Homes of American statesmen: . 101] n xxint i % ir a m s JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was fortunate in the home of hisbirth and childhood. It was a New England farm, descendedfrom ancestors who were never so poor as to be dependent uponothers, nor so rich as to be exempted from dependence uponthemselves. It was situated in the town of Quincy, then thefirst parish of the town of Brain tree, and the oldest permanentsettlement of Massachusetts proper.* The first parish becamea town by its present name, twenty-five years after the birth * It is supposed that the State derives its name from
Homes of American statesmen: . 101] n xxint i % ir a m s JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was fortunate in the home of hisbirth and childhood. It was a New England farm, descendedfrom ancestors who were never so poor as to be dependent uponothers, nor so rich as to be exempted from dependence uponthemselves. It was situated in the town of Quincy, then thefirst parish of the town of Brain tree, and the oldest permanentsettlement of Massachusetts proper.* The first parish becamea town by its present name, twenty-five years after the birth * It is supposed that the State derives its name from a hill in the north partof the town, situated near the peninsula called Squantum, likewise a part of 302 HOMES OF AMERICAN STATESMEN. of Mr. Adams, viz. in 1792. It was named in honor of JohnQuincy, Mr. Adamss maternal great-grandfather, an eminentman. His death, and the transmission of his name to hisgreat-grandson, are thus commemorated by the latter : He was dying when I was baptized, and his daughter,my grandmother, prese
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