Hancock Cemetery
The Old Burial Ground
Set apart after 1640
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Here lie buried
The early settlers of the town
the first minister
the first teacher
Rev. John Hancock
(1702 – 1744)
for whom this place is named
Father of the patriot
Henry Adams
(1583 – 1646)
and other
ancestors of John Adams
Josiah Quincy
(1744 – 1775)
the patriot
and other members
of the Quincy family
Leonard Hoar, MD
(Died 1675)
Third President of Harvard
69 Revolutionary War
soldiers are
interred here.
Marker is on Hancock Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
