Hancock, Thomas
Hancock, Thomas
a patron of Harvard College. He left most of his property to his nephew, governor Hancock, but yet bequeathed 1000 for the foundation of a professorship of the Hebrew and other Oriental languages at Harvard; 1000 to the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians, and 600 to the town of Boston for the establishment of a hospital for the insane. He died at Boston August 1, 1764. Ann. Register, 1764.