55
he was 9 because 1737 plus 9 is 1742 which is when his uncle adopted him
john Hancock was not killed he died of old age : )
John Hancock was born in the town of Braintree, Massachusetts, son of the Rev. John Hancock and Mary Hawke Hancock. John might have become a minister, but his father died when he was only seven years old, and his uncle Thomas Hancock adopted him. Growing up in the home of his childless aunt and uncle, John Hancock had a bright future ahead of him as the merchant Thomas Hancock was one of the wealthiest men in Boston.
John Hancock died of gout when he was 56 years old
He was 55 when he died
he died from old age
John Hancock died at Hancock Manor in Boston, Massachusetts.
3
John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737.
John Hancock died because he was old of age. gout i think
John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737; according to the Old Style calendar then in use, the date was January 12, 1736. His birthplace was Braintree, Massachusetts, in a part of town which eventually became the separate city of Quincy. He was the son of the Reverend John Hancock of Braintree and Mary Hawke Thaxter, who was from nearby Hingham.John Hancock's father was a Congregationalist minister who died when Hancock was 7. He was adopted by his paternal uncle Thomas Hancock.
John and Dorothy Hancock had two children that died early in their lives. Lydia Hancock was born in October of 1776 and died in August of 1777. She was about ten months old. John George Washington Hancock was born on May 21, 1778, and died January 27, 1787. He was eight years old.