Josiah Quincy, III: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Suffix	III
Birth	4 Feb 1772
Gender	Male
Died	1864
Person ID	I7412	Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage
Last Modified	30 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Father	Josiah Quincy, Jr., b. 1744
Mother	Abigail Phillips, b. 1745
Family ID	F5248	Group Sheet

Notes	From John Joseph Mays "Danforth Geneology. Nicholas Danforth of Framingham, England & Cambridge, N.E. (1589-1638) and William Danforth of Newbury, Mass. (1640-1721) and Their Descendants" "One of the most eminent of the descendants of Nicholas through this line was Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., born 4 Feb., 1772, died in 1864 (son of the distinguished pre-Revolutionary patriot, Josiah Quincy, by his wife Abigail (Bromfield) Phillips). He was a member of Congress early in the century and a leading advocate in that body and everywhere for the abolition of slavery and the amelioration of the condition of all oppressed and degraded. H.C. [Harvard College] 1790, Mayor of Boston, 1823-29. President of Harvard University, 1829-45. It is the belief of this writer that the town and city of Boston owed more to him than to any other man that has lived in it. His statue in bronze stands in front of the City Hall." famous politician

Sources
[S472] Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources #54: Harvard, It’s Presidents, and Kings, Roberts, Gary Boyd

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