Edmund Quincy (1628-1698)
Edmund Quincy may refer to: *Edmund Quincy (1602–1636), settled Mount Wollaston area of Quincy, Massachusetts around 1628 *Edmund Quincy (1628–1698), colonist, Massachusetts representative, son of Edmund (1602–1636) *Edmund Quincy (1681–1737), colonist, Massachusetts Supreme Court judge, son of Edmund (1627–1698) *Edmund Quincy (1703–1788), son of Edmund (1681–1737) *Edmund Quincy (1726–1782), businessman and land developer, son of Edmund (1703–1788) *Edmund Quincy (1808–1877), diarist, lecturer, author, abolitionist, son of Josiah Quincy III See also *Quincy political family The Quincy family was a prominent political family in Massachusetts from the mid-17th century through to the early 20th century. It is connected to the Adams political family through Abigail Adams. The family estate was in Mount Wollaston, firs ...

Edmund Quincy (1602–1636)
Col. Edmund Quincy I (1602–1636), known as "the Puritan", was an British colonization of the Americas, English settler, soldier, colonist, planter, landowner, merchant, and politician of Massachusetts Bay Colony in what later became the United States. He is notable as the progenitor of the prestigious Quincy family. England Born 1602 in Wigsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, Edmund's family may have been connected with the Earls of Winchester in the 13th century.FamousAmericans.net/EdmundQuincy The surname is Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman. One descendant named Eliza Susan Quincy wrote in 1844 that Edmund once had "a genealogical account of his family, which traced their descent from the time of the Norman Conquest," which Abigail Adams apparently owned at one time, as well, but after a century in America it "was then unfortunately borrowed and never returned and has now been lost for more than 50 years." His parents were almost certainly Edmund Quincy (baptised 1559, died 1627) and ...
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Edmund Quincy (1628–1698)
Edmund Quincy II (; 1628–1698) was an American Massachusetts Colonist, soldier, planter, politician, and merchant. He emigrated to colonial Massachusetts in 1633 with his father, Edmund Quincy I. Early life Edmund Quincy II was born in England in 1628. He was the son of Edmund Quincy I. In 1633, at around 5 years old, he emigrated to colonial Massachusetts with his father. Career Edmund was magistrate, representative to the general court and a Lt. Colonel in a Massachusetts militia regiment. In 1689 was a member of the provisional government (Committee of Safety). This was a time of turmoil in the colonies and England. The disliked Governor Edmund Andros of the Dominion of New England was placed under investigation by the Committee, while in England the Glorious Revolution (James II fled to France) and the Bill of Rights brought fundamental changes to the political structure. Colonel Quincy started work in on the family property, called the Quincy Homestead, around 1696. Pe ...
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Edmund Quincy (1681–1737)
Edmund Quincy III (; 1681–1737) was an American merchant and judge. He was the son of Col. Edmund Quincy II (1627-1698) II and his second wife, Elizabeth Gookin. He married Dorothy Flynt and had 7 children. Four lived to adulthood, including Edmund Quincy IV and Dorothy Quincy, who was the topic of a famous poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Life Like his father and grandfather, he was deeply involved with the affairs of the Massachusetts colony. He was a magistrate, Supreme Court judge from 1718 until his death, and a colonel in the Massachusetts militia. In 1737, he was appointed to a commission to settle the boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire."Genealogical and Personal Memoirs," Cutter, p. 593 However, he contracted smallpox and died before his return to Massachusetts. The colony built a monument at his grave in Brunhill Fields Burial Ground in London and gave in Lenox to his family as a tribute for all of his efforts. See also Quincy political family Th ...
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Edmund Quincy (1703–1788)
Edmund Quincy IV (; 1703-1788) was a prominent Boston merchant during much of the 18th century. Early life and career Edmund Quincy was one of four children born to Edmund Quincy III (1681-1737) and Dorothy Flynt Quincy of Braintree (now Quincy) and Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1722, and went into the commerce and shipbuilding business with his younger brother Josiah and brother-in-law Edward Jackson. In 1748, the ''Bethell'', a merchant ship they owned, took out a letter of marque to protect itself from Spanish privateers during King George's War. Armed with fourteen guns and six fake wooden guns, the ''Bethell'' accidentally came upon a much larger and more heavily armed Spanish ship at night in the Atlantic Ocean. Unable to escape, the ''Bethell'' instead demanded that the Spanish ship surrender, and, mistaking the ''Bethell'' for a British sloop-of-war, it complied without a fight. The Spanish ship's cargo, consisting of 161 chests of silver, 2 of gold, a ...
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Edmund Quincy (1726–1782)
Edmund Quincy may refer to: *Edmund Quincy (1602–1636), settled Mount Wollaston area of Quincy, Massachusetts around 1628 *Edmund Quincy (1628–1698), colonist, Massachusetts representative, son of Edmund (1602–1636) *Edmund Quincy (1681–1737), colonist, Massachusetts Supreme Court judge, son of Edmund (1627–1698) *Edmund Quincy (1703–1788), son of Edmund (1681–1737) *Edmund Quincy (1726–1782), businessman and land developer, son of Edmund (1703–1788) *Edmund Quincy (1808–1877), diarist, lecturer, author, abolitionist, son of Josiah Quincy III See also *Quincy political family The Quincy family was a prominent political family in Massachusetts from the mid-17th century through to the early 20th century. It is connected to the Adams political family through Abigail Adams. The family estate was in Mount Wollaston, firs ...

Edmund Quincy (1808–1877)
Edmond Quincy V (1808–1877) was an American author and reformer. Biography Edmund Quincy was born in Boston on February 1, 1808, the second son of Josiah Quincy III and Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. His siblings included, Josiah, Eliza, Abigail, Maria, Margaret, and Anna. He was an abolitionist editor and also the author of a biography of his father, a romance, ''Wensley'' (1854), and ''The Haunted Adjutant and Other Stories'' (1885). Quincy graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1823, and Harvard in 1827. In 1833, Quincy married Lucilla P. Parker after graduating from Harvard University. In 1837, Quincy joined the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and was corresponding secretary (1844–1853). He became a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1838 and served as vice-president in 1853 and 1856–1859. In 1839, he became an editor of ''The Abolitionist'', one of the organs of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. From 1839 to 1856, he was a contributor to the ...
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