Dorothy Quincy
(1747-1830)
BIRTH
May 10, 1747
PLACE
Boston, Massachusetts
NAME
Dorothy Quincy
DEATH
February 3, 1830
PLACE
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
FAMILY
HUSBAND
John Hancock
(1737-1793)
CHILDREN
Lydia Henchman Hancock
(1776-1777)
HOMES
NICKNAMES
Dolly
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott was an American hostess, daughter of Justice Edmund Quincy of Braintree and Boston, and the wife of Founding Father John Hancock. Dorothy Quincy was raised at the Quincy Homestead in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. She married John Hancock, who presided at the formation of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and was a two-time Governor of Massachusetts, in 1775. After that, she lived at 4 Federal Street in Boston.
EARLY LIFE
Dorothy Quincy was raised at the Quincy Homestead in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. The house in which she lived has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is known as the Dorothy Quincy House. She married John Hancock, who presided at the formation of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and was a two-time Governor of Massachusetts, in 1775.
Their first child, Lydia Henchman Hancock was born in 1776 and died ten months later. In 1778, their son, John George Washington Hancock, was born and died in 1787 while ice skating on a pond in Milton, Massachusetts when he fell through the ice and drowned.
In 1796, after Hancock's death in 1793, Quincy married Captain James Scott (1742–1809), who had been employed by Hancock as a captain in his trading ventures with England. They lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and had no children together. When Captain Scott died, Dorothy moved back into the Hancock Mansionat 30 Beacon Street in Boston for about 10 years. After that, she lived at 4 Federal Street in Boston.
CAREER
DEATH
Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott was an American hostess, daughter of Justice Edmund Quincy of Braintree and Boston, and the wife of Founding Father John Hancock. Dorothy Quincy was raised at the Quincy Homestead in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1796, after Hancock's death in 1793, Quincy married Captain James Scott, who had been employed by Hancock as a captain in his trading ventures with England. After that, she lived at 4 Federal Street in Boston. Dorothy Quincy Hancock died on Feb 3, 1830, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
Granary Burying Ground
Tremont Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02133, USA
GRAVE
MUSEUM
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108
MARKER
Lexington Battle Green
1625 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02421
PARK
Boston Common
139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111
MUSEUM
Hancock Clarke House
36 Hancock St, Lexington, MA 02420
MARKER
Burr Homestead Marker
698 Old Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Dorothy Quincy Hancock, John Hancock’s wife. Woodbury is an early individual biography; the other works provide family context. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Collective biography, family reference, primary writings and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. Dorothy Quincy, Wife of John Hancock — Ellen C. D. Q. Woodbury. [Biography; early account] Find on Amazon
2. King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father — Brooke Barbier. [Related biography of her husband] Find on Amazon
3. John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot — Harlow Giles Unger. [Related biography of her husband] Find on Amazon
4. The Baron of Beacon Hill: A Biography of John Hancock — William M. Fowler Jr. [Related biography of her husband] Find on Amazon
5. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees — Mary Caroline Crawford. [Collective biography and local history] Find on Amazon
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