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Colin BEHNKE

Male Est 2009 -  (15 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Colin BEHNKE was born est 2009 (son of Matthew Andreas BEHNKE and Kristen C. FREEMAN).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Matthew Andreas BEHNKE was born on 1 Apr 1971 in Massachusetts (son of Michael Clare BEHNKE and Mary Van Leer HANCORT).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1986, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    Matthew married Kristen C. FREEMAN. Kristen was born on 26 Dec 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Kristen C. FREEMAN was born on 26 Dec 1973.
    Children:
    1. James BEHNKE was born est 2006.
    2. 1. Colin BEHNKE was born est 2009.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Michael Clare BEHNKE was born on 15 Mar 1943 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

    Notes:

    About Michael: Retired. Spends half the week at home in York, Maine and half the week (incuding week-ends) at apartment in Boston. Sings in choir at Trinity Church on Copley Square in Boston. Wife, Lee, teaches classics and English at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. (Source: Facebook, 2013)

    Michael married Mary Van Leer HANCORT in 1966 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Joseph Samuel HANCORT and Margaret Van Leer SKINNER) was born on 28 Jan 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Van Leer HANCORT was born on 28 Jan 1945 (daughter of Joseph Samuel HANCORT and Margaret Van Leer SKINNER).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1982, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Source: Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire (2013) — Mary Behnke, commonly known as “Lee”, received her B.A. from Smith College. She has Master’s degrees from Tufts University and Harvard University. Having spent twelve years at the University of Chicago where she was Director of the Undergraduate Latin Program and a coordinator of the Great Books Humanities sequence, she returned to the East Coast in 2009. Her academic interests include Latin poetry, the Augustan Age and the Classical Tradition in Literature. She has led student trips to Italy, Greece and Spain and she has taught in Rome, Athens and Barcelona on the Civilization programs run by the University of Chicago. The Classical Association of Massachusetts named her Teacher of the Year and upon her departure from the University of Chicago, the Mary Lee Behnke prize was established for excellence in teaching and mentoring. Mrs. Behnke enjoys theater, opera, cooking and cats. She has been found occasionally sewing patches on pirate costumes at the Exeter theater department.

    Children:
    1. 2. Matthew Andreas BEHNKE was born on 1 Apr 1971 in Massachusetts.
    2. Margaret Van Leer BEHNKE was born on 18 Jan 1974.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Joseph Samuel HANCORT was born on 1 Dec 1907 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut (son of Joseph Lambert HANCORT and Mary SAYLES); died on 13 May 1986 in Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Fairfield, Connecticut
    • Military Service: 16 Oct 1940, Newtonville, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Source: The Bridgeport Telegram, 24 Jun 1927 — Joseph Hancort, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hancort, of Main street, Stratford, has come home from Dartmouth college where he is a sophomore for the summer vacation and had as his weekend guest John Herrick, of Pelham Manor, a grandnephew of Ambassador Herrick. Mr. Hancort motored to Pelham Manor with his guest and was entertained at the Orienta club.

    Joseph married Margaret Van Leer SKINNER on 3 Jul 1937 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire. Margaret (daughter of Prescott Orde SKINNER and Alice Van Leer CARRICK) was born on 12 Aug 1902 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire; died on 16 Oct 1982 in Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Margaret Van Leer SKINNER was born on 12 Aug 1902 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire (daughter of Prescott Orde SKINNER and Alice Van Leer CARRICK); died on 16 Oct 1982 in Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1910, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire
    • Census: 1920, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire

    Notes:

    Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 - Margaret V Hancort, d. 16 Oct 1982 (Newton, MA), b. 12 Aug 1902 (New Hampshire)

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Van Leer HANCORT was born on 28 Jan 1945.