Mary Sidley Scott (now Hancock)

Born: 23 November 1832, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Baptised: 13 December 1832, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents: Rev. Charles Scott (born 1801, Scotland) and Percess Flora Scott (nee MacKenzie) (born 1804, Isles of Skye, Scotland)
Siblings: Elizabeth Scott, 1834 (died 1913, aged 79)
William Scott, 1836 (died 1915, aged 79)
Sarah Percess Scott (now Kidd), 1 May 1838, Peterhead, Scotland
(died 14 October 1906, aged 68, Newcastle, Natal, South Africa)
Robert Scott, 1839 (died 1922, aged 83)
James Scott, 1843 (died 1880, aged 37)
Married: Joseph Ebenezer Hancock, 17 September 1868, New Germany, Natal
Children: Charles Scott Hancock, 14 June 1869, Cromwell Farm (died 23 March 1897, Hartley, Southern Rhodesia)
Clarissa Margaret Hancock, 11 March 1871, Cromwell Farm
(married Joseph Clifford Humphrey) (Clarissa died 10 July 1956, Ixopo, Natal)
Joseph Robert Hancock, 17 December 1872, Cromwell Farm (died 10 February 1900, Ladysmith, Natal)
Elizabeth McKenzie Hancock, 17 January 1875, Cromwell Farm
(married John George Hackland, 1909) (Elizabeth died 5 May 1934, aged 59, Durban, Natal)
(John was born 4 March 1869, Stromness, Orkney Island, Scotland)
(child: Harold George Hackland)
Robert (Bob) Hancock
Died: 24 May 1884 (aged 51), 'Cromwell', Umzimkulu (Ixopo) District, Colony of Natal
Buried: 'Cromwell', Umzimkulu (Ixopo) District, Colony of Natal

The story of Joseph Ebenezer Hancock and his family is told in the book "Hancock's Drift" by Frederic Whinchcombe Powell.

(Click on the image of the book cover for further details.)