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Pamelia (Goggin) Clemens (1775-1844) was married first to Samuel Clemens (d. 1805) and, after his death, to Simon Hancock of Adair County, Kentucky. Her son by her first marriage, John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847), was the father of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain). Her children by her second marriage were: Ann Hill Hancock, Mary G. Hancock, Pamelia G. Hancock, and a son whose name is unknown. Ann Hill Hancock married William H. Saunders of England; they had a daughter, Mary Ann Pamela Xantippe (Tippy) and a son, James Saunders.

When Ann died (ca. 1841) William Saunders married her sister, Mary G. Hancock. Mary Hancock Saunders is said to be the inspiration for her nephew Mark Twain's "Aunt Polly" in The adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Pamelia and Simon Hancock's son (name unknown) was the father of Elsie Hancock, the donor, Paul E. Carrico's aunt.

From the guide to the Hancock family papers, 1821-1935 (inclusive) 1837-1856 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

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correspondedWith Ann Hill (Hancock) Saunders person
associatedWith Arthur B. Hancock. person
associatedWith City Court of Louisville, Kentucky. corporateBody
correspondedWith Clemens, John Marshall. person
correspondedWith Daniel Brody person
associatedWith Edward Hancock person
associatedWith Garnett, Mary Ann. person
associatedWith Greenville Institute (Harrodsburg, KY). corporateBody
correspondedWith Hancock, Elsie. person
associatedWith Hancock, Pamelia G. person
associatedWith Hancock, Samuel person
correspondedWith Hancock, Simon person
associatedWith Isabel Grissom person
associatedWith James Saunders. person
correspondedWith J. M. Frue person
associatedWith Kentucky. Secretary of State. corporateBody
correspondedWith Mary Ann Pamela Xantippe Saunders person
correspondedWith Mary G. (Hancock) Saunders person
correspondedWith Pamela E. Hancock person
correspondedWith Pamelia (Goggin) Clemens Hancock person
correspondedWith Paul E. Carrico person
correspondedWith Saunders, Ann Hill (Hancock). person
correspondedWith Saunders, Mary G. (Hancock). person
correspondedWith Saunders, William H. person
correspondedWith Saunders, William H, recipient. person
associatedWith Simon Hancock person
associatedWith Simon Hancock's person
associatedWith W. H. Saunders person
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