Hancock Cemetery
Stones in the cemetery
Hancock Cemetery is located in Massachusetts
Hancock Cemetery
Hancock Cemetery is located in the United States
Hancock Cemetery
LocationHancock St. in Quincy Sq., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°15′1″N 71°0′14″W / 42.25028°N 71.00389°W / 42.25028; -71.00389
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1640
NRHP reference No.82004421[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1982

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]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Quincy's Historic Hancock Cemetery". Quincy Historical Society. 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Hancock Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
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