The Quincy family was a prominent

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from the mid-17th century through to the early 20th century. It is connected to the Adams political family through

Abigail Adams Abigail Adams ( ''née'' Smith; – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She was a founder o ...

.Massachusetts Historical Society: Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, 1633-1910
/ref> The family estate was in Mount Wollaston, first independent, then part of

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, and now the city of Quincy. The remaining pieces of the Quincy homestead are the

Josiah Quincy House The Josiah Quincy House , located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six men named Josiah Quincy that ...

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 The Quincy Mansion , also known as the Josiah Quincy Mansion, was a summer home built by Josiah Quincy Jr. in 1848. The mansion itself was situated where Angell Hall now stands on the campus of the Eastern Nazarene College. The mansion, once a ...

was demolished in 1969. The names of President

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825. During his long diploma ...

, several American towns, , Quincy House at Harvard, Quincy House in

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, and Quincy Market in

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are among the legacies of the Quincy family name.

Members

# Edmund Quincy (1602–1636) I, who emigrated to

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 The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of M ...

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 Quincy ( ) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in ...

and

were both named in his honor. Quincy was

' 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 The Old Ship Church (also known as the Old Ship Meetinghouse) is a Puritan Church (building), church built in 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts. It is the only surviving 17th-century Puritan Meeting house, meetinghouse in the United States. Its c ...

. ##### 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 John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of ...

(1735–1826), second president of the

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(1765–1813), "Nabby" married

William Stephens Smith William Stephens Smith (November 8, 1755 – June 10, 1816) was a United States representative from New York. He married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and so was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy ...

(1755–1816) #######

(1767–1848), sixth president of the United States, married

Louisa Catherine Johnson Louisa Catherine Adams (; February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852) was the first lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. She was born in Kingdom of Great Britain, England and raised in early modern Fra ...

(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

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(1884–1890) ########## Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), 44th

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, mayor of

######### 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) Charles Adams (May 29, 1770November 30, 1800) was the second son of the second President of the United States, John Adams, and his wife, Abigail Adams (née Smith). He was also the younger brother of the sixth President of the United States, Jo ...

, 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) 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 (1681-1737), Edmund Quincy III (1681-1737) and Dorothy Fly ...

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 In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ...

of Massachusetts #####

Dorothy Quincy Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott (; May 21 (May 10 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) 1747 – February 3, 1830) was an American hostess, daughter of Justice Edmund Quincy (1703–1788), Edmund Quincy of Braintree, Massachusetts, Braintree and Bos ...

(1747–1830), married

John Hancock John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot of the American Revolution. He was the longest-serving Presi ...

(1737–1793), remarried to Captain James Scott (1746–1809) ####Elizabeth Quincy (1706–1746), married John Wendell (1703–1762) ####

(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 Abiel Holmes (December 24, 1763 – June 4, 1837) was an American Congregational clergyman and historian. He was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Biography Holmes was born in Woodstock, Conne ...

(1763–1837) ####### Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894), married Amelia Lee Jackson ########

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Cou ...

(1841–1935), jurist ##### Jonathan Jackson (1743–1810), merchant and

Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a series of legislature, legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of British America, Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after ...

delegate from

, 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

, 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 The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

#####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 Benjamin Lincoln (January 24, 1733 ( O.S. January 13, 1733) – May 9, 1810) was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln was involved in three major surrender ...

; remarried to Ebenezer Storer (1730–1807), deacon of Brattle Street Church and treasurer of Harvard College #####

Josiah Quincy II Josiah Quincy II (; February 23, 1744April 26, 1775) was an American lawyer and patriot. He was a principal spokesman for the Sons of Liberty in Boston prior to the Revolution and was John Adams' co-counsel during the trials of Captain Thomas ...

(1744–1775), attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist, died at sea returning from mission to

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, married Abigail Phillips (1745–1798), daughter of William Phillips Sr. (1722–1804) ######

Josiah Quincy III Josiah Quincy III (; February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (182 ...

(1772–1864), president of

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(1829–1845), U.S. Representative (1805–1813), mayor of

(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

, 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) ########## (1903–1997), artist #########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 Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' political freedom, freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and ...

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

#######Maria Sophia Quincy (1805–1886) #######Margaret Morton Quincy (1806–1882), married

Benjamin Daniel Greene Benjamin Daniel Greene (1793 – 1862) was an American lawyer, physician, naturalist, and botanist. Biography Benjamin Daniel Greene, a son of Gardiner Greene, was born 29 December 1793, in the colony of Demerara, which was part of Dutch Giana ...

(1793–1862), traveler and botanist ####### Edmund Quincy (1808–1877), diarist, lecturer, author,

abolitionist Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was Kingdom of France, France in 1315, but it was later used ...

, married Lucilla Pinckney Parker (1810–1860), daughter of prominent Boston merchant Daniel Pinckney Parker ########Edmund Quincy (1834–1894),

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ...

########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 The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history. The Massachusetts Historical Society was established in 1791 and is located at 1154 Boylston Street ...

#####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)

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quincy Political Family Political families of the United States American families of English ancestry