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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000736260-03-000056.txt : 20030904
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030904144907
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000736260-03-000056
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030902
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030904

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HANCOCK JOHN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000736260
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				043483032
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LAW DIVISION
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 111
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02117

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LAW DIVISION
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 111
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02117

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DEWOLFE RICHARD B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000900591

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15607
		FILM NUMBER:		03881294

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		80 HAYDEN AVENUE
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02175
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6178635858
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    <documentType>4</documentType>
	<periodOfReport>2003-09-02</periodOfReport>
	<notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000736260</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HANCOCK JOHN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JHF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000900591</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DEWOLFE RICHARD B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>JOHN HANCOCK PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>PO BOX 111</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02117</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>1</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<derivativeTable>
		<derivativeTransaction>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Deferred Stock Units</value>
				<footnoteId id="F1"/>
			</securityTitle>
			<conversionOrExercisePrice>
				<value>0.000</value>
				<footnoteId id="F2"/>
			</conversionOrExercisePrice>
			<transactionDate>
				<value>2003-09-02</value>
			</transactionDate>
			<deemedExecutionDate>
			</deemedExecutionDate>
			<transactionCoding>
				<transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
				<transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
				<equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
			</transactionCoding>
			<transactionAmounts>
				<transactionShares>
					<value>127.94</value>
				</transactionShares>
				<transactionPricePerShare>
					<value>31.265</value>
				</transactionPricePerShare>
				<transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
					<value>A</value>
				</transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
			</transactionAmounts>
			<exerciseDate>
				<footnoteId id="F3"/>
			</exerciseDate>
			<expirationDate>
				<footnoteId id="F3"/>
			</expirationDate>
			<underlyingSecurity>
				<underlyingSecurityTitle>
					<value>Common Stock</value>
				</underlyingSecurityTitle>
				<underlyingSecurityShares>
					<value>127.940</value>
				</underlyingSecurityShares>
			</underlyingSecurity>
			<postTransactionAmounts>
				<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
					<value>2782.640</value>
				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
			</postTransactionAmounts>
			<ownershipNature>
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					<value>D</value>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value/>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</derivativeTransaction>
	</derivativeTable>
	<footnotes>
		<footnote id="F1">Deferred stock units, or DSUs, are obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future with a return on the amount of compensation deferred equal to the return that would occur if the deferred amount were used to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, including the reinvestment of cash dividends when paid into shares of common stock.  DSUs are not convertible into another security of the Company and cannot be settled in or surrendered for shares of stock.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">1-for-1</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">DSUs are payable in cash upon separation unless a specific deferral date is designated.</footnote>
	</footnotes>
	<remarks>
	</remarks>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: James R. Savage, Jr., Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-09-04</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
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