HANCOCK, OAK & DEER
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Unfortunately, I only have a couple of photos in my possession of my father's family
HANCOCK'S
My grandfather was ERIC OAK HANCOCK (above) born in Gillingham, Kent ~ 5 Jan 1908. He was a Master Butcher by trade. He married FREDA MOLLY ABRAHAM Apr 1931 in Portsmouth, Hampshire (see Abraham page).
He had 7 siblings:
EDITH MAY (born 1893 Clapham, London)
JOHN WILLIAM (born 1894 Clapham, London) (died 1899)
EDWARD ERNEST (born 1894 Clapham, London)
ALFRED GORDON (born 1895 Clapham, London) (died 1896)
HECTOR LESLIE (born 1900 Clapham, London) (died 1900)
HELEN ESTHER (born 1902 Gillingham, Kent) (died 1927)
ETHEL ANNIE (born 1905 Gillingham, Kent)
MARRIAGES OF ABOVE:
EDITH MAY married LEONARD FRYER in 1911 at St John the Baptist Church, Twydall, Gillingham & had 3 children - Leonard, Bernard & Joan.
EDWARD ERNEST married ELLA HARRIET BATE in 1918 at St Jonn the Baptist Church, Twydall, Gillingham & had 2 children - Jeanne & John.
HELEN ESTHER married SIDNEY THOMAS PHILLIPS in 1924 and had one son, Peter E.S. Phillips born in 1925 in Gillingham, Kent.
ETHEL ANNIE married JOHN ARTHUR GRANT in 1926 in Gillingham, Kent & had one son, John, & one daughter.
PARENTS OF ERIC OAK :
ERIC OAK's father was EDWARD ERNEST HANCOCK born 1864 in West Wratting, Cambridgeshire. He married ANNIE GIDNEY at St Paul's Church, Clapham 25 December 1891. Edward was also a Master Butcher by trade.
Unfortunately Edward Ernest committed suicide on 15th August 1932 at his home in Copenhagen Road, Gillingham. A report was made in the local paper - the Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News (see report transcribed)
FURTHER BACK
The parents of EDWARD ERNEST were JOHN HANCOCK and ELLEN OAK (obviously where the middle name of Oak came from).
JOHN HANCOCK was born 1834 in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire and died 4 Oct 1900 in Sittingbourne, Kent (only a few miles from where I live now).
JOHN married ELLEN OAK (date undiscovered yet) who was the daughter of THOMAS OAK (see further down the page for the OAK's) and HANNAH SHIPP. ELLEN was born 1838 in Weston Colville, nr West Wratting, Cambridgeshire.
JOHN and ELLEN lived at 24 East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent which was a "Boot Shop". They are listed in the 1891 Census of Sittingbourne.
JOHN died of Senility Asthenia aged 66 ~ his occupation was stated as "Master Outfitter".
JOHN and ELLEN had 10 other children besides EDWARD:
MARY J. (born 1867 West Wratting, Cambs)
FREDERICK W. (born 1868 West Wratting, Cambs)
ALICE MAUD (born 22 May 1870 Sotherton, Suffolk)
LOUISA AGNES (born 16 Feb 1873 Sotherton, Suffolk)
HENRIETTA ELIZABETH (born 5 May 1874 Sotherton, Suffolk) (died 27 May 1874)
ELLEN ESTHER (born 16 Apr 1876 Sotherton, Suffolk)
MAY EDITH (born 1877 Sotherton, Suffolk)
PERCY OAK (born 1880 Newport, Essex)
EVELINE MARGARET (born 1883 Newport, Essex)
He died 8 Apr 1918 in Avesnes, France whilst serving with the Somersetshire Light Infantry. He was listed as missing in March 1918.
Percy is buried at Avesnes-sur-Helpe Commund Cemetary, Nord, France & his name appears on the Sittingbourne, Kent War Memorial.
PARENTS OF JOHN HANCOCK
The parents of JOHN HANCOCK were JOHN HANCOCK (born abt. 1804 Fulbourn) (died 13 Apr 1844 Chesterton, Cambs.) and JANE DEER. (born abt. 1809 Cambs.). They married 17 July 1832 in West Wratting, Cambridgeshie. I know that JOHN was a Grocer at the age of 35 and had a Grocer's shop in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire.
