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Coordinates: 42°15′1″N 71°0′14″W. 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 memorials offer a chronicle of gravestone art from colonial winged skulls and cherubim, to Federalist classical motifs, to Quincy’s 19th century role as the national center for granite quarrying and carving. View our Google maps to take a virtual tour or use for a self guided walking tour.
Massachusetts. Norfolk County. Quincy. Hancock Cemetery. Added: 1 Jan 2000. Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 91053. It appears Daniel and Hannah Keith Haskell French deeded the cemetery and a piece of land to be used as a town house to the inhabitants of Quincy back in...
Virtual Tour. Burials & Markers of Interest. Searchable Burial Markers. Introduction. Quincy’s Hancock Cemetery dates from the earliest years of European settlement (1630s) and was the community’s main burial ground until 1854. Early Puritans took a pragmatic attitude toward death and burial.
Click on the image below to view the Hancock Cemetery Virtual Tour! Quincy’s Hancock Cemetery dates from the earliest years of European settlement (1630s) and was the community’s main burial ground until 1854.
Sep 4, 2013 · City planners launched an interactive Historic Hancock Cemetery Grave Marker Map through the Google Maps and Google Earth platforms on Wednesday.
Hancock Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the Hancock Adams Common, across from the United First Parish Church, in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.
