Edmund Quincy (1681–1737)
| Edmund Quincy III | |
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1737 portrait by John Smibert
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| Born | 14 Oct 1681 Braintree, Massachusetts |
| Died | 23 Feb 1737 London, England |
| Cause of death | Smallpox |
| Resting place | Burnhill Fields Burial Grounds, London, England |
| Residence | Boston, Massachusetts, Braintree, Massachusetts |
| Education | Harvard University 1699 |
| Occupation | Merchant and Judge |
| Home town | Braintree, Massachusetts |
| Title | Judge, Colonel, Commissioner |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Flynt (1678-1737) |
| Children | Edmund IV, Esther, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Josiah I, Esther, Mary |
| Parent(s) | Edmund Quincy (1628–1698) and Elizabeth Goodkin (1645-1700) |
Edmund Quincy III (/ˈkwɪnzi/; 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, Col. Josiah Quincy I (1710-1784) and Dorothy Quincy, who was the topic of a famous poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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, and traveled to London on this matter with his son Col. Josiah Quincy I. 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 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) in Lenox to his family as a tribute for all of his efforts.
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