Winfield Scott Hancock and his identical twin brother Hilary Baker Hancock were born on February 14, 1824, in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, a hamlet just northwest of Philadelphia in present-day Montgomery Township.
Winfield Scott Hancock og hans enæggede tvillingebror Hilary Baker Hancock blev født den 14. februar 1824, i Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, en lille landsby lige nordvest for Philadelphia.