Daniel Quincy
Appearance
Daniel Quincy (1651-1690) | |
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Born | 1651 Braintree, Massachusetts |
Died | 1690 Boston, Massachusetts |
Occupation(s) | Goldsmith, Merchant |
Spouse | Anna Shephard |
Children | 2 (including Col. Edmund Quincy I (1689–1767)) |
Parent(s) | Edmund Quincy (died 1698) Joanna Hoar Quincy |
Daniel Quincy (1651 – 1690), trained as a silversmith under John Hull, his uncle by marriage (Judith Quincy Hull). Daniel lived with John and Judith Hull from the age of seven and was trained in the Hull and Sanderson mint on Summer Street in Boston as a goldsmith.
He was the grandfather of Elizabeth Quincy Smith, mother of Abigail Smith Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States, who was born on December 17, 1721 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Colonel John Quincy (July 21, 1689 – July 13, 1767), an American soldier, politician and member of the Quincy political family.[1] [2]
References
- ^ "The diaries of John Hull, mint-master and treasurer of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, from the original manuscript in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, with a memoir of the author. : Hull, John. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ An Historical Catalogue of the Old South Church (Third Church) Boston – Old South Church (Boston, Mass.), George Frederick Bigelow