The Quincy family was a prominent political family in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 during the mid-17th century through early 20th century and is connected to the Adams family through Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth...

.

The family estate was in Mount Wollaston

Mount Wollaston

Wollaston, Massachusetts, is a neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Divided by Hancock Street/Route 3A, the Wollaston Beach side is called Wollaston Park, while the Wollaston Hill side is called Wollaston Heights....

, first independent, then part of Braintree, Massachusetts

Braintree, Massachusetts

The Town of Braintree is a suburban city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Although officially known as a town, Braintree adopted a municipal charter, effective 2008, with a mayor-council form of government and is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The population was 35,744...

, and now the city of Quincy

Quincy, Massachusetts

Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...

. The remaining pieces of the Quincy homestead are the Josiah Quincy House

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 illustrious Josiah Quincys that included three Boston mayors and a president of...

 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

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...

, several American towns, the USS Quincy

USS Quincy

Three United States Navy ships have been named USS Quincy, after the town of Quincy, Massachusetts.* The first was a German cargo ship seized in 1917 and used until 1922, then sold....

, Quincy House at Harvard

Quincy House (Harvard)

Quincy House is one of the twelve upperclass residential houses of Harvard University, located on Plympton Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River. Quincy House was named after Josiah Quincy III , president of Harvard from 1829 to 1845. It is the second largest of the twelve...

, Quincy House

Quincy House (Brookland)

Quincy House is a notable residence for students located in the historic Brookland neighborhood of the Washington, DC.-The House:Quincy House is a home to Catholic graduate students from across North America, located in the historic Brookland neighborhood of the District of Columbia.Within easy...

 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, and Quincy Market

Quincy Market

Quincy Market is a historic building near Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was constructed 1824–1826 and named in honor of Mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt.-History:...

 in Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

 are among the legacies of the Quincy family name.

Members

1. Edmund Quincy (1602-1636)
   Edmund Quincy (1602-1636)
   Edmund Quincy , known as "the Puritan", was an early English settler of Massachusetts Bay Colony in what later became the United States. He is notable as the progenitor of the prestigious Quincy family.-England:...
   
   , who emigrated to Boston
   Boston
   Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
   
    1633 and settled Mount Wollaston
   Mount Wollaston
   Wollaston, Massachusetts, is a neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Divided by Hancock Street/Route 3A, the Wollaston Beach side is called Wollaston Park, while the Wollaston Hill side is called Wollaston Heights....
   
    1635, married Judith Pares (d. 1654)
   1. Judith Quincy (1626–1695), married John Hull (1620–1683), leading merchant and mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony
      Massachusetts Bay Colony
      The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...
      
      
      1. Hannah Hull (1658–1717), married Samuel Sewall (1652-1730), judge and diarist
         1. Samuel Sewall (1678–1751), married Rebecca Dudley, daughter of Governor Joseph Dudley
            Joseph Dudley
            Joseph Dudley was an English colonial administrator. A native of Roxbury, Massachusetts and son of one of its founders, he had a leading role in the administration of the unpopular Dominion of New England , and served briefly on the council of the Province of New York, where he oversaw the trial...
            
            
         2. Joseph Sewall (1688–1769), married Elizabeth Walley
            1. Samuel Sewall (1715–1771), married Mary Wendell (1724–1746), remarried to Elizabeth Quincy (1729–1770)^§
               1. Elizabeth Sewall (1750–1789), married Samuel Salisbury
               2. Hannah Sewall (b, 1753), married James Hill
               3. Samuel Sewall (1757–1814), married Abigail Devereux
               4. Joseph Sewall (b. 1762), married Mary Robie
   2. Edmund Quincy (1628-1698), who built the Dorothy Quincy House (1685), married Joanna Hoar (1625–1680) and remarried to Elizabeth Gookin Eliot (1645–1700)
      1. Daniel Quincy (1651–1690), Boston merchant and banker, married Anna Shephard (1663–1708)
         1. Anna Quincy (1685–1717), married John Holman (1679–1759)
         2. Colonel John Quincy
            John Quincy
            Colonel John Quincy was an American soldier, politician and member of the Quincy political family. His granddaughter Abigail Adams named her son, John Quincy Adams, in his honor. The city of Quincy, Massachusetts is named in his honor, as well.-Biography:John Quincy was born in Boston,...
            
