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John Hancock Sr. (1703–1774) was a merchant in Boston who built the Hancock–Clarke House for his father. His son, Col. John Hancock Jr. (1702–1744), was also a minister and was father of the politician. He is buried at the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Massachusetts. John Hancock Sr. Rev. Col. John Hancock Sr. (March 1, 1671December 6, 1752) was a colonial American clergyman, soldier, planter, politician, and paternal grandfather of American politician John Hancock III. Hancock graduated from Harvard College in 1689 and was ordained that year. He taught at the Grammar School at Cambridge, Massachusetts starting in 1691. In 1692 he was