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John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737; according to the Old Style calendar then in use, the date was January 12, 1736. His birthplace was Braintree, Massachusetts, in a part of town which eventually became the separate city of Quincy. He was the son of the Reverend John Hancock of Braintree and Mary Hawke Thaxter, who was from nearby Hingham.

John Hancock's father was a Congregationalist minister who died when Hancock was 7. He was adopted by his paternal uncle Thomas Hancock.

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