Their children inc JOHN were:
WALTER (born 1835, Fulbourn, Cambs.) ~ married MAHALA?
ERNEST EDWARD (born 1837, Fulbourn, Cambs.)
ARTHUR (born 1839 ~ a triplet) died after just 1 day
HORACE (born 1839 ~ a triplet) died after 7 days
JANE (born 1839 ~ a triplet) died after 7 days
Very sad for the family. Not only were triplets very rare in the early 1800's, but to lose all of them in such a short space of time must have been devastating for the family. WALTER & ERNEST were the only ones to survive.
INTO THE 18TH CENTURY
JOHN HANCOCK's parents were JOHN HANCOCK(born abt. 1773 Fulbourn) (died 2 Apr 1834 Fulbourn) who marriedSUSANNAH NEWMAN (born abt. 1722)(died 19 Jan 1844 Fulbourn). The couple married 19 Apr 1803 in Fulbourn St Vigor Church, Fulbourn.
JOHN's death appeared in the Fulbourn Chronicle 4th April 1834:
"Died on Wednesday last, much respected in the 62nd year of his age, Mr John Hancock, Shopkeeper of Fulbourn"
I do not have any details, yet, of any other children from this marriage.
PARENTS OF JOHN HANCOCK SNR.
THOMAS HANCOCK (born abt 1725 Fulbourn) (died 2 Oct 1779 Fulbourn) married MARY (surname unknown & date unknown). MARY died 2 Feb 1835 in Fulbourn.
I only have details of one other child, a sibling of JOHN SNR :
THOMAS born abt. 1779 in Fulbourn.
The furthest I can go back in the HANCOCK tree is to a WILLIAM HANCOCK, father of THOMAS (dates unknown). The records are pretty bad for the Hancock's mainly being Bishop's Transcripts, which are very sketchy for Fulbourn.
DEER's
JANE DEER was born abt. 1809 in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire. She married JOHN HANCOCK (see above). Her parents were EDWARD DEER (born abt. 1766 Fulbourn) who married HANNAH MANNING 5 Jun 1797 Fulbourn.
EDWARD and HANNAH had 2 other children besides JANE:
MARY (born c.1800 Fulbourn)
CHARLES (born c.1802 Fulbourn)
I know that there are quite a few Deer's in the County in surrounding areas of Fulbourn. I have been told that this name is quite unusual and therefore it is quite probable that all Deer's in that area are related.
PARENTS OF EDWARD DEER :
EDWARD DEER's parents were JOHN DEER and ANN HART who married 23 Mar 1761 in Fulbourn All Saints.
I know that JOHN DEER was born in Brinkley, Cambridgeshire.
There were 3 other known children of JOHN & ANN
MARY (b. abt 1768 died bef. 1770)
MARY (b. abt 1770) (another one)
JEREMIAH (b. abt 1776)
OAK's
Pretty much all of the info. below I have taken from the parish registers of Burrough Green, Fulbourn & Dullingham, Cambridgeshire. I am also in contact with some further descendants.
ELLEN OAK married JOHN HANCOCK (see above). She was the daughter of THOMAS OAK and HANNAH SHIPP. ELLEN was born 1838 in Weston Colville, nr West Wratting, Cambridgeshire. She died Dec 1928 in Sittingbourne, Kent.
THOMAS OAK and HANNAH SHIPP had 8 other children besides ELLEN :
ELIZABETH (born c.1818)
CHARLES (born 1823 Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire)
JAMES (born 1825 Weston Colville)
ROBERT (born 1825 Weston Colville)
STEPHEN (born 1826 Weston Colville)
MARY (born 1832 Weston Colville) (died Oct 1832 Weston Colville)
JOHN (born 1840 Weston Colville)
ESTHER (born 1843 Weston Colville)
MARRIAGES OF ABOVE:
ELIZABETH married STEPHEN BARTON 31 Oct 1846 in Weston Colville (children unknown)
CHARLES married AUGUSTA PARKER & had 3 children (Mary A, Charles F. & John P.)
