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The Quincy mansion, which was built about 1635 by William Coddington of Boston and occupied by him until he was exiled for his religious opinions, was bought by Edmund Quincy. THE QUINSY MANSION WHICH WAS BUILT ABOUT SIXTEEN THIRTY FIVE BY WILLIAM COTTINGTON OF BOSTON AND OCCUPIED BY HIM UNTIL HE WAS EXILED FOR HIS RELIGIOUS OPINIONS WAS BOUGHT BY EDMUND QUINCY
e Adams family forms merely one unit in Quincy's unique procession of great men. The Quincy family, for which the town was named, and which at an early date intermarried with the Adamses, presents an almost parallel distinction. The first Colonel Quincy, he who lived like an English squire, a trifle irascible, to be sure, but a dignified and commanding figure withal, had fourteen children by his first wife and three by his second, so the family started off with the advantage of numbers as well as of blood. At the Quincy mansion house were born statesmen, judges, and captains of war. The "Dorothy Q." of Holmes's poem first saw the light in it, and the Dorothy who became the bride of the dashing John Hancock blossomed into womanhood in it. Here were entertained times without number Sir Harry Vane, quaint Judge Sewall, Benjamin Franklin, and that couple who gleam through the annals of New England history in a never-fading flame of romance, Sir Harry Frankland and beautiful Agnes Surriage. INCTION FOR ANY ONE PLACE BUT THE ADAMS FAMILY FORMS MERELY ONE UNIT IN QUINSY'S UNIQUE PROCESSION OF GREAT MEN THE QUINCY FAMILY FOR WHOM THE TOWN WAS NAMED AND WHICH AT AN EARLY DATE INTERMARRIED WITH THE ADAMSES PRESENTS AN ALMOST PARALLEL DISTINCTION THE FIRST COLONEL QUINCY WHO LIVED LIKE AN ENGLISH SQUIRE A TRIFLE IRASCIBLE TO BE SURE BUT A DIGNIFIED AND COMMANDING FIGURE WITHAL HAD FOURTEEN CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE AND THREE BY HIS SECOND SO THE FAMILY STARTED OFF WITH AN ADVANTAGE OF NUMBERS AS WELL AS OF BLOOD AT THE QUINSY MANSION HOUSE WERE BORN STATESMEN JUDGES AND CAPTAINS OF WAR THE DOROTHY HUGH OF HOLMES'S POEM FIRST SAW LIGHT IN IT AND THE DOROTHY WHO BECAME THE BRIDE OF THE DASHING JOHN HANCOCK BLOSSOMED INTO WOMANHOOD IN IT HERE WERE ENTERTAINED TIMES WITHOUT NUMBER SIR HENRY VANE QUAINT JUDGE SULE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THAT COUPLE WHO GLEAMED THROUGH THE ANNALS OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY IN A NEVER FADING FLAME OF ROMANCE SIR HARRY FRANKLIN AND BEAUTIFUL AGNES SURRIDGE
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