Birth Born on September 21, 1799 in Somerset, England Death Died on May 21, 1869 in Wolfville, Kings Co., NS Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Kentville, Kings Co., NS Marriages SALSMAN, Maria Catherine Married on October 28, 1837 in Halifax Co., NS Children HANCOCK, Anna Maria: September 26, 1841 Notes Occupation: Ship Captain/ Ship Owner/ Justice of Peace Historical Information: Thomas Tyley Hancock was born in 1799 in Somerset, England. He was the son of John Hancock (1772-1849) and Sarah Tyley (1779-1864). He was a Sea Captain and owner of at least two ships, the Schooner "Trial" and the Schooner "Rifleman" out of Nova Scotia. His brothers Albert and Alexander were apprentices on the Rifleman where they learned their trade, and went on to become Sea Captains themselves. Alexander (great grandfather of Ernest Hemingway), captained the barque "Elizabeth" of Bristol (built on Prince Edward Island), and was involved in transporting passengers from England to North America and Australia. On a voyage from Bristol to Australia in 1853, he and his nephew Henry Churchill, produced one of the first (if not the first) newspapers ever published on board a ship. It was called "The Tropical Times". Thomas Tyley married Maria Catherine Salsman (daughter of Gasper Salsman/Salzmann and Catherine Barbara Tanner), on the 28th of October 1837, at St. Paul's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thomas and Maria had 5 sons (Sidney, Robert Edwin, Charles Albert, Thomas Tyley and John), and three daughters (Anna Maria, Sarah Jane "Jennie" and Martha Emily "Mattie"). Thomas went on to become a Justice of the Peace. Sources Kings Cemetery Records: Oak Grove Cemetery Images Thomas T. Hancock Thomas Hancock