Samuel Hancock

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1. about 1805 A brick house is built on West Queen Street for Rhody Berry, mother of builder John Berry The one-and-a-half-story Federal house, the oldest surviving brick dwelling in the original town, was built about 1805 for Mrs. Rhody Berry. Tradition credits her son John Berry, but he was seven that year, and the 2014 nomination suggests neighbor Samuel Hancock, the brickmason who later became his partner. People: John Berry, Samuel Hancock Place: Berry Brick House, 208 West Queen Street, Hillsborough · Also named: Rhody BerrySearch the index · National Register: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation (2014), pdf p. 151
2. 1815-1816 The Hillsborough Presbyterian Church is built on the old St. Matthew's church lot with lottery money The brick church on West Tryon Street was built in 1815 and 1816 near the site of the colonial St. Matthew's church, lost in the 1790s, with money raised by a lottery the state authorized. The brickmasons John Berry and Samuel Hancock are credited with the work. People: John Berry, Samuel Hancock Place: Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, 102 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough · Also mentions: St. Matthew's, West Tryon StreetSearch the index · Hillsborough Historic District National Register Additional Documentation (2014), pdf p. 174
3. 1819 Samuel Hancock buys lots near the Eno for a brickyard With a $50 loan from Dr. James Webb, brickmason Samuel Hancock bought lots near the Eno River for a brickyard, which became known as the Webb-Hancock brickyard. Webb's 1842 bankruptcy papers say the two men ran it as partners. People: James Webb Place: Hillsborough · Also mentions: Eno RiverSearch the index · NC State University Libraries, North Carolina Architects & Builders: Hancock, Samuel (1784-1848)
4. July 3, 1820 Samuel Hancock is elected a Hillsborough town commissioner Brickmason Samuel Hancock was elected a commissioner of the town of Hillsborough in place of Thomas Clancy, who had resigned. Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Thomas ClancySearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, July 5, 1820, p. 2
5. November 17, 1821 Brickmason Samuel Hancock joins the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church he helped build Samuel Hancock joined the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church on November 17, 1821, five years after his wife Susan. He rented a pew and gave toward the pastor's salary and a bell. Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Susan Richards Hancock · Also mentions: Hillsborough Presbyterian ChurchSearch the index · NC State University Libraries, North Carolina Architects & Builders: Hancock, Samuel (1784-1848)
6. July–November 1823 James S. Smith's building commission starts Hillsborough's brick Masonic Hall In July 1823 commissioners James S. Smith, Thomas Clancy and J. P. Sneed advertised in the Hillsborough Recorder for proposals to build a brick Masonic Hall in the town. The cornerstone was laid on November 23, 1823, for the Greek Revival hall designed by William Nichols and built by local brickmasons John Berry and Samuel Hancock. People: James Strudwick Smith, John Berry, William Nichols, Samuel Hancock Place: Hillsborough, Masonic Hall (Eagle Lodge) · Also named: Thomas Clancy, J. P. SneedSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, July 23, 1823, p. 3 (To Bricklayers and Carpenters)
7. November 23, 1823 The cornerstone of Eagle Lodge's Masonic hall is laid on West King Street The cornerstone of the brick Masonic hall at 142 West King Street, designed by state architect William Nichols and believed built by brickmasons John Berry and Samuel Hancock, was laid on November 23, 1823. The lot was deeded to the lodge in 1824 after the building went up. People: John Berry, William Nichols, Samuel Hancock Place: Eagle Lodge, 142 West King Street, Hillsborough · Also mentions: West King StreetSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 142 W. King Street (Eagle Lodge No. 19 A.F. and A.M.)
8. 1825-1826 John Berry and Samuel Hancock build St. Matthew's Episcopal Church to William Nichols's design St. Matthew's, an early Gothic Revival church of Flemish-bond brick, was built in 1825-1826 by the local masons John Berry and Samuel Hancock to a design by William Nichols, who set its size at 35 by 45 feet. It replaced an earlier church at Churton and West Tryon streets that had burned in 1793. People: John Berry, William Nichols, Samuel Hancock Place: St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 210 St. Mary's Road, HillsboroughSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 210 St. Mary's Road, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
9. 1834 Samuel Hancock goes bankrupt and Dr. James Webb buys his house and the enslaved man Abram In 1834 Samuel Hancock went bankrupt. Dr. James Webb bought the Hancocks' house and lot, their furniture and Abram, a man they enslaved, and rented all of them back to Hancock for $1 a year. People: James Webb Place: Hillsborough · Also named: AbramSearch the index · NC State University Libraries, North Carolina Architects & Builders: Hancock, Samuel (1784-1848)