Colonel Josiah Quincy I | |
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| Born | 1 April 1710 Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | 3 March 1784 (aged 73) Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University |
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| Title | Colonel[1] |
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| Children | 7, including Josiah Quincy II |
| Father | Edmund Quincy III |
| Family | = Quincy political family |
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. He was named after his grandfather, Reverend 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