American merchant, planter, soldier, and politician (1710–1784)
Col. Josiah Quincy I
Born
1 April 1710 (1710-04)
Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
3 March 1784 (1784-03-04) (aged 73)
Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education
Harvard University
Occupations
Merchant
planter
soldier
politician
Title
Colonel[1]
Spouses
Hanna Sturgis
(m. 1733; died 1755)
Elizabeth Waldron
(died)
Ann Marsh
Children
7, including Josiah Quincy II
Parent
Edmund Quincy III (father)
Family
= Quincy political family
Col. Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784) was an American merchant, planter, soldier, and politician. He was the son of Col. Edmund Quincy III and Dorothy Flynt Quincy. He was named after his grandfather, Rev. Josiah Flynt. After graduating from Harvard in 1728, he returned to Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1735 he moved to Boston and engaged in commerce and shipbuilding. He returned to Braintree in 1748. Josiah was an American Patriot and supporter. He wrote to General George Washington about British troop movements and was a friend of Benjamin Franklin.[2]
^Cutter, William Richard (1908). Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Volume 2). Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 594. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
^Pages 1-17 The life of Josiah Quincy, by Edmund Quincy, Little, Brown and Company Boston 1874 6th Edition
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