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Rev. Col. John Hancock Sr. (March 1, 1671 – December 6, 1752) was a colonial American clergyman, soldier, planter, politician, and paternal grandfather of American politician John Hancock. Hancock graduated from Harvard College in 1689 and was ordained that year.
10. Nov. 2023 · John Hancock was named after his father, John Hancock Sr, who died when he was 7 years old. Hancock was raised by his uncle Thomas, who was one of the wealthiest merchants in the New England Colonies. As fortune would have it, John would become like a son to Thomas, who did not have a male child.
- Early Life
- A Successful Businessman
- Life in Politics
- Opposition to British Rule
- Calls For Independence
- A Wanted Man
- The Continental Congress
- The Revolutionary War
- Governorship
- Shays’ Rebellion
Born in 1737 in Braintree (now renamed Quincy), MA, John Hancock’s clergyman father, also named John, died when he was only seven years old. His mother, Mary Hawke Thaxter Hancock, sent him to Boston. He was raised and educated there by his aunt and uncle, Lydia and Thomas Hancock. Thomas Hancock was a wealthy Boston merchant who looked after John ...
Upon his return to the colonies, he was made a full partner in his uncle’s shipping business in 1763. When Thomas Hancock died childless in 1764, John inherited his successful import-export business as well as his large estate, according to History.com. His business owned 20 ships that carried lumber, whale oil, whalebone, and codfish overseas in e...
Hancock entered politics in 1765 when he was elected a selectman—an individual who looked after town finances, town welfare, and public works—for the city of Boston. He was elected to the Massachusetts legislature the following year. During this time, the British Parliament began enforcing unpopular regulatory measures on the colonies, including ta...
A strong opponent of the Stamp Act—which required the colonists to pay a tax represented by a stamp on various documents, papers, and even playing cards—Hancock initially wrote several letters to the British opposing what he considered this unfair measure. Rather than pay the tax, Hancock began smuggling goods covered under the Stamp Act into the c...
A popular figure in Boston, Hancock’s plight spread throughout the city. The news resulted in angry protests by Boston residents and led Hancock to call for independence from British rule for the colonies. The growing resentment of the British in Massachusetts became the center of the movement for liberty, according to History.com. The protests the...
When Hancock was elected president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in May of 1774, he led the call to declare the Congress an autonomous government separate from British rule. In December, he was chosen as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, which was the governing body of the colonies, according to History.com. His position wit...
In May of 1775, Hancock was elected president of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. According to some accounts, says History.com, Hancock wanted the role of commander of the Continental Army, a position given to George Washington. Many felt that Hancock’s flamboyant style and often cocky personality were not suited for the position. On July ...
Despite not getting the position of leadership he wanted, Hancock would spend a great deal of his fortune to fund the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War, according to Constitutingamerica.com. In 1777, Hancock resigned as president of the Continental Congress to join the war effort. He received his long sought-after chance for militar...
Following the Revolution, Hancock helped construct the Massachusetts state constitution in 1780. He was elected governor of that state later that same year by a huge margin, according to History.com. His tenure as governor was marred by high inflation, which led to many defaulted farm loans and the imprisonment of farmers for non-payment of debt. W...
The next year, Massachusetts farmers revolted in an uprising known as Shays’ Rebellion. In 1786 and 1787, as Continental Army veterans, state militia veterans, and farmers struggled in a mounting debt crisis, Massachusetts citizens began attacking courthouses and other government propertiesto protest state efforts at tax collection. Because the Uni...
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- March 1, 1671
- Elizabeth (Clark) Hancock
- December 6, 1752
When John Hancock was born on 1 August 1688, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Thomas Hancock, was 44 and his mother, Rachel Leonard, was 22. He married Anna Amy Webb on 19 November 1713, in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Anna Amy Webb, Martha Wright
Discover life events, stories and photos about Rev John Hancock Sr (1671–1752) of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
9. Nov. 2009 · John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence as president of the Second Continental Congress before serving as governor of Massachusetts.
