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
  Grave Marker}  
Source 1} 1380 = Baptism rec
Source 2} 1444 = Baptism rec
Source 3} 1379 = Marriage rec
Source 4} 1448 = Marriage rec
Source 5} 1445 = Marriage rec
Source 6} 1645 = Marriage rec
Source 7}   939 = 1841 Eng cen
Source 8} 1647 = Death record
Source 9} 1451 = Probate record
Source 10}1644 = Cemetery rec
Parents: } Robert Hancock (#1) & Agnes Carter
   Relationship No.} 872
1st Household No.}  
      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.
Time of Birth}   Time of Death}   Fraternal/Social}  
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}  
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Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated} 26 Apr 2023
Date Created}  26 Nov  2006
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