Born in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edmund Quincy III
and Dorothy (Flynt) Quincy
Sister of
Edmund Quincy IV, Esther Quincy, Elizabeth (Quincy) Wendell, Josiah Quincy, Esther Quincy, Mary Quincy and Flynt Quincy
Wife of
Edward Jackson
— married
7 Dec 1738 in Boston, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Jackson) Wendell and
Jonathan Jackson
Died in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Dec 2008
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Biography
Dorothy Jackson nee Quincy (1709-1762) was the subject of a poem entitled "Dorothy Q." and written by her great-grandson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, who saw a portait of her in her youth. The first stanza:
GRANDMOTHER's mother: her age, I guess, // Thirteen summers, or something less; // Girlish bust, but womanly air; // Smooth, square forehead with uprolled hair; // Lips that lover has never kissed; // Taper fingers and slender wrist; // Hanging sleeves of stiff brocade; // So they painted the little maid.
The entire ode can be found here, along with a short author's note discussing two of her male relatives.
Sources
- 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 4.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SR34-WKL : accessed 2016-04-13), entry for Dorothy /QUINCY/.
- Fact: Burial (1762)
- Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch cannot merge with Edward Jackson KLHK-BMY
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 August 2020, 17:37), entry for Dorothy Quincy(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKQG-TF4); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorothy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorothy:
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~0.78%
Fran Cummings
:
23andMe
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~0.39%
Elisha Lee :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Celia Marsh :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UE1297260 [compare], FTDNA kit #B261537
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