Cause of death Smallpox Name Edmund Quincy Died February 23, 1737 Education Harvard University Grandparents Edmund Quincy (1602–1636) | Occupation Merchant, Judge Role 1681–1737 Parents Edmund Quincy Home town Braintree | |
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Born 14 Oct 1681 Braintree, Massachusetts Resting place Burnhill Fields Burial Grounds, London, England Residence Boston, Massachusetts, Braintree, Massachusetts Title Judge, Colonel, Commissioner Spouse(s) Dorothy Flynt (1678-1737) | ||
Col. Edmund Quincy III (/ˈkwɪnzi/; 1681–1737) 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, Col. Josiah Quincy I (1710-1784) and Dorothy Quincy, who was the topic of a famous poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Life
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, and traveled to London on this matter with his son Josiah Quincy I. 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.