Edmund Quincy (1681–1737)

For other people named Edmund Quincy, see Edmund Quincy (disambiguation).

Edmund Quincy III
1737 portrait by John Smibert
Born	14 Oct 1681 Braintree, Massachusetts
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

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.

Life

Coat of Arms of Edmund Quincy III

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. 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

Quincy political family