Dorothy Quincy
| Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott | |
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| Born |
May 10, 1747 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | February 3, 1830 (aged 82) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | 1st and 3rd First Lady of Massachusetts |
| Successor | Elizabeth Adams |
| Spouse(s) |
John Hancock (1775–1793) James Scott (1796–1809) |
| Children | Lydia Henchman Hancock (1776–1777), John George Washington Hancock (1778–1787) |
| Parent(s) |
Edmund Quincy (1703–1788), Elizabeth Wendell (1704–1809) |
Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott (/ˈkwɪnzi/; May 21 (May 10 O.S.) 1747 – February 3, 1830) was an American hostess, daughter of Justice Edmund Quincy of Braintree and Boston, and the wife of Founding Father John Hancock. Her aunt, also named Dorothy Quincy, was the subject of Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem Dorothy Q.
She 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 two-time Governor of Massachusetts, in 1775. Their first child, Lydia Henchman Hancock was born in 1776 and died ten months later. In 1787, their son, John George Washington Hancock, was ice skating on a pond in Milton, Massachusetts, and died as a result of drowning when he fell through the ice at age 8.
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 Mansion at 30 Beacon Street in Boston for about 10 years. After that time she lived at 4 Federal Street in Boston.
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