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John Hancock. John Hancock (January 23, 1737 â October 8, 1793) was born in Braintree, Massachusetts to a minister. As a boy he was a casual acquaintance with the young John Adams. His father passed away in 1744 and he moved to the home of his Uncle Thomas Hancock.
John Hancockâs great-great-grandfather, Nathaniel Hancock, was born in 1596. He was a Puritan farmer and lived in Padiham, Lancashire, England. He emigrated from England with his wife Joan in 1634 and settled in Cambridge. Nathanielâs son, Deacon Nathaniel Hancock, was born in America in 1638 and died in 1719. He also was a farmer and supplemented his income as a shoemaker and town constable. The first John Hancock to be born in America was the son of Deacon Nathaniel Hancock. He was born in Cambridge on March 1, 1671 and died on December 5, 1752. He graduated from Harvard in 1689, and studied theology, logic, argumentation and rhetoric that helped him become a dominating personality.