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John L. Hancock and Tabitha Balew 

     I am so proud that I have reached this far back into history and found out this much about my family. When I first started I really didn't know very much about any of my Great grandparents, maybe only their names. I have found out some info about the Hancock side of Druea Naomi Scarborough's father, Josiah Flowers Hancock. I thought this info below about father's resentment to marriage between John Hancock and Tabitha Ballew was unusual to be listed on record.  Plus I have a quick outline to my Grandmother's Druea Naomi (Scarborough) Williams’s Ballew and Cain Ancestors 

     John L. Hancock married Tabitha Balew in 1806 in Wayne County, KY. They took their family and moved through Tennessee and into Mississippi. John L. appears in 1830 census in Clairborne County, Ms. In 1840 he is in Copiah County, Ms with 9 boys and one girl. In 1850 Yazoo County census John L Hancock Jr, Tarleton, and Leonard appear. All are sons of John L. Hancock, Tabitha (Balew) Hancock is living with Leonard and the only girl child, Artimissa is with them. Not sure what happened to John L. Hancock Sr. but it appears that he is dead. 
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Contributed by Harvey Williams    "Cille & Harvey" <lrwhdw@bellsouth.net> 
  

  
Jul 17,1806 - Hancock, John and Tabitha Ballew.  Surety, John Ballew.  
 married 17 July 1806 by Nicholas Loyd.  Endorsement: "Father resent".  

[Wayne County, KY, Marriages and Vital Records, Vol One, Marriages                   A-J, 1801-1860, C&P June Baldwin Bork, 1972, Pg 131]1  
  

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Grandmother Druea Naomi Williams’s Ballew Ancestors 
  

1-John Ballew (father of Tabitha Ballew) 

2-Tabitha Ballew (Hancock) married 17 July 1806 John L Hancock  

3-Josiah Flowers Hancock married ? Mary Ann Elizabeth O'Quinn  

4-Tabitha Jane Hancock (Scarborough) married 9/12/1872 Edward Howie Scarborough 

5-Druea Naomi Scarborough (Williams) married 1905 George Washington Williams 
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Grandmother Druea Naomi (Scarborough)Williams’s Cain Ancestors 
  

Great,G.G.G.G.G.G.G.Grandfather William Cain 1660’s to 1700’s 

Great,G.G.G.G.G.G.Grandfather John Cain about 1700’s to 1760’s 

Great,G.G.G.G.G.Grandfather  Hugh Cain  b.Maryland d.1781 Orange Co. N.C. 

Great,G.G.G.G.Grandfather William Cain b.1740 d ?  father of Fanny Cain 

Great ,G.G.G.Grandmother Fanny Cain b. 1775 m. 9/3/l795 David Irwin b 7/l9/l769 

Great,G.G.Grandmother Mary Elizabeth (Betsy)Irwin b. 3/9/1802 m. l/ll/l82l James O’Quinn b. 8/19/1790 

Great G. Grandmother Mary Ann Elizabeth O’Quinn b. 8/18/1831 m.Josiah Flowers Hancock b.7/15/1819  

Great Grandmother Tabitha Jane Hancock b.2/4/1850.m. married 9/12/1872  Edward Howie Scarborough b. 3/13/1843 

Grandmother Druea Naomi Scarborough b. 5/31/1885 m. 1905, George Washington Williams b. 2/14/1884 ,Satartia,MS, 

 Children 

7/06/l906                     Clarence Sylvester Williams 

2/23/1909                    Frances Viola Williams  
3/20/l9l5                      Gilbert Daniel Williams 

Contributed by Harvey Williams    "Cille & Harvey" <lrwhdw@bellsouth.net> 
 
 

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