Grand
Parents

John Hancock + Elizabeth Clark

James Hawke + Mary Gill

Edmund Quincy + Dorothy Flint

Parents

Rev. John Hancock	1 JUN 1702 -- 7 MAY 1744
Mary Hawke	13 OCT 1711 -- 1783

Edmund Quincy	1703 -- 4 JUL 1788
Elizabeth Wendell	1704 -- 1769

Spouses

Marriage

8 AUG 1775

Names

Events

John Hancock

Birth	12 JAN 1737	MA, Norfolk Co, Braintree ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Education	1754	MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge, Harvard University ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
History	4 JUL 1776	Declaration of Independence Signer
History	Summer 1777	Articles of Confederation Signer
Occup	1780-1785	MA Governor ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Occup	1787-1793	MA Governor ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Other		MA, Middlesex Co, Boston Add more on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past Masonic membership in St. Andrew's Lodge in Boston
Death	8 OCT 1793	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Grave		MA, Suffolk Co, Boston, Granary Burying Ground Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past

Aged: 56.7 years

Dorothy Quincy

Birth	10 MAY 1747		MA, Suffolk Co, Boston ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Death	3 FEB 1830		MA, Suffolk Co, Boston ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past

Aged: 82.7 years

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt
1✟	Lydia Henchman	OCT 1776	AUG 1777	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
2✟	John George Washington	21 MAY 1778	27 JAN 1787	CT, Fairfield Co, Fairfield
3	Nancy	17 FEB 1783		VA

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Quotes

Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice. … 1774

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Sources

Cemetery: Suffolk Co MA cemetery visits by Ray Gurganus;
Source from: Ray Gurganus
Website: ➤
Website: John Hancock at wikipedia.org; ➤
Website: Rootsweb-Rhoda; ➤
Marriage Sources:
Website: Dorothy Quincy Hancock at wikipedia.org; ➤
Website: Rootsweb-Rhoda; ➤