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Elizabeth Quincy (Norton)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death: July 13, 1767 (72)
Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. John Norton and Mary Norton
Wife of Col. John Quincy
Mother of Norton Quincy; Anna Thaxter; Elizabeth Smith and Lucy Tufts
Sister of Capt. John Norton; Rebecca Dunham and Thomas Norton, of Quincy

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Immediate Family

About Elizabeth Quincy

Elizabeth Norton was the daughter of Rev. John Norton, founding pastor of Old Ship Church in Hingham, Massachusetts; Abigail Smith Adams' grandmother, one of the greatest heroines of the American Revolution. She was also the Great Grandmother of the 6th President, John Quncy Adams, and the grandmother-in-law of John Adams. 

She married John Quincy of Braintree October 6, 1715 at Hingham, MA.[1]

Her will was proved July 28, 1769.

Children

  1. Elizabeth Smith (born Quincy)
  2. Norton Quincy
  3. Anna Quincy
  4. Lucy Tufts (born Quincy)

Sources

  1. Holly, H. Hobart. Descendants of Edmund Quincy 1602-1637 who settled in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts in 1635. Quincy, Massachusetts; Quincy Historical Society; 1977. pg 5.
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Elizabeth Quincy's Timeline

1695
March 15, 1695
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1716
October 27, 1716
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1719
May 24, 1719
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
1721
December 17, 1721
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
1729
December 7, 1729
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1767
July 13, 1767
Age 72
Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States