About Hancock Cemetery
Hancock Cemetery is a cemetery near Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Ruth Gordon, Josiah Quincy II and George Washington Adams. The nearest other listed cemetery is ADAMS CRYPT, about 0.1 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hamel Funeral Care & Cremation Service of Massachusetts in Quincy, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 128 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Quincy. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hancock Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 actor.
- Ruth Gordon1896-1985American actress and writer
- Josiah Quincy II1744-1775American lawyer
- George Washington Adams1801-1829American politician
- John Adams, Sr.1691-1761British colonial farmer, minister, father of the U.S. President, John Adams
- John Quincy1689-1767American soldier and politician
- Georgianna Frances Adams1830-1839Granddaughter of U.S. president John Quincy Adams
- John Hall1698-1780
- Noah Curtis1772-1856American bootmaker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hancock Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
42.25040, -71.00379
What Hancock Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- ADAMS CRYPTQuincy, MACemetery0.1 mi
- Christ Church Burial GroundQuincy, MAChurch cemetery0.4 mi
- Mount Wollaston CemeteryQuincy, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Christ Church Burial Ground54-60 School Street, Quincy, MA · est. 1737Church cemetery0.8 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors CemeteryQuincy, MAChurch cemetery1.3 mi
- Hall CemeteryQuincy, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Elm Street CemeteryBraintree, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Quincy CemeteryMilton, MACemetery2.2 mi
- Milton CemeteryMilton, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Blue Hill CemeteryBraintree, MACemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Hancock Cemetery
- Hamel Funeral Care & Cremation Service of Massachusetts0.3 miCremation provider · Quincy · (617) 472-5888
- Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Quincy · (617) 773-2728
- Bolea-Buonfiglio Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Quincy · (617) 472-5319
- Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals0.8 miFuneral home · Quincy · (617) 472-6344
- Presidents Monuments Company1.0 miMonument dealer · Quincy · (617) 773-5340
- Keohane Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Quincy · (617) 773-3551
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