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 and Dorothy Quincy, who was the topic of a famous poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.[1][2]
Edmund Quincy III | |
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 1737 portrait by John Smibert | |
| Born | 14 Oct 1681 |
| Died | 23 Feb 1737 London, England |
| Resting place | Burnhill Fields Burial Grounds, London, England |
| Education | Harvard University 1699 |
| Occupation(s) | Merchant and Judge |
| Title | Judge, Colonel, Commissioner |
| Spouse | Dorothy Flynt (1678–1737) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent(s) | Edmund Quincy (1628–1698) and Elizabeth Gookin (1645-1700) |
| Relatives | Quincy political family |
Life
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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.[3] 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.
See also
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edit- ^ "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol II", by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York (1908), pp. 592-598.
- ^ Crawford, Mary Caroline (1902). The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees. L. C. Page & Company. pp. 117. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs," Cutter, p. 593
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