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I was Born on January 23,1737 Braintree (Now Quincy) Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Died on October 8, 1793 at age 56, Hancock Manor, Boston Massachusetts.

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I was the first President of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777. After the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the U.S was born, I became the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785. I was reelected again in 1787 and served until my death in 1793.

I attended Boston Latin school, after my graduation in 1750, I was accepted in Harvard College where I graduated in 1754.

I married Dorothy Quincy and had 2 Children, John George Washington Hancock and Lydia Henchman Hancock.

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