John Quincy
| John Quincy | |
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| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office 1729–1741 |
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| Preceded by | William Dudley |
| Succeeded by | William Fairfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 21, 1689 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 13, 1767 (aged 77) Mt. Wollaston, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Norton |
| Children | Norton Quincy Anna Quincy Thaxter Elizabeth Quincy Smith Lucy Quincy Tufts |
| Relatives |
Abigail Adams (granddaughter) John Quincy Adams (great-grandson) |
| Education | Harvard College (1708) |
| Occupation | Soldier, Politician |
Colonel John Quincy (July 21, 1689 – July 13, 1767) was an American soldier, politician and member of the Quincy political family. His granddaughter Abigail Adams named her son, John Quincy Adams, after him. The city of Quincy, Massachusetts is named after him.
John Quincy was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Daniel Quincy (1651–1690) and Anna Shepard (1663–1708). Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Braintree, Massachusetts and established a homestead at Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount, in what is present-day Quincy. Daniel died when John was one year old; his mother subsequently married the Reverend Moses Fiske. Quincy attended Harvard College, graduating in 1708.
Quincy's paternal grandparents were Edmund Quincy II (1628-1698) and his second wife, Elizabeth Gookin Eliot (1645–1700), who built the Dorothy Quincy House (1685). His paternal grandfather's father was Edmund Quincy (1602-1636), known as "the Puritan", was an early English settler of Massachusetts Bay Colony. His paternal grandmother's father was Daniel Gookin (1612–1687), a settler of Virginia and Massachusetts from Ireland.
When his maternal grandmother died in 1709, Quincy inherited Mt. Wollaston, an estate purchased by his great-grandfather, Captain William Tyng, one of Boston's wealthiest merchants, who had acquired the property and other lands from William Coddington (1601–1678), who was in exile.
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