Hancock Cemetery

{{short description|Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Hancock Cemetery

| image = Hancock Cemetery.jpg

| caption = Stones in the cemetery

| location = Hancock St. in Quincy Sq., Quincy, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|42|15|1|N|71|0|14|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA

| built = 1640

| added = January 28, 1982

| area = {{convert|2|acre}}

| refnum = 82004421{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Quincy's Historic Hancock Cemetery |url=https://quincyhistory.org/index.php/download_file/view/25/ |publisher=Quincy Historical Society |date=2002 |accessdate=11 July 2018 |archive-date=3 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703003256/http://quincyhistory.org/index.php/download_file/view/25 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=qui.802|title=NRHP nomination for Hancock Cemetery|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-06-02}} 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. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.