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     Pierpont Morgan Hamilton was born on 3 August 1898.¹ He was the son of William Pierson Hamilton and Julia Pierpont Morgan.¹ Pierpont Morgan Hamilton died in March 1982 probably in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 83.²

     Ruth (Blanche) Hamilton was born on 5 April 1898 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.^3,4 She married Col. Alexander Randolf Sewall, son of John Albert Sewall Jr. and Lila Thompson, on 19 December 1953 in San Francisco, California.¹ Ruth (Blanche) Hamilton died on 14 March 1973 in San Francisco, California, at the age of 74.³

     Capt. Thomas Baillie Hamilton. Bombay Cavalry.¹ He was born in 1805. He married Anna Maria Reynolds, daughter of William John Reynolds and Sophia Symonds, on 18 April 1838 in Christ's Church, Bombay.² Capt. Thomas Baillie Hamilton died on 30 October 1838 in Bombay, India.³

     William Gaston Hamilton was born on 15 September 1832 in New York City.¹ He was the son of John Church Hamilton and Maria Eliza Van den Heuvel.¹ William Gaston Hamilton married firstly Helen Maria Pierson, daughter of Henry Lewis Pierson and Helen Maria Pierson, on 9 March 1862.¹ William Gaston Hamilton died on 23 January 1913 in New York City at the age of 80.¹

     William Pierson Hamilton was born on 5 February 1869 in New York.¹ He was the son of William Gaston Hamilton and Helen Maria Pierson.¹ William Pierson Hamilton married Julia Pierpont Morgan, daughter of John Pierpont Morgan, on 12 April 1894 in New York City.¹ William Pierson Hamilton died on 9 May 1950 in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 81.¹

     Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood is known as Caroline Blackwood.¹ She was born on 16 July 1931 in London.² She married secondly Israel Citkowitz on 15 August 1959.² Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood married thirdly Robert Traill Spence Lowell, son of Robert Traill Spence Lowell and Charlotte Winslow, on 21 October 1972.² Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood died on 14 February 1996 in New York at the age of 64.²

     Giles Hamlen married Ester Crow.

     Mehitable Hamlen was born in 1664.¹ She was the daughter of Giles Hamlen and Ester Crow.² Mehitable Hamlen married Samuel Hooker, son of Rev. Samuel Hooker and Mary Willett, on 28 June 1687 in Middletown, Connecticut.¹

     Eileen May Hammond married Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds, son of Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds and Florence Anaise Le Gallais, in 1936 in Sydney, New South Wales.¹ Eileen May Hammond died on 9 March 2000 in New South Wales.²

     Hannah Hammond married Bartholomew Green III, son of Bartholomew Green II and Mary Short, on 19 November 1724 they had five children.²

     Hannah Hammond married John Sayward Trott, son of Benjamin Trott and Mehitable Sewall, on 2 December 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.¹

     Mary Betty Hammond was born on 31 December 1922 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi.¹ She was the daughter of Victor Hammond. Mary Betty Hammond married Frank Middleton Sewall, son of Harry Baird Sewall and Anna Irene Landee, in 1945.¹ Mary Betty Hammond died on 20 October 2009 in Biloxi, Mississippi, at the age of 86.¹

     Collette Hamon was the daughter of Richard Hamon.² Collette Hamon married Nicholas Cabot, son of Thomas Cabot and Thomasse Le Morgue.² Collette Hamon died in January 1614/15 in Jersey. She was buried on 6 January 1614/15 in Trinity, Jersey.²

     Elizabeth Hamon married Jean de Grouchy.²

     Osburga of Hampshire was the daughter of Oslac of Hampshire, (or the Isle of Wight).¹ Osburga of Hampshire married Ethelwulf King of Wessex, son of Egbert King of Wessex, and Redburga of the Franks ?, circa 830. Osburga of Hampshire died in 846 or 852.¹

     Ebenezer Hancock married Elizabeth Lowell, daughter of Ebenezer Lowell and Mary Reed, on 7 May 1767 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹

     Evelyn Hancock was born in October 1869 in New Hampshire.¹ She was the daughter of Smith M. Hancock and Jerusha W. Canfield.¹ Evelyn Hancock married Henry Gardner circa 1891.¹

     Jacob Hancock married Judith Wyatt.

     John Hancock was born on 1 March 1671 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.² He graduated in 1689 from Harvard.¹ He married Elizabeth Clark, daughter of Thomas Clark and Mary Bulkeley.³ John Hancock died on 6 December 1752 in Lexington at the age of 81.²

The rev. John Hancock, of Lexington, was venerable for his character, and great abilities in his profession; he had such an influence among the ministers, that he was called bishop. He was graduated at Cambridge, 1689, and in the year 1698, ordained over a society, which then made part of the town of Cambridge, called the Farms. It is now Lexington, being incorporated in 1711. Mr. H. died, 1752. This worthy minister left three sons; John, Thomas and Ebenezer. The eldest son was graduated at Harvard College, 1719. He died, 1744, etat. 42. He was minister of the church at Braintree, a very elegant and accomplished preacher. He published several volumes, and a pamphlet in the controversy concerning the proceedings of the convention of ministers in the year 1743. It is entitled, "a reply to Mr. Gee's remarks on the printed testimony of pastors in Boston against several errors and disorders in the land" Mr. Hancock was one of the committee that formed this testimony. Thomas, the second son, served his time with col. Henchman, a stationer in Boston; but having a turn for more extensive business, became one of the principal merchants in New England. Ebenezer was graduated, 1728; was settled with his father six years, and died. January 28, 1739/40, etat. 29. Eliot: New England Biographical Dictionary, p. 238.⁴

