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The area of Quincy now called Merrymount is located on the site of the original English settlement of 1625 and takes its name from the punning name given by Morton. [11] The area was first incorporated as part of Dorchester in 1630 and was briefly annexed by Boston in 1634. [12]
Jun 10, 2014 · That changed in 1792, when Quincy split to become its own town named after Col. John Quincy, grandfather of Abigail Adams. Revere / Magic Piano
Quincy was first settled in 1625 by colonists from the Plymouth Colony. It was initially a part of Dorchester before becoming an independent town in 1792 and eventually incorporating as a city in 1888. The city's name is derived from Colonel John Quincy, the maternal grandfather of President John Quincy Adams.
Yet, Quincy’s revolutionary past is just one part of its rich and diverse historic and cultural heritage. For hundreds of years, this seaside community just south of Boston has been both a source and a destination for trailblazers and innovators whose lives and work would build, shape and transform American life, from granite and shipbuilding ...
Mar 30, 2024 · In 1792, the Braintree North Precinct officially became the independent town of Quincy, named after Colonel John Quincy, the maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams and namesake of John Quincy Adams. This period saw a surge in civic pride, with Quincy residents actively shaping their new municipality.
Set off from Braintree and incorporated as a town (township) in 1792, it was renamed to honour Colonel John Quincy, a prominent local resident. Quincy is notable as the home of the celebrated Adams family.
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In 1640 the town of Braintree was established; the name for this section of Braintree was changed to Quincy in 1792. The “Braintree Furnace” Quincy, “The Granite City,” derived its identity and nineteenth-century prosperity from the stone quarried in its western hills.
