Col. John Quincy (1689-1767)
of Mount Wollaston, Quincy; Speaker of the House, Massachusetts
He was born at Boston, Massachusetts. He was Colonel in the Suffolk Militia, on the Governor's Council, Speaker of the House, Guardian of the Ponkapoag Indians, and a Member of the Executive Council. When the north precinct of Braintree (where he lived) became it own town in 1792, it was named "Quincy" in his honor. His great-grandson, U.S. President John Quincy Adams, is also named for him.