     Governor John Hancock. First signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Massachusetts.^1,2 He was born on 23 January 1737 in Quincy, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Rev. John Hancock and Mary Hawke.^3,4 Governor John Hancock married Dorothy Quincy, daughter of Judge Edmund Quincy and Elizabeth Wendell, on 28 August 1775 in Fairfield, Connecticut.³ Governor John Hancock died on 8 October 1793 in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 56.³

He was adopted by his uncle Thomas after his father's death in 1744, graduated from Harvard in 1754, and was then admitted to his uncle's counting house, finally inheriting the business. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature, 1766-72; a member of the committee to demand of the royal governor the removal of the British troops from town, 1770; a member of the Provisional Congress assembled at Concord, 1774-75, and was elected its president.

The efforts of the royal governor to secure the persons of Samuel Adams and John Hancock led to the battle of Lexington, and caused General Gage to exclude these two men from the general pardon offered to the rebels. He was a delegate to the Continental congress, 1775-80, and 1785-86, and was president of that body from May, 1775, till October, 1777. He was made major-general of the Massachusetts militia in 1776, and commanded the Massachusetts contingents in the expedition against Rhode Island in August, 1778. He took part in the Constitutional Convention of 1780, and served the Commonwealth as governor, 1780-86, and 1787-93. He received four electoral votes for President of the United States in 1789. He was the most wealthy man in Boston, and his money was subject to the needs of his country. In a discussion as to the best way to drive the British out of Boston, he is credited with meeting the issue with the suggestion to burn the town, and in the latter part of 1776 Congress did give Washington instructions to do so, if it should be necessary in order to dislodge the enemy, and the authority was signed by Jetta Hancock, President of Congress. He received the degree of A.M. from the College of New Jersey and from Yale in 1769, and that of LL.D. from Brown in 1788 and from Harvard in 1792. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was Treasurer of the Corporation of Harvard College, 1773-77, being removed from this office by the fellows of the corporation for neglect in making an accounting and settlement for the funds that passed through his hands. In October, 1765, he ordered from London an invoice of books to be specialty bound for the library of Harvard College to replace books burned in the fire of 1764. The cost of the invoice was £500 and the Hancock alcove in Harvard library contains the 1098 volumes as presented. He gave £1000, and the mahogany pulpit, deacons' seats and communion table to the Brattle Street church, soon after used as barracks by the British. On Sept. 10, 1896, the monument over John Hancock's grave in the Granary burying ground in Boston was unveiled. It was secured by an act of the legislature of Massachusettes, passed Feb. 3, 1894, providing $3000 for the purpose.⁵

     Rev. John Hancock married Mary Hawke. Rev. John Hancock was born on 1 June 1702 in Lexington.² He was the son of John Hancock and Elizabeth Clark.³ A graduate of Harvard in the class of 1719; librarian of the college, 1723-26, and preacher at Braintree, 1726-44.¹ Rev. John Hancock died on 7 May 1744 in Qunicy (Braintree) at the age of 41.²

     John George Washington Hancock was born in 1778.¹ He was the son of Governor John Hancock and Dorothy Quincy.¹ John George Washington Hancock died on 27 January 1787 (their only child.)¹

     Nellie Grace Hancock was born on 19 October 1870 in New Hampshire.¹ She was the daughter of Smith M. Hancock and Jerusha W. Canfield.²

     Smith M. Hancock was born in 1821 in Sanbornton, New Hampshire.¹ He was the son of Jacob Hancock and Judith Wyatt. Smith M. Hancock married Jerusha W. Canfield, daughter of Asahel Canfield and Nancy Blake, on 7 April 1857. Smith M. Hancock died on 27 May 1897 in Franklin, New Hampshire.¹

     Susan Hancock was born in 1791.¹ She married Joseph Gerrish, son of Lt. Col. Henry Gerrish and Martha Clough.¹ Susan Hancock died in 1849.¹

     Thomas Hancock was born on 3 July 1703 in Lexington.² He was the son of John Hancock.¹ Thomas Hancock died in August 1764 at the age of 61 suddenly.²

Bookseller, merchant, founder of the Hancock chair of Hebrew and other oriental languages in Harvard, for which purpose he bequeathed £l000. He also gave £1000 to propagate the gospel among the Indians, £600 to the town of Boston for the erection of an insane asylum, and the remainder of his large fortune to his nephew, John Hancock, the signer.¹

     William Henry Hancock was born on 18 September 1856 in Franklin, New Hampshire.² He was the son of Smith M. Hancock and Jerusha W. Canfield.¹ William Henry Hancock died on 19 November 1881 in Methuen at the age of 25.²