             (1689–1767), Quincy, Massachusetts
            Quincy, Massachusetts
            Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...
            
             and John Quincy Adams
            John Quincy Adams
            John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
            
             named in his honor, married Elizabeth Norton (1696–1769) of Hingham
            Hingham, Massachusetts
            Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
            
            , daughter of Rev. John Norton, pastor of Old Ship Church
            Old Ship Church
            The Old Ship Church was built in 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts in the United States. It is the oldest church in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States. It is the only remaining 17th century Puritan meetinghouse in America...
            
            
            1. Norton Quincy (1716–1801), public servant, recluse, married Martha Salisbury (1727–1748)
            2. Anna Quincy (1719–1799), married John Thaxter (1721–1802) of Hingham
               Hingham, Massachusetts
               Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
               
               
               1. John Thaxter (1755–1791), (former tutor of John Quincy Adams), married Elizabeth Duncan
               2. Quincy Thaxter (1762–1837), married Elizabeth Cushing (1767–1820) of Hingham
                  Hingham, Massachusetts
                  Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
                  
                  
                  1. Anna Quincy Thaxter (1796–1878)
            3. Elizabeth Quincy (1721–1775), married the Reverend William Smith (1707–1783) of the First Church of Weymouth
               1. Mary Smith (1741–1811), married Richard Cranch (1726–1811)
               2. Abigail Smith
                  Abigail Adams
                  Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth...
                  
                   (1744–1818), married John Adams
                  John Adams
                  John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...
                  
                   (1735–1826), second president of the United States
                  United States
                  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
                  
                  
                  1. Abigail Adams
                     Abigail “Nabby” Adams Smith
                     Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith was the firstborn of Abigail and John Adams, founding father and second President of the United States...
                     
                      (1765–1813), "Nabby" married William Stephens Smith (1755–1816)
                  2. John Quincy Adams
                     John Quincy Adams
                     John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
                     
                      (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States, married Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775–1852)
                     1. Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
                        Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
                        Charles Francis Adams, Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams and the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams....
                        
                         (1807–1886), married Abigail Brooks (1808–1889)
                        1. John Quincy Adams II
                           John Quincy Adams II
                           John Quincy Adams II was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Adams was the son of Charles Francis Adams, the grandson and namesake of president John Quincy Adams and the great-grandson of President John Adams...
                           
                            (1833–1894), lawyer and politician
                        2. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
                           Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
                           Charles Francis Adams II was a member of the prominent Adams family, and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
                           
                            (1835–1915), Civil War general, president of Union Pacific Railroad
                           Union Pacific Railroad
                           The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
                           
                            (1884–1890)
                           1. Charles Francis Adams III
                              Charles Francis Adams III
                              Charles Francis Adams III was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman.-Life:...
                              
                               (1866–1954), 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts
                              Quincy, Massachusetts
                              Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...
                              
                              
                        3. Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), married Marian Hooper (1843–1885)
                        4. Mary Gardiner Adams (1845–1928), married Henry Parker Quincy (1838–1899)^‡
                  3. Susanna Boylston Adams
                     Susanna Boylston Adams
                     Susanna Boylston Adams may refer to:*Susanna Boylston, mother of U.S. President John Adams*Susanna Adams, daughter of U.S. President John Adams...
                     
                      (1768–1770)
                  4. Charles Adams (1770–1800)
                     Charles Adams (1770–1800)
                     Charles Adams was the second son of President John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams. He died of alcoholism in 1800....
                     
                     , married Sarah Smith
                  5. Thomas Boylston Adams
                     Thomas Boylston Adams
                     Thomas Boylston Adams was the third and youngest son of John and Abigail Adams.Adams lived with relatives in Haverhill, Massachusetts during his father’s diplomatic missions in Europe, after Abigail Adams joined him in 1784...
                     
