Quincy Family History
Quincy Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in France deriving their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name Quintus meaning ‘fifth(-born)’ + the locative suffix -acum. The earliest bearer of the name in England that of Saer de Quincy ancestor of the earls of Winchester was from Cuinchy in Pas-de-Calais but the name may have been reinforced by immigrants from Quincy-sous-Sénard in Seine-et-Oise or Quincy-Voisins in Seine-et-Marne. A family of the name de Quincy held the title Earl of Winchester 1207–65. Descendants of this family later bore the name Quincey up to the time of the English essayist Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859) who changed his name from Quincey to De Quincey in 1796.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022