"Josiah Quincy" is the name of:

*Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784), Merchant, Colonel of Militia, built Josiah Quincy House (1770)

*Josiah Quincy II (1744–1775), attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist, son of Josiah Quincy I

*Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), president of Harvard University (1829–1845), US representative (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), son of Josiah Quincy II

*Josiah Quincy, Jr. (1802–1882), mayor of Boston (1846–1848), built Josiah Quincy Mansion (1848), son of Josiah Quincy III

*Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829–1910), poet, writer, publicist, son of Josiah Quincy, Jr.

*Josiah Quincy (1859–1919), General Court representative, assistant secretary of the Navy, mayor of Boston (1895–1899), son of Josiah Phillips Quincy

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