Dorothy Quincy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dorothy Quincy

First Lady of Massachutts

Date of Birth: 10-May-1747

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1830

Profession: First Lady

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Dorothy Quincy

  • Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott (; 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. Dorothy was a well-known hostess, and a great deal was written about her.
  • Many chroniclers of the time note that she was beautiful, well spoken and intelligent.
  • She witnessed the Battle of Lexington while staying with her future husband's aunt, Lydia Hancock, at the home of Rev.
  • Jonas Clark, now known as the Hancock-Clarke House.
  • When Hancock told her after the battle that she could not go back to her father in Boston, she retorted, "Recollect Mr.
  • Hancock, that I am not under your control yet.
  • I shall go to my father tomorrow."

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