Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NamePOYNTER, Susan , 13G Grandmother
Spouses
1HANCOCK, William , 13G Grandfather
Birth Dateabt 1580
Birth PlaceDevonshire, England
Death Date22 Mar 1624 Age: 44
Death PlaceThorpe’s House, Berkeley Hundred Plantation, Charles County, Virginia
Cause of DeaMassacred by the Powhatan Indians
Misc. Notes
The progenitor of the American Hancock family line was William Hancock who was born about 1580 in England.

He was a member of The Virginia Company of London that was created by King James I for the purpose of colonizing in America. The first settlement was established at Jamestown in 1607. As an investor in the Virginia Company, William sailed to Jamestown in 1619 aboard the "Margaret" of Bristol arriving at Jamestown in1620 for the purpose of obtaining timber for his shipbuilding business according to the family Bible. He was also a member of a group that founded Berkeley Hundred Plantation and resided at Capt. George Thorpe's House there on the plantation.

On 22 March 1622 the settlement was attacked by Indians and William, along with about 350 other settlers were massacred by Indians at Berkeley Hundred Plantation on Friday, March 21, 1692. (Note: Virginia Historical Collections, Vol 8, p. 278, confirms the death of William Hancock at Berkeley Hundred Plantation)
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Shortly after 1630, three of William's sons, Augustine came to Virginia to claim his father's vast estate. Son Simon, came in 1635, settling in Princess Anne County, and son William came in 1638. Augustine, Simon and William became wealthy, prominent planters in Virginia.
Marr Date26 Sep 1604
Marr PlaceStepney, St. Dunstans’, Middlesex England
ChildrenAugustine
 Simon (~1612-~1654)
Last Modified 22 Sep 2012Created 11 Apr 2023 by Robert Avent