
  10. Abigail Hancock, b. Aug 23, 1675.
  11. Elizabeth Hancock, b. Aug. 26,1677
  12. Ebenezer Hancock, b. March 10, 1681
  13. Joseph Hancock, b. April 28, 1683
  14. Thomas Hancock, b. 1685

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Daughter of Henry and Joanna Prentice. Wife of Nathaniel Hancock. She and Nathaniel married in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 8, 1663.

Reference: ancestry.com:

'Mary Prentice

Born in Cambrige, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA on 1641

to Henry Prentice and Joane.

Mary married Nathaniel Hancock and had 14 children.

She passed away on 1709 in Massachusetts, USA.

Family Members

Parents

Henry Prentice 1640-1654

Joane 1618-1687

Spouse(s)

Nathaniel Hancock 1638-1719

Children Samuel Hancock 1673-1735

Thomas Hancock 1647-Unknown

Nathaniel Hancock 1664-1665

Mary Hancock 1690-1750

Sarah Hancock 1667-Unknown

John Hancock 1671-1752

Ann Hancock 1675-1672

Abigail Hancock 1669-1672

Elizabeth Hancock 1670-1749

Solomon Hancock 1643-1710

Ebenezer Hancock 1681-1754

Joseph Hancock 1684-1683

Thomas Hancock 1685-1721

Joseph Jacob Hancock 1720-1776 '

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Mary Hancock's Timeline

1644
September 25, 1644
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1665
February 28, 1665
Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA, United States
1666
May 6, 1666
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1667
August 23, 1667
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1668
October 29, 1668
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1669
December 20, 1669
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1671
March 1, 1671
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1671
1672
January 2, 1672
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America