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Edmund Quincy IV (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i /; 1703-1788) was a prominent Boston merchant during much of the 18th century.
Edmond Quincy V (1808–1877) was an American author and reformer. Biography. Edmund Quincy was born in Boston on February 1, 1808, the second son of Josiah Quincy III and Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. His siblings included, Josiah, Eliza, Abigail, Maria, Margaret, and Anna.
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Born 1602 in Wigsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, Edmund's family may have been connected with the Earls of Winchester in the 13th century. The surname is Anglo-Norman. One descendant named Eliza Susan Quincy wrote in 1844 that Edmund once had "a genealogical account of his family, which traced their descent from the time of the Norman Conquest,"...
Quincy came to Massachusetts for the first time in 1628, and emigrated to America along with the Reverend John Cotton on a ship called Griffin with his family and six servants, arriving in Boston Harbor 4 September 1633. The Quincys' names appear in the records of the First Church from the following year. On September 10, 1634, Quincy was the first...
In 1635, a thousand acres of land in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts, was sold by the Massachusett Indians to Quincy and William Coddington; the town of Boston confirmed the sale in 1636. The property consisted of a broad strip of land along the sea, extending somewhat beyond the boundaries of the settlement established by Captain Wollaston and T...
Overview. Edmund Quincy. (1808—1877) Quick Reference. (b. 1 February 1808; d. 17 May 1877), abolitionist, writer, and editor. Edmund Quincy was the son of the Harvard president, Boston mayor, and U.S. congressional member Josiah Quincy and ...
Learn about Edmund Quincy (1808-1877), a Harvard graduate and a leading abolitionist in the nation. He wrote, edited, spoke out, and refused to return fugitive slaves to their owners.
Edmund Quincy (1808-1877) was a prominent Garrisonian abolitionist, editor, and writer. He advocated non-violent resistance to slavery and disunion, and contributed to several anti-slavery journals and books.
Edmund Quincy, an author and reformer, wrote three letters to abolitionist and women's rights advocate Parker Pillsbury in 1885-1886. The letters discuss his father Josiah Quincy III, books and pamphlets, and other topics.
