• General Notes

  Benjamin Hooker, Jr. and Ann Frizelle had a daughter Elizabeth, born 18 April 1794 in North Carolina.  Elizabeth married John Mills 30 November 1815 in Wilson County, Tennessee. John died young and Elizabeth was second married to Matthew Hancock, son of John Hancock and Jane Skeen.
  John Hancock sold his plantation on the Cumberland River in 1819, freed his slaves, and moved his family north to Harrison County, Indiana
  Matthew and Elizabeth were part of the migration to Harrison County.
  
  Source: Arvil Hancock
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  1820 U.S. Census, Harrison County, Indiana
  HEAD OF FAMILY
      
  JOHN HANCOCK, 51; 9 year-old  Judge; 14 year-old Benjamin; 1 male 16-18; 2 males 16-26 (Martin, 18 or 19); 2 females 16 to 26 (Jane, 20; Sarah, 18; Kathy, 16); wife, Jane Skeen Hancock, 49
                 
  SAMUEL HANCOCK, 24; 1 male to 10; 1 female to 10; wife, Francis Ann Avery, 26
          
  MATHEW HANCOCK, 22; Baby Benjamin Hooker Hancock b. 12 Jan 1820; wife, Elizabeth Hooker, 18
  
  JOHN HANCOCK, JR., 21; 1 male to 10; wife, Martha B. King, 21    
      
  PETER HANCOCK, 45 & c.; free man of color
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  Ancestry.com Images Online, image 68
  1830 U.S. Census, Blue River Township, Harrison County, Indiana
  Line 3:  Mathew Hancock; 2 males 5-10 (John and William); 1 male 10-15 (Benjamin Hooker); 1 male 30-40 (32 year-old Mathew); 1 female under 5 (Mary Jane); 1 female 5-10 (Rebecca Ann); 1 female 30-40 (wife, Elizabeth Hooker)
  
  Ancestry.com Images Online, image 1
  1840 U.S. Census, Blue River Township,  Harrison County, Indiana
  Line 18:  Mathew Hancock; 2 males 15-20 (William and Jonathan Frizzelle); 1 male 20-30 (Benjamin Hooker); 1 male 40-50 (42 year-old Mathew); 1 female under 5 (Chloe Francis); 1 female 5-10 (Sarah E.); 1 female 10-15 (Amelia Dawson or Mary Jane); 1 female 15-20 (Rebecca Ann); 1 female 40-50 (wife, Elizabeth Hooker)
  
  Perhaps Amelia Dawson or Mary Jane is living with their grandparents or in one of their uncle's households...
  None of the children marry before 1840.
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  From Arvil Hancock:
  Matthew died 25 March 1848. Elizabeth died 09 November 1873. They are buried in Hancock Chapel Cemetery at Hancock Chapel, Harrison County, Indiana.
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  Ancestry.com Images Online, image 232
  1850 U.S. Census, Blue River Township, District 45, Harrison County, Indiana
  Enumeration Date:  15 August 1850
  h/h 284/284  Elizabeth Hancock [Elizabeth Hooker, widow of Mathew Hancock], 55, F, Widow, $1000, b. North Carolina
  William Hancock [Elizabeth & Mathew's son], 27, M, Farmer, b. Indiana
  Sarah E. Hancock [Elizabeth & Mathew's daughter], 17, F, b. Indiana
  Chloah Hancock [Chloe Francis, Elizabeth & Mathew's daughter], 16, F, b. Indiana
  William E. Cow [Crowe?], 12, M, b. Indiana
  John H. Cow [Crowe?], 10, M, b. Indiana
  [Might William and John H. be connected to the Skeens?]

Details of Mathew's family with Elizabeth  Hooker