Edmund Quincy (1602–1636)
Edmund Quincy I | |
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 Coat of Arms of Edmund Quincy I | |
| Born | 1602 Wigsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England |
| Died | 1636 |
| Other names | Edmund Quincy I |
| Occupation(s) | Settler, Soldier, Planter, Politician, Merchant |
| Title | Colonel |
| Spouse | Judith Pares |
| Children | 2 (including Edmund Quincy II) |
| Parent(s) | Edmund Quincy (died 1627) Anne Palmer |
Edmund Quincy I (1602–1636), known as "the Puritan", was an
Quincy family
.
England
Born 1602 in
Puritanism by the time of the birth of his son.[3] His daughter Judith Quincy (1626–1695), married John Hull (1620–1683), leading merchant and mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony
.
Emigration
Quincy came to
John Cotton on a ship called Griffin[2] with his family and six servants, arriving in Boston Harbor 4 September 1633.[5] The Quincys' names appear in the records of the First Church from the following year.[6] On September 10, 1634, Quincy was the first person named to a committee, appointed by the Puritan colonists, to assess and raise the funds necessary to purchase the Shawmut Peninsula from William Blaxton.[5][6] The following May, he was elected to represent the town of Boston at the first Massachusetts General Court held in Massachusetts Bay Colony.[6]
Mount Wollaston
In 1635, a thousand
References
- ^ FamousAmericans.net/EdmundQuincy
- ^ a b c Robert Sewall: Quincy family
- ^ a b c Adams, Charles Francis (1892). Three episodes of Massachusetts History. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 700. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- ^ a b "Massachusetts Historical Society: Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, 1633-1910". Archived from the original on 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ ISBN 9780722291603. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ a b c Quincy, Josiah; Quincy, Eliza Susan Morton (1875). Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy, Junior, of Massachusetts Bay, 1744-1775. Little, Brown. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ISBN 9780608434193. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ Bacon, Edwin Monroe (1898). Walks and Rides in the Country Round about Boston. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 377. Retrieved 2009-03-19.