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Marriage to Dorothy Quincy

Soon after his arrival in Philadelphia Hancock married Dorothy Quincy, whose home was a few hundred yards from his birthplace. They had two children. Tragically his daughter died in infancy and his son died in childhood. The city of Quincy takes its name from her family.

Portrait by John Singleton Copley of Dorothy Quincy Hancock
"Dorothy Quincy Hancock," photographic reproduction by William R. Bradford (1907), after an unidentified artist. (Library of Congress)
The Quincy Homestead
The Quincy Homestead was the childhood home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock. Wikipedia