Hancock Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the Hancock Adams Common, across from the United First Parish Church, in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after Reverend John Hancock Jr. (1702–1744), father of Founding Father John Hancock.[2]
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| Location | Hancock St. in Quincy Sq., Quincy, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′1″N 71°0′14″W / 42.25028°N 71.00389°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1640 |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004421[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 28, 1982 |
The cemetery was founded c. 1640 (the date of the earliest documented graves), and is the only tangible remainder of the early settlement of the area.[3] It was the burial place of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives, Abigail Adams and Louisa Adams (respectively), before they were moved to the crypt in the United First Parish Church.[2] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
Gallery
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Entrance Gate -
Joseph Adams, Sr. headstone, 2015 -
Henry Adams headstone, 2015 -
John Quincy Adams' original burial site, 2015
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Quincy's Historic Hancock Cemetery". Quincy Historical Society. 2002. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Hancock Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hancock Cemetery.
- Hancock Cemetery at Find a Grave
- Digitized cemetery markers and graves on Google Maps and Google Earth Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine.