JAMES married EMMA DEASE & had 7 children (James John, Mary E, Charles, Louisa Emily, Clara E, Algena P & Esther)
STEPHEN married ANNA?
JOHN married ARABELLA CHRISTINA CLAYDON & had 4 children (Jessie, Edith M, Margaret & Thomas)
FURTHER BACK
THOMAS OAK's parents were STEPHEN OAKE (note change of spelling) (born abt 1758 & died Dec 1827 in Dullingham) and MARY BROWN (b. abt 1759). Both came from DULLINGHAM, Cambridgeshire and married 22 Dec 1780 in Dullingham.
They had 10 other children besides THOMAS :
WILLIAM (born c. 1781 Dullingham) (died Aug 1831 Burrough Green)
MARY (born c.1783 Burrough Green) (died Nov 1783 Dullingham)
ELIZABETH (born c.1785) (died 16 Oct 1810 Burrough Green)
JOHN (born c.1788 Burrough Green)
MARY (born c. 1789 Burrough Green) (died Sep 1828 Burrough Green)
JAMES (born c. 1792 Burrough Green) (died Sep 1823 Burrough Green)
EDWARD (born c.1797 Burrough Green) (died Nov 1852 Burrough Green)
ANN (born c.1799 Burrough Green)
ROBERT (born c.1801 Burrough Green) (died Nov 1884 Burrough Green)
CHARLES (born c.1804 Burrough Green) (died Aug 1804 Burrough Green)
STEPHEN OAK's parents were STEPHEN OAKE and ELEANOR WATSON
who married 4 Feb 1758, Dullingham. They had 5 other known children:
MARY (born c. 1763 Dullingham)
WILLIAM (born c. 1764 Dullingham) (died 29 Aug 1851 Dullingham)
SARAH(born c. 1767 Dullingham)
ELIZABETH (born c. 1768 Dullingham) (died Sep 1770 Dullingham)
KNOWN MARRIAGES OF ABOVE:
MARY married JOSEPH SNAZEL 12 Dec 1778 Dullingham
WILLIAM married SUSAN EATON 22 Jan 1812 St James, Westminster, London (and had 9 children)
BEGINNING OF THE 18TH CENTURY
STEPHEN OAK Snr's parents were WILLIAM OAKE (born abt 1682 Burrough Green) (died May 1752 Burrough Green) and MARY PAGE (born abt. 1683 Burrough Green) (died July 1762 Burrough Green) who married1 Oct 1704 in Burrough Green.
WILLIAM & MARY had 5 known children inc. STEPHEN :
WILLIAM (born abt. 1706 Burrough Green) (died Oct 1762 Dullingham)
MARY (born abt. 1711 Burrough Green) (died Jun 1728 Burrough Green)
ANDREW (born abt. 1718 Burrough Green) (died Jun 1721 Burrough Green)
ANNE (born abt. 1722 Burrough Green)
MARRIAGES OF ABOVE:
WILLIAM married SUSAN (surname unknown) abt 1734 & had 11 known children
ANNE married JOHN TURNER 1 November 1747 in Burrough Green & had 4 known children)
The next generation is WILLIAM OAK (born c. 1645 in Burrough Green & died Jun 1697 in Burrough Green) who married ANN LEGGAT (born abt 1645 Reach, Cambs & died in Burrough Green - date unknown).
I only have information on WILLIAM as yet.
THE FURTHEST GENERATION
I can now go back to the beginning of the 17th Century, to WILLIAM OAK (born c. 1615 Burrough Green & died 1697 Burrough Green) who married ANN MILLER 30 Nov 1636 in Burrough Green.
I know of only 2 other children of WILLIAM and ANN besides WILLIAM:
MARY (born c. 1637 Burrough Green) (died Sep 1648 Dullingham)
ANN (born c. 1638 Burrough Green) - ANN had a "baseborn" child also called ANN in abt 1669 in Burrough Green.
NOTE: I do have further information on some of the OAK descendants so please contact me for further information.