William Hancock (judge)
# William Hancock (judge)

Judge William Hancock may refer to William Hancock Sr., or his son William Hancock Jr.

## William Hancock Sr.

* William H. Hancock was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Salem in 1727, and a member of the colonial legislature.
* He commissioned Hancock House (Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey) in 1734.
* The house was erected in 1734 for William Hancock and his wife Sarah, whose initials are woven into the gable on the west end.

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* Died 1762

## William Hancock Jr.

* When William Sr. died in 1762, the house passed to his son William, who also succeeded his father in the legislature and as a Judge of the County Court of Pleas in Salem County.
* He presided over the King's Court at the Salem County Courthouse.
* He died as a result of wounds received on the night of March 20, 1778, in the "Hancock's Bridge massacre".
