Edmund Quincy (1681–1737)

Edmund Quincy III
1737 portrait by John Smibert
Born14 Oct 1681
Died23 Feb 1737
London, England
Resting placeBurnhill Fields Burial Grounds, London, England
EducationHarvard University 1699
Occupation(s)Merchant and Judge
TitleJudge, Colonel, Commissioner
SpouseDorothy Flynt (16781737)
Children6
Parent(s)Edmund Quincy (1628–1698) and Elizabeth Gookin (1645-1700)
RelativesQuincy political family

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.