John Hancock
Author
1671 – 1752
Who was John Hancock?
John Hancock, Sr. was a colonial American clergyman and paternal grandfather of American politician John Hancock.
Hancock taught the Grammar School at Cambridge, Massachusetts starting in 1691. He was invited to preach at Lexington, Massachusetts in 1697. He graduated from Harvard College in 1689 and was ordained that year. He served as minister at Lexington, Massachusetts from 1689 to 1732. His son Thomas Hancock was a merchant in Boston who built the Hancock-Clark house for his father. His son, Reverend John Hancock, Jr., was also a minister and was father of the politician.
He is buried at the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1671
- Also known as
- John Hancock, Sr.
- John Hancock, Sr.
- Education
- Harvard College
- Died
- Dec 6, 1752
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on July 23, 2013
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