The hancock Surname
hancock Name Meaning and History
- English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke).
- Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Charles Ransome Hancock b.1850 Indiana>CA>CO | Gregg Steven Catanese | 1 |
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| Lee and Lois Hancock of Malone, TX 1929 |
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