john hancock

John Hancock?s ancestors came to the New World from England and had settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony by 1648. The Hancock family prospered and soon became one of Massachusetts?s most powerful families.
John Hancock?s father and grandfather were graduated from Harvard College, one the first schools established in America.
At the age of eight Johnny?s father died. Soon after that Johnny went to live with Thomas Hancock, his uncle. Thomas was a rich merchant in the port of Boston. Johnny liked the life in Boston. There he enrolled to study Latin, Greek, history Philosophy and Theology. In 1750 his uncle enrolled him in Harvard College and graduated four years later, at the age of seventeen.
John owes a lot of gratitude to his uncle; because of him it was possible for John to be a student in that prestigious University.
John Hancock was different from most other American Revolutionary War leaders, because he was very rich.
John Hancock was a great man and the many good deeds throu...