Introduction

Hello my name is John Hancock. I was born January 12th 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. My ancestors came to the New world in 1648. They settled in the Massachusetts bay colony. My grandfather also John Hancock, graduated from Harvard College and moved to Lexington, Massachusetts and became a minister. My father also graduated from Harvard and joined the ministry. My father then died and I moved in with my grandfather and then my uncle. I grew up with my uncle and became his partner as a merchant. After he died I went into politics.