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The Josiah Quincy House / ˈ k w ɪ n z i /, 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 men named Josiah Quincy that included three Boston mayors and a president of Harvard University.
Josiah Quincy III (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i /; February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845).
Josiah Quincy House, home of Josiah Quincy I; Quincy Mansion, also known as the Josiah Quincy Mansion, a summer home built by Josiah Quincy Jr. Quincy Market, market complex in Boston, named in honor of Josiah Quincy III; Quincy political family; Quincy House (Harvard College), one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University.
Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784), Revolutionary War soldier, built the Josiah Quincy House, married Hanna Sturgis (1712–1755), remarried to Elizabeth Waldron (1722–1760), remarried to Ann Marsh (1723–1805) Edmund Quincy (1733–1768), Boston merchant died at sea in West Indies
Josiah Quincy House: Josiah Quincy House: May 28, 1976 : 20 Muirhead St. 91: Jonathan Dexter Record House: Jonathan Dexter Record House ...
Josiah Quincy II (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i /; February 23, 1744 – April 26, 1775) 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.
Colonel Josiah Quincy portrait copy Quincy House, Quincy Massachusetts. Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784) was an American merchant, planter, soldier, and politician. He was the son of Colonel Edmund Quincy III and Dorothy Flynt Quincy.
The house still stands on Muirhead Street in Wollaston. In 1848, the fourth Josiah Quincy built another, the "Josiah Quincy Mansion," as his summer home. The Quincy family land in Wollaston, which bordered on Adams family land, was passed from the Quincys to the Adams via Abigail Smith's marriage to John Adams. [5]