1690 - 1767 (76 years)
Generation: 1
1. | John Quincy was born on 21 Jul 1690 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (son of Daniel Quincy and A. Shepard); died on 13 Jul 1767 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
- Nickname: Colonel
- Resided: Bef 1690, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Resided: Aft 1689, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Education: 1708, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; at Harvard
Notes:
He held the office of speaker of the house of representatives longer than any other person in the provincial period, and was for forty successive years a member of the council.
In 1717, he was elected to represent Braintree at the Massachusetts General Court, was re-elected in 1719, and served in that capacity until 1740. From 1727 to 1740, he served as the Speaker of the House. In 1741, Quincy was voted out of office, but was returned there in 1744, where he served four additional years. He died on July 13, 1767 at the age of 78, only two days after the birth of his namesake grandson.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/JohnQuincyMonument.jpg
Nickname:
Although officially only achieving the rank of major in the British army, he was commonly referred to as "Colonel".
Education:
was graduated at Harvard in 1708
John married E. Norton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- E. Quincy
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Generation: 2
2. | Daniel Quincy (son of Edmund Quincy); died after 1890. Other Events:
- Resided: Bef 1690, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Resided: Aft 1690, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Notes:
Resided:
the family moved to Braintree, Massachusetts and established a homestead at Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount, in what is present-day Quincy.
Died:
Bef 8 Jan 1698
- edmund quincy notes
aft 1890
- when son was 1 yr old, wikipedia
Daniel married A. Shepard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | A. ShepardChildren:
- 1. John Quincy was born on 21 Jul 1690 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jul 1767 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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Generation: 3
4. | Edmund Quincy was born in 1627 in Achurch, Northamptonshire, England (son of Edmund Quincy); died on 08 Jan 1698 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
Notes:
was a magistrate and representative of his town in the general court, and lieutenant-colonel of the Suffolk regiment. In 1689 he was appointed one of the committee of safety, which formed the provisional government of the colony until the arrival of the new charter from William and Mary.
Children:
- 2. Daniel Quincy died after 1890.
- Edmund Quincy was born in Oct 1681 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1738 in London, England.
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Generation: 4
8. | Edmund Quincy was born in 1602 in Wigsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England; died in Dec 1635 in Mr. Wollaston, Massachusetts. Other Events:
- Immigration: 1628, Massachusetts
- Immigration: 04 Sep 1633, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
Notes:
His family seems to have been connected with the Quincys, Earls of Winchester in the 13th century. (See Grate's "Memoranda respecting the Families of Quincy and Adams," Havana, 18410
He was one of the committee appointed to purchase the rights of William Black-stone to the Shawmut peninsula. In 1635 several thousand acres of land in the Mr. Wollaston plantation were granted to Edmund Quincy and William Coddington, afterward one of the founders of Rhode Island. This district was presently set off from Boston as a distinct township under the name of Braintree, and part of it was long afterward incorporated as the town of Quincy
more kids history
http://www.famousamericans.net/edmundquincy/
Immigration:
came to Massachusetts in 1628
Immigration:
and, after returning to England for his wife and children, sailed again in the ship which brought the Reverend John Cotton, and anchored in Boston harbor, 4 September, 1633.
Died:
Mr. Wollaston, Massachusetts, in November or December, 1635
Children:
- 4. Edmund Quincy was born in 1627 in Achurch, Northamptonshire, England; died on 08 Jan 1698 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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