Individual Record 1845
| Name} Hancock, Robert (#2) | Family History} Hancock | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title} | Race} | Sex} Male | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth: Date} Cir 1774 | Place} Ashreigney, Torridge District, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Marr.: Date} Exa 18 Mar 1804 | Place} St. James Church, Ashreigney, Devon, England (Link) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Death: Date} Cir Feb 1848 | Place} South Molton, North Devon District, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial: Date} Exa 14 Feb 1848 | Place} St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard, South Molton, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parents: } Robert Hancock (#1) & Agnes Carter Relationship No.} 872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation 1} Yeoman Occupation 2} Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion/Church} Church of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses: First}
Gardener, Frances (Fanny) Total Number of} 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: Robert was born in 1774 in Ashreigney, Torridge District, Devon, England, and
was baptised 2 Mar 1774 in the St. James Church, Ashreigney Parish. His parents were
Robert Hancock and Agnes Carter. He was the second of eight children, and lived in
Ashreigney until his marriage. In March 1804, Robert married Frances Gardener in Ashreigney. Of this marriage, they had ten children. In 1818, at the time of the marriage of his son James marriage to Jane Loosemore, Robert was a "yeoman", or a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder. In the 1841 England census, Robert, 60, and Fanney, 55, were living on Blackpool farm, South Molton, Devon. Robert was a farmer. Their children at home were William, 20, Betsey, 20, Ann 15, and Francis, 15. Note, that in this census, each person older than 15 was rounded down by the census taker to the nearest multiple of five (5) years. Robert died in Feb 1848 in South Molton, North Devon District, Devon. His wife Fanny was Executrix of his estate. He was buried 14 Feb 1848 in the St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard, South Molton, Devon. Robert was born during the reign of King George III and witnessed the early years of the transition of Gregorian England to the Victorian era. By 1815 when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, England had more than 40 steamships were operating out of Liverpool. In 1846 the South Devon Railway Company began operation from Exeter to Newton Abbot. Robert's predominately agrarian, horse-oriented, rural country began its transition to the first industrialized, urban power on earth. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Baptism Date} Exa 2 Mar 1774 | Place} St. James Church, Ashreigney, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Confirm. Date} | Photo} None | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Immigr'n Date} | Port} | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Education: Grade} or Top 2 Degrees} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military: Service} for the State of} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Health Condition} Cause of Death} |
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