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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 .
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The family estate was in
Mount Wollaston , first independent, then part of
Braintree, Massachusetts , and now the city of
Quincy . The remaining pieces of the Quincy homestead are the
Josiah Quincy House and the
Dorothy Quincy Homestead , after the land was broken up into building lots called
Wollaston Park in the 19th century and the
Josiah Quincy Mansion was demolished in 1969.
The names of President
John Quincy Adams ,
several American towns ,
USS Quincy ,
Quincy House at Harvard , Quincy House in
Washington, D.C. , and
Quincy Market in
Boston are among the legacies of the Quincy family name.
Members
Edmund Quincy (1602–1636) I, who emigrated to
Boston 1633 and settled
Mount Wollaston 1635, married Judith Pares (d. 1654)
Judith Quincy (1626–1695), married
John Hull (1624–1683), merchant and
Massachusetts Bay Colony politician
Edmund Quincy (1628–1698) II, who built the
Dorothy Quincy House (1685), married
Joanna Hoar (1625–1680) and remarried to
Elizabeth Gookin Eliot (1645–1700)
Daniel Quincy (1651–1690), Boston merchant and ker, married
Anna Shephard (1663–1708)
Anna Quincy (1685–1717), married John Holman (1679–1759)
Colonel
John Quincy (1689–1767):
Quincy, Massachusetts and
John Quincy Adams were both named in his honor. Quincy was
Abigail Adams ' grandfather. He was John Quincy Adams' great-grandfather. John married Elizabeth Norton (1696–1769) of
Hingham , daughter of Rev. John Norton, pastor of
Old Ship Church .
Norton Quincy (1716–1801), public servant, recluse, married
Martha Salisbury (1727–1748)
Anna Quincy (1719–1799), married John Thaxter (1721–1802) of
Hingham
Elizabeth Quincy (1721–1775), married the
Reverend William Smith (1707–1783) of the First Church of Weymouth
Mary Smith (1741–1811), married Richard Cranch (1726–1811)
Abigail Smith (1744–1818), married
John Adams (1735–1826), second president of the
United States
Abigail Adams (1765–1813), "Nabby" married
William Stephens Smith (1755–1816)
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States, married
Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775–1852)
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), married Abigail Brooks (1808–1889)
John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), lawyer and politician
Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835–1915), Civil War general, president of
Union Pacific Railroad (1884–1890)
Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), 44th
Secretary of the Navy , mayor of
Quincy, Massachusetts
Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), married Marian Hooper (1843–1885)
Mary Gardiner Adams (1845–1928), married Henry Parker Quincy (1838–1899)
Susanna Boylston Adams (1768–1770)
Charles Adams (1770–1800) , married Sarah Smith
Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832) , Massachusetts Representative, justice, married Ann Harrod
William Smith (1746–1787), married Catherine Louise Salmon (1749–1824)
Elizabeth Smith (1750–1815), married John Shaw (1748–1794), remarried to Stephen Peabody (1741–1819)
Lucy Quincy (1729–1785), married
Cotton Tufts (1732–1815)
John Quincy (1652–1674)
Joanna Quincy (1654–1695), married Lieut. David Hobart (1651–1717) of
Hingham
Judith Quincy (1655–1679), married John Rayner (1643–1676)
Ruth Quincy (1658–1698), married John Hunt
Edmund Quincy (1681–1737) III, married Dorothy Flynt (1678–1737)
Edmund Quincy (1703–1788) IV, married Elizabeth Wendell (1704–1769) partner with brother Josiah Quincy (1710–1784)
Edmund Quincy (1726–1782) V, businessman and land developer, married Anna Huske, remarried to Mehitabel Temple, remarried to Hannah Gannett
Henry Quincy (1727–1780), married Mary Salter, remarried to Eunice Newell
Abraham Quincy (1728–1756)
Elizabeth Quincy (1729–1770), married Samuel Sewall (1715–1771)
Katherine Quincy (b. 1733)
Dr. Jacob Quincy (1734–1773), married Elizabeth Williams
Sarah Quincy (1736–1790), married General William Greenleaf
Esther Quincy (1738–1810), married
Jonathan Sewall (1728–1796), last royal
attorney general of Massachusetts
Dorothy Quincy (1747–1830), married
John Hancock (1737–1793), remarried to Captain James Scott (1746–1809)
Elizabeth Quincy (1706–1746), married John Wendell (1703–1762)
Dorothy Quincy (1709–1762), "Dorothy Q" of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., married Edward Jackson (1707–1757), Boston merchant and manufacturer
Mary Jackson (1740–1804), married Oliver Wendell (1733–1818)
