Biography

"Son of Abraham & Lydia (Packard) Hance.
Husband of Ada Eldredge & Helene Hascott.
Father of Esther Lapham Hance.

Newmarket Era & Express (Ontario, Canada) Thursday, Jan. 28, 1943, page 8:

Newmarket Woman Loses her Husband
Another of Macedon Center's (N. Y.) older residents has passed away. B. M. Hance died Tuesday,
Jan. 5, at Thompson Memorial hospital, Canandaigua, following an emergency operation the previous Saturday afternoon. Although he had been failing gradually for the past four years, he had enjoyed usually good health during the autumn and early winter.
Benjamin Mackall Hance, son of Abram L. and Lydia Packard Hance, was born Dec. 9, 1859, on
the farm west of the Center settled by his grandfather, Thomas C. Hance. Here he lived over 52 years. He attended Macedon academy and later in life was a member of its board of trustees.
Mr. Hance was twice married. His first wife was Miss Ada Eldredge, daughter of William and
Julia Eldredge of Macedon Center, whom he married Jan. 3, 1883, and who died April 1, 1919.
One daughter was born to them, Esther Lapham, who died at the age of four years. On Sept. 2,
1922, he was married to Miss Helena Haskett of Rochester, NY and Newmarket, Canada,
who survives him.
Of Quaker parentage, he was a birthright member of the Society of Friends and a firm believer in
its doctrines. He became a member of the Macedon Center Methodist church Dee. 23, 1901.
and was an earnest church worker as long as his strength would permit. He was a member
and regular attendant of the Men's Bible class. He served as trustee of Consolidated Dist. No.
9 for several years. Quiet and unostentatious, he was a man of firm convictions, a sincere Christian and was highly respected in the community. Besides his wife, he is survived by four nieces and two nephews, Mrs. Harold Greene of Batavia, N. Y., Mrs. Ernest Dinse of Fairport, N. Y, Mrs. Clarence Miller and Mrs. Walter Eldredge of Macedon Center, N. Y. Frank Hance of Okmulgee, Oklahoma,
and T. Claire Hance of Castile, all children of the late Fred and Jessie Parker Hance.
Funeral services were held at the home on Jan. 8, Rev. Warren A. Scherk, pastor of Macedon Center Methodist church, and Rev. Carl W, Hayes of Eden, a former pastor, officiating. "