View of the Granary Burying Ground in Boston. (Public domain/via Wikimedia) At the Granary, as many as 5,000 sets of bones are believed to repose forevermore, and, yes, I saw a raven or two.

Hancock died at age 56 on Oct. 8, 1793 and was buried at the Granary Burying Ground in Boston. This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: John Hancock's Boston home is on the real ...

He was the first governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1780 to 1785 and again from 1787 to 1793. He died in 1793 and is buried at Granary Burial Ground in downtown Boston.

Considering Washington was the heavy favorite, Hancock only received four votes. Hancock died at age 56 on Oct. 8, 1793 and was buried at the Granary Burying Ground in Boston.