                      (1772–1832), Massachusetts Representative, justice, married Ann Harrod
               3. William Smith (1746–1787), married Catherine Louise Salmon (1749–1824)
               4. Elizabeth Smith (1750–1815), married John Shaw (1748–1794), remarried to Stephen Peabody (1741–1819)
            4. Lucy Quincy (1729–1785), married Cotton Tufts (1732–1815)
               1. Cotton Tufts (1757–1833), married Mercy Brooks (1763–1849)
      2. John Quincy (1652–1674)
      3. Joanna Quincy (1654–1695), married Lieut. David Hobart (1651–1717) of Hingham
         Hingham, Massachusetts
         Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
         
         
      4. Judith Quincy (1655–1679), married John Rayner (1643–1676)
      5. Ruth Quincy (1658–1698), married John Hunt
      6. Edmund Quincy (1681-1737), married Dorothy Flynt (1678–1737)
         1. Edmund Quincy (1703-1788)
            Edmund Quincy (1703-1788)
            - Early life and career :Edmund Quincy was one of four children born to Edmund Quincy and Dorothy Flynt Quincy of Braintree and Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1722, and went into the commerce and shipbuilding business with his younger brother Josiah and brother-in-law Edward Jackson...
            
            , married Elizabeth Wendell (1704–1769)
            1. Edmund Quincy (1726-1782), businessman and land developer, married Anna Huske, remarried to Mehitabel Temple, remarried to Hannah Gannett
               1. Mary Quincy (b. 1751), married Jacob Sheafe (1745–1829)
               2. Edmund Huske Quincy (1759–1818)
               3. Horatio Gates Quincy (1779–1825), married Polly Pettis
                  1. Horatio Gates Quincy (1807–1884), married Mary McAllister
                     1. George Henry Quincy (1832–1895), married Mary Caroline Sweetser
            2. Henry Quincy (1727–1780), married Mary Salter, remarried to Eunice Newell
               1. Elizabeth Quincy (1751–1781), married Nathaniel Greene
               2. Eunice Quincy (1760–1793), married Joseph de Valnais (1734–1826)
               3. Henry Quincy (b. 1762)
            3. Abraham Quincy (1728–1756)
            4. Elizabeth Quincy (1729–1770), married Samuel Sewall (1715–1771)^§
            5. Katherine Quincy (b. 1733)
            6. Dr. Jacob Quincy (1734–1773), married Elizabeth Williams
               1. Jacob Quincy, married Ann Bigelow
               2. Elizabeth Wendell Quincy, married Hon. Asa G. Clapp of Portland, Maine
                  Portland, Maine
                  Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
                  
                  
               3. Mary Quincy, married James Kettell
               4. Abraham Howard Quincy (1767–1840), married Mary Holland
               5. John Williams Quincy (1769–1834), married Abigail Atkins
                  1. Martha Atkins Quincy (1797–1870)
                  2. John Williams Quincy (1800–1818)
                  3. Silas Atkins Quincy (1802–1887)
                  4. Thomas Dennie Quincy (1807–1881)
                  5. Elizabeth Ann Quincy (b. 1809), married William Wales (d. 1873)
                  6. John Williams Quincy (1813–1883), originally Jacob but renamed John at age 5 (upon older brother's death), married Lucretia Deming Perkins
                     1. Mary Perkins Quincy (b. 1866)
               6. Samuel M. Quincy (1734–1773), married Sarah Smart
            7. Sarah Quincy (1736–1790), married General William Greenleaf
               1. Elizabeth Greenleaf (1769–1814), married John Gardner
               2. Sarah Greenleaf, married William Greenough (d. 1831)
            8. Esther Quincy (1738–1810), married Jonathan Sewall
               Jonathan Sewall
               Jonathan Sewall was the last British attorney general of Massachusetts.He was born in Boston on August 24, 1729 to Jonathan and Mary Sewall. Sewall's father was an unsuccessful merchant who died at a young age...
               
                (1728–1796), last royal attorney general
               Attorney General
               In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
               
                of Massachusetts
               1. Jonathan Sewall (1766–1839), chief justice of lower Canada
                  Canada
                  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
                  
                  
               2. Stephen Sewall (1770–1832), solicitor general of lower Canada
            9. Dorothy Quincy (1747–1830), married John Hancock
               John Hancock
               John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
               
                (1737–1793), remarried to Captain James Scott (1746–1809)
         2. Elizabeth Quincy (1706–1746), married John Wendell (1703–1762)
         3. Dorothy Quincy (1709–1762), "Dorothy Q" of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., married Edward Jackson (1707–1757), Boston merchant and manufacturer
            1. Mary Jackson (1740–1804), married Oliver Wendell (1733–1818)
               1. Sarah Wendell married the Reverend Abiel Holmes
                  Abiel Holmes
                  Abiel Holmes was an American Congregational clergyman and historian in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.....
                  
