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Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Around 1780, some families in Hancock converted to the teachings of the Shakers. By 1790, Believers in Hancock and Pittsfield established Hancock Shaker Village.
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- 1767 - Hancock is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1776 - Hancock is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - HANCOCK. [Pop. 922. Inc. 1776.]
Before its incorporation, this long strip of land was called Jericho, because walled in by mountains; but its present name was given in honor of t...Read MORE... - 1854 - Hancock
Hancock, a post-township of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, about 130 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 789.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1859
HANCOCK, a township of Berkshire co., in the state of Massachusetts, 143 m. W of Boston, bounded on the W by the state of New York. It has a mountaino...Read MORE... 
1871 - Shakers Elope
One of the latest excitements is that of an elopement among the Shakers of Hancock, Mass. The parties were Ira Lawson, a leading man of the church and...Read MORE...- Hancock Massachusetts, 1890
Hancock is a long, narrow, and mountainous township in the northern half of the western side of Berkshire County, and 158 miles west of Boston. Pittsf...Read MORE... - 1895 - Hancock
Hancock, a post-village of Berkshire co, Mass, in Hancock township, on Kinderhook Creek, 8 miles N.N.W., of Pittsfield. The township has 2 churches, a...Read MORE... 
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Main Street Hancock Shaker Village (1907)
"Hancock Shaker Village began in the late 1780s, when nearly 100 Believers consolidated a community on land donated by local farmers who had converted to the Shaker movement. By the 1830s, with a great... Read MORE...
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E. B. Estes & Sons' Wood Turning and Enameling Mills
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Shaker Gift Shoppe, 1910
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Shaker Village, West Pittsfield, Mass.
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Hancock, a post-village of Berkshire co., Mass., in Hancock township (town), on Kinderhook Creek, 8 miles NNW. of Pittsfield. The town is bounded W. b...Read MORE... - 1960 - The (Hancock) village was closed by the Shakers in 1960, and sold to a local group, who now operate the property as a museum.
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Hancock, Mass. from the South
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Hancock, Massachusetts, USA
"Hancock Shaker Village began in the late 1780s, when nearly 100 Believers consolidated a community on land donated by local farmers who had converted to the Shaker movement. By the 1830s, with a great many more conversions and additional land acquisitions, the Shaker community peaked in population with more than 300 Believers and more than 3,000 acres.
During the height of their growth, religious fervor and influence, the Hancock Shakers erected communal dwelling houses, barns, workshops and other buildings, and developed a large and successful farm. With the 1826 Round Stone Barn as the center of a thriving dairy industry, and with many acres cultivated in medicinal herbs, vegetables, fruits, and other crops, the Hancock Shakers enjoyed a simple, peaceful, and hard-working life, separated from the ways of “The World.” They named their utopian village The City of Peace, and organized the large community into six smaller communal groups known as Families for efficiency of work, worship, and administration..." hancockshakervillage.org)
Main Street Hancock Shaker Village (1907)
"Hancock Shaker Village began in the late 1780s, when nearly 100 Believers consolidated a community on land donated by local farmers who had converted to the Shaker movement. By the 1830s, with a great... Read MORE...
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Hancock, Massachusetts, USA
Shaker Village, West Pittsfield, Mass.
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Hancock, Massachusetts, USA
E. B. Estes & Sons' Wood Turning and Enameling Mills
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Hancock, Massachusetts, USA
Shaker Gift Shoppe, 1910
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1767 - Hancock is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1776 - Hancock is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - HANCOCK. [Pop. 922. Inc. 1776.]
Before its incorporation, this long strip of land was called Jericho, because walled in by mountains; but its present name was given in honor of... Read MORE...
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1854 - Hancock
Hancock, a post-township of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, about 130 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 789.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1859
HANCOCK, a township of Berkshire co., in the state of Massachusetts, 143 m. W of Boston, bounded on the W by the state of New York. It has a... Read MORE...
1871 - Shakers Elope
One of the latest excitements is that of an elopement among the Shakers of Hancock, Mass. The parties were Ira Lawson, a leading man of the church... Read MORE...
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Hancock Massachusetts, 1890
Hancock is a long, narrow, and mountainous township in the northern half of the western side of Berkshire County, and 158 miles west of Boston.... Read MORE...
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1895 - Hancock
Hancock, a post-village of Berkshire co, Mass, in Hancock township, on Kinderhook Creek, 8 miles N.N.W., of Pittsfield. The township has 2 churches,... Read MORE...
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1916
Hancock, a post-village of Berkshire co., Mass., in Hancock township (town), on Kinderhook Creek, 8 miles NNW. of Pittsfield. The town is bounded W.... Read MORE...
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1960 - The (Hancock) village was closed by the Shakers in 1960, and sold to a local group, who now operate the property as a museum.
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