Parlor
By the time Colonel Josiah Quincy moved into this house, his third residence in what was then called Braintree, he was about sixty years old and had already lived a long and distinguished life. He was born around 1710, graduated from Harvard in 1728, and started working as a merchant in Boston. In 1748, a ship named the Bethel owned by Quincy’s firm captured a fortune from a Spanish ship. With this fortune, Col. Quincy was able to live a comfortable life and purchased many luxurious items for his estate, several of which can be seen in the house today. Col. Quincy retired to this house, his country property, in the 1750s, but continued to be actively engaged in business and military affairs.
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