Sarah Wendell married the Reverend
Abiel Holmes (1763–1837)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894), married Amelia Lee Jackson
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935), jurist
Jonathan Jackson (1743–1810), merchant and
Continental Congress delegate from
Massachusetts , married Sarah Barnard (d. 1770), remarried to Hannah Tracy (d. 1797)
Edward Jackson (1768–1777)
Henry Jackson (1774–1806), married Hannah Swett (1774–1850)
Charles Jackson (1775–1855), married Amelia Lee(d. 1808), remarried to Frances Cabot
Amelia Lee Jackson (d. 1888), married
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894)
Hannah Jackson, married Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817)
Sarah Jackson, married John Gardner (1770–1825)
Dr. James Jackson (1777–1867), married Elizabeth Cabot, remarried to Sarah Cabot
Patrick Tracy Jackson (1780–1847), married Lydia Cabot
Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784), Revolutionary War soldier, built the
Josiah Quincy House , married Hanna Sturgis (1712–1755), remarried to Elizabeth Waldron (1722–1760), remarried to Ann Marsh (1723–1805)
Edmund Quincy (1733–1768) , Boston merchant died at sea in
West Indies
Samuel Quincy (1735–1789), attorney and barrister, solicitor general, loyalist exile, married
Hannah Hill (1734–1782) who was a revolutionary and stayed in Massachusetts during her husband's exile, remarried to Mary Ann Chadwell
Hannah Quincy (1736–1826), "Orlinda" of John Adams diaries, married Bela Lincoln (1734–1773),
Hingham physician, brother of General
Benjamin Lincoln ; remarried to
Ebenezer Storer (1730–1807), deacon of Brattle Street Church and treasurer of Harvard College
Josiah Quincy II (1744–1775), attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist, died at sea returning from mission to
London , married Abigail Phillips (1745–1798), daughter of
William Phillips Sr. (1722–1804)
Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), president of
Harvard University (1829–1845), U.S. Representative (1805–1813), mayor of
Boston (1823–1828), married Eliza Susan Morton (1773–1850)
Eliza Susan Quincy (1798–1884), eldest of "five articulate sisters", artist, archivist and historian
Josiah Quincy Jr. (1802–1882), mayor of Boston (1846–1848), built the
Josiah Quincy Mansion , married Mary Jane Miller (1806–1874)
Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829–1910), poet, writer, publicist, married Helen Frances Huntington (1831–1903)
Josiah Quincy (1859–1919) , General Court representative, assistant secretary of the Navy, mayor of Boston (1895–1899), married Ellen Krebs Tyler (1862–1904)
Edmund Quincy [
d ] (1903–1997), artist
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Helen Quincy (b. 1861)
Frances Huntington Quincy (1870–1933), essayist and author, married
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe (1864–1960)
Quincy Howe (1900–1977), news analyst, author
Helen Huntington Howe (1905–1975), monologuist, novelist, married Reginald Allen
Mark DeWolfe Howe (1906–1967), Harvard law professor, historian, biographer,
civil rights leader
Mabel Quincy
Violet Quincy
Samuel Miller Quincy (1833–1887), lawyer, historian, Civil War soldier, and 28th mayor of New Orleans (May 5, 1865 – June 8, 1865)
Mary Apthorp Quincy (1834–1883), married Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Susan Quincy Gould (b. 1862)
Lucretia Gould (b. 1864)
Alice Bache Gould (b. 1868)
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (b. 1870)
Maria Gould (b. 1872)
Abigail Phillips Quincy (1803–1893), last Quincy to occupy the
Josiah Quincy House
Maria Sophia Quincy (1805–1886)
Margaret Morton Quincy (1806–1882), married
Benjamin Daniel Greene (1793–1862), traveler and botanist
Edmund Quincy (1808–1877) , diarist, lecturer, author,
abolitionist , married Lucilla Pinckney Parker (1810–1860), daughter of prominent Boston merchant
Daniel Pinckney Parker
Edmund Quincy (1834–1894),
civil engineer
Henry Parker Quincy (1838–1899), Harvard MD, "anatomical draughtsman", married Mary Gardiner Adams (1845–1928)
Mary Quincy (b. 1841)
Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy (1812–1899), youngest of the "articulate sisters", married Robert Cassie Waterston (1812–1899), Boston clergyman who gave his library to the
Massachusetts Historical Society
Elizabeth Quincy (1757–1825), married
Benjamin Guild (1749–1792)
Ann Quincy (1763–1844), married Asa Packard (1758–1843)
John Quincy (b.1683)
Mary Quincy (1684–1716), married Daniel Baker (1686–1731)
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