William Hancock (judge)

Judge William Hancock may refer to William Hancock Sr., or his son William Hancock Jr.

William Hancock Sr.

 * William H. Hancock was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Salem in 1727, and a member of the colonial legislature.
 * He commissioned Hancock House (Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey) in 1734.
 * The house was erected in 1734 for William Hancock and his wife Sarah, whose initials are woven into the gable on the west end.
 * Died 1762

William Hancock Jr.

 * When William Sr. died in 1762, the house passed to his son William, who also succeeded his father in the legislature and as a Judge of the County Court of Pleas in Salem County.
 * He presided over the King's Court at the Salem County Courthouse.
 * He died as a result of wounds received on the night of March 20, 1778, in the "Hancock's Bridge massacre".