                   (1763–1837)
                  1. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
                     Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
                     Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat...
                     
                      (1809–1894), married Amelia Lee Jackson^†
                     1. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
                        Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
                        Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932...
                        
                         (1841–1935), jurist
            2. Jonathan Jackson (1743–1810), merchant and Continental Congress
               Continental Congress
               The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....
               
                delegate from Massachusetts
               Massachusetts
               The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
               
               , married Sarah Barnard (d. 1770), remarried to Hannah Tracy (d. 1797)
               1. Edward Jackson (1768–1777)
               2. Charles Jackson (1775–1855), married Amelia Lee (d. 1808), remarried to Frances Cabot
                  1. Amelia Lee Jackson (d. 1888), married Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
                     Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
                     Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat...
                     
                      (1809–1894)^†
               3. Hannah Jackson, married Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817)
               4. Sarah Jackson, married John Gardner (1770–1825)
               5. Dr. James Jackson (1777–1867), married Elizabeth Cabot, remarried to Sarah Cabot
               6. Patrick Tracy Jackson (1780–1847), married Lydia Cabot
         4. Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784), Revolutionary War soldier, built the Josiah Quincy House
            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 illustrious Josiah Quincys that included three Boston mayors and a president of...
            
            , married Hanna Sturgis (1712–1755), remarried to Elizabeth Waldron (1722–1760), remarried to Ann Marsh (1723–1805)
            1. Edmund Quincy (1733-1768), Boston merchant died at sea in West Indies
            2. 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
               1. Samuel Quincy (1764–1816), married Elizabeth Hatch (1764–1841)
                  1. Deborah Hatch Quincy (1789–1872)
                  2. Samuel Quincy (1791–1850), married Abby Adams Beale (1800–1882)
                     1. Elizabeth Quincy, married E. H. Mills Huntington
                     2. Abby Ann Quincy (b. 1836)
                  3. Josiah Quincy (1793–1875), married Mary Grace Weld (1794–1844)
                     1. Samuel Hatch Quincy (b. 1827)
               2. Thomas Quincy (1767-184?)
               3. Hannah Quincy (b. 1762), married Aaron Hill
                  1. Thomas Quincy Hill
                  2. Harriet Hill Phillips, married Willard Phillips
            3. Hannah Quincy (1736–1826), "Orlinda" of John Adams diaries, married Bela Lincoln (1734–1773), Hingham
               Hingham, Massachusetts
               Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
               
                physician, brother of General Benjamin Lincoln
               Benjamin Lincoln
               Benjamin Lincoln was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War...
               
               ; remarried to Ebenezer Storer (1730–1807), deacon of Brattle Street Church and treasurer of Harvard College
            4. Josiah Quincy II
               Josiah Quincy II
               Josiah Quincy, Jr., 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 Preston and the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.-Family:Quincy was father of...
               
                (1744–1775), attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist, died at sea returning from mission to London
               London
               London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
               
               , married Abigail Phillips (1745–1798), daughter of William Phillips, Sr.
               William Phillips, Sr.
               William Phillips, Sr. was a Boston merchant, the father to William Phillips, Jr., father-in-law to Josiah Quincy II, who married his daughter, Abigail Phillips, grandfather to Josiah Quincy III. and greatgrandfather of Samuel H. Walley....
               
                (1722–1804)
               1. Josiah Quincy III
                  Josiah Quincy III
                  Josiah Quincy III was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , Mayor of Boston , and President of Harvard University...
                  
                   (1772–1864), president of Harvard University
                  Harvard University
                  Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
                  
                   (1829–1845), U.S. Representative (1805–1813), mayor of Boston
                  Boston
                  Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
                  
                   (1823–1828), married Eliza Susan Morton (1773–1850)
                  1. Eliza Susan Quincy (1798–1884), eldest of "five articulate sisters", artist, archivist and historian
                  2. Josiah Quincy, Jr.
                     Josiah Quincy, Jr.
                     Josiah Quincy, Jr. was mayor of Boston , as was his father Josiah Quincy III and grandson Josiah Quincy . He was the author of Figures in the Past . As a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1837, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Massachusetts Board of Education...
                     
