Quincy Cass’s ancestry dates back to 1617
PLYMOUTH ROCK
Plymouth, Massachusetts
CHARLES TUFTS
Jul. 16, 1781 – Dec. 24, 1876
COL. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TUFTS
Jul. 12, 1840 – Sept. 4, 1902
Arriving from England in circa 1637, Peter Tufts was considered an early colonist and prominent citizen of Medford, Massachusetts. Within a year, he owned nearly 43 acres of land and operated a ferry along the Mystic River, eventually relocating to Malden, Massachusetts.
Peter Tufts was the first representative from Medford of the Massachusetts General Court. In the earliest days, the General Court was called the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which was a royally-chartered joint-stock company meeting of “shareholders,” known as freemen at the time. He was involved in the famous Salem witch trials. His home still stands and is considered by historians as the first, all-brick home in New England.
Later, Cotton Tufts, the grandson of Peter Tufts, was born in 1734. He was the cousin of John Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in medicine and served as one of the original founding members of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cotton famously wrote against the Stamp Act, a parliamentary measure to tax British colonies in America. He was a Massachusetts state senator and supported the creation of the U.S. Constitution. As a physician during the American Revolutionary War, he saved the life of farmer and oldest-known soldier, Samuel Whittemore.
In 1744, Peter’s great-grandson, Rev. Francis Tufts was born. He served three enlistments in the Revolutionary War and fought with General Washington at Dorchester Heights. After the war, he established himself as a brickmaker, using bricks from his own yard to build the Tufts House in Farmington Maine in 1810. His house still stands and is listed with the National Register of Historic Places.
Later, a direct descendant of Peter Tufts, Charles Tufts was born in 1781. Charles Tufts amassed a fortune from his brickmaking factory and eventually inherited a large amount of land. He donated nearly 100 acres of land for the home of Tufts University, which he founded.
A few generations later, Col. John Quincy Adams Tufts was born in 1840. He moved with his family to Iowa and eventually served as a member of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was also an Indian Agent of the Indian Territories who supported citizenship rights in the Cherokee Nation.
Among the first recorded in America, John Cass, an English Puritan from St. Albans, England came to the Colony in 1644. John Cass had nine children, including Joseph Cass who fought in the King Philip’s War (1675-1678).
Joseph Cass was the great grandfather of General Lewis Cass. General Lewis Cass became Secretary of State of the United States, after an unsuccessful campaign for President of the United States. He lost to James Polk.
Other Cass descendants, including Dr. Nason Cass and his son, Capt. Nason II both served in the Revolutionary War. The next generation brought a third Nason, whose son was Pliny Cook Cass. Pliny was born in 1819 in Alexandria, New Hampshire. Pliny married Amanda Beecher, daughter of Capt. Mark H. Beecher USN (1807-1882). They had several children, including Alonzo Beecher Cass.
In 1880, A.B. Cass arrived in the Muscogee Indian Territories (Oklahoma), where he opened the first of several mercantile stores. He and his brother, Bruce were licensed to operate trading posts. After moving around the country and working in many different professions, Pliny and wife, Amanda, joined their children in Muscogee.
With his talent for forming friendships and partnerships, A.B. Cass would eventually form the Cass Brothers Stove Company in California. He was also one of the founders of the Central Bank. He also became one of the first stock subscribers of the Home Telephone Company, then took over in 1906 as company president as well as its successor company, Southern California Telephone Company, in 1916. He and his wife, Emily Tufts, had one daughter and seven sons, all of whom served in World War 1 and survived.
GENERAL LEWIS CASS
Oct. 9, 1782 – Jun. 17, 1866
When Alonzo Beecher Cass (A.B. Cass) married Emily Tufts, daughter of Col. John Quincy Adams Tufts, they had eight children, including Quincy, the founder of Quincy Cass Associates.
Pretty quickly, the California fever hit the whole family! The Cass family joined with the Tufts to lease a railway coach, all arriving in Los Angeles in 1888. Col. John Quincy Adams Tufts opened Tufts-Lyons Arms Company, a sporting goods firm. He engaged in some politics during his life in California. His son Edward was a nationally-known sportsman and co-founder of the Los Angeles Country Club. Quincy Cass served in WW1 in France and completed his law degree at Stanford. He later founded Quincy Cass Associates in 1922.
Born 1617 – Immigrated in 1637
Prominent early citizen of Massachusetts. He was
involved in the famous Salem Witch Trