Quincy political family

Quincy
Political family
Coat of arms of Edmund Quincy, family patriarch
Coat of Arms of Edmund Quincy, family patriarch
CountryUnited States
Current regionNew England
Earlier spellingsde Quincy, Cuincy
Etymologyfrom Cuincy
Place of originBraintree, Massachusetts
FounderEdmund Quincy
MembersSee below
Connected familiesAdams
EstateMount Wollaston

The Quincy family /ˈkwɪnzi/ 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.[1][2][3]

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.

History

The first recorded Quincy sailed with William the Conqueror across the English Channel from Normandy in 1066 to crush the English forces at the Battle of Hastings. In 1215, Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, rode to Runnymede, one of the barons who forced King John of England to sign the Magna Carta, which guaranteed English freeman the right to trial by jury.[4][5]

Members

Notes and references

  1. ^ Pepe, William J.; Elaine A. Pepe (2008). Postcard History Series: Quincy. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738555393.
  2. ^ Cameron, James R. (1968). Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House.
  3. ^ "Massachusetts Historical Society: Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, 1633-1910". Archived from the original on 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  4. ^ Unger, Harlow Giles (2012). John Quincy Adams. Da Capo Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780306821295.
  5. ^ Butterfield, L.H. (1961). Faber, Leonard C.; Garrett, Wendell D. (eds.). Dairy and Autobiography of John Adams. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
  6. ^ "Edmund Quincy (1903–1997)". Dumbarton Oaks. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
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