                      (1802–1882), mayor of Boston (1846–1848), built the Josiah Quincy Mansion, married Mary Jane Miller (1806–1874)
                     1. Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829–1910), poet, writer, publicist, married Helen Frances Huntington (1831–1903)
                        1. Josiah Quincy (1859–1919)
                           Josiah Quincy (1859–1919)
                           Josiah Quincy was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1895 to 1899. His grandfather, Josiah Quincy, Jr., and great-grandfather, Josiah Quincy III, also served as mayor of Boston.-External links:*...
                           
                           , General Court representative, assistant secretary of the Navy, mayor of Boston (1895–1899), married Ellen Krebs Tyler (1862–1904)
                           1. Edmund Quincy (b. 1903), artist
                        2. Helen Quincy (b. 1861)
                        3. Frances Huntington Quincy (1870–1933), essayist and author, married Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe (1864-1960)
                           1. Quincy Howe (b. 1900), news analyst, author
                           2. Helen Huntington Howe (b. 1905), monologuist, novelist, married Reginald Allen
                           3. Mark DeWolfe Howe (1906–1967), Harvard law professor, historian, biographer, civil rights
                              Civil rights
                              Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
                              
                               leader
                        4. Mabel Quincy
                        5. Violet Quincy
                     2. Samuel Miller Quincy
                        Samuel Miller Quincy
                        Samuel Miller Quincy was the 28th mayor of New Orleans . He was also a Harvard graduate , lawyer and legal historian, and Union soldier in the American Civil War, during which he was wounded, captured, imprisoned, and exchanged...
                        
                         (1833–1887), lawyer, historian, Civil War soldier, and 28th mayor of New Orleans (May 5, 1865 – June 8, 1865)
                     3. Mary Apthorp Quincy (1834–1883), married Benjamin Apthorp Gould
                        1. Susan Quincy Gould (b. 1862)
                        2. Lucretia Gould (b. 1864)
                        3. Alice Bache Gould (b. 1868)
                        4. Benjamin Apthorp Gould (b. 1870)
                        5. Maria Gould (b. 1872)
                  3. Abigail Phillips Quincy (1803–1893), last Quincy to occupy the Josiah Quincy House
                     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 illustrious Josiah Quincys that included three Boston mayors and a president of...
                     
                     
                  4. Maria Sophia Quincy (1805–1886)
                  5. Margaret Morton Quincy (1806–1882), married Benjamin Daniel Greene (1793–1862), traveler and botanist
                  6. Edmund Quincy (1808-1877)
                     Edmund Quincy (1808-1877)
                     Edmond Quincy , author and reformer was the second son of Josiah Quincy III and Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. He was an abolitionist editor and also the author of a biography of his father, a romance, Wensley , and The Haunted Adjutant and Other Stories .His father was US representative , mayor of...
                     
                     , diarist, lecturer, author, abolitionist, married Lucilla Pinckney Parker (1810–1860)
                     1. Edmund Quincy (1834–1894), civil engineer
                        Civil engineer
                        A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
                        
                        
                     2. Henry Parker Quincy (1838–1899), Harvard MD, "anatomical draughtsman", married Mary Gardiner Adams (1845–1928)^‡
                        1. Dorothy Quincy (1885–1939), married Frederick Russell Nourse (1877–1952), Boston financier, two children,
                     3. Mary Quincy (b. 1841)
                  7. 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
                     Massachusetts Historical Society
                     The Massachusetts Historical Society is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history...
                     
                     
            5. Elizabeth Quincy (1757–1825), married Benjamin Guild
               Benjamin Guild
               Benjamin Guild was a bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century. He ran the "Boston Book Store" and a circulating subscription library in the 1780s and 1790s at no.59 Cornhill, "first door south of the Old-Brick Meeting-House."...
               
               (1749–1792)
            6. Ann Quincy (1763–1844), married Asa Packard (1758–1843)
      7. John Quincy (b.1683)
      8. Mary Quincy (1684–1716), married Daniel Baker, (1686–1731)
         1. Elizabeth Baker (b. 1716)