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American judge (1681–1737) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1][2]
Edmund Quincy III | |
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Born | 14 Oct 1681 |
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 |
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.[3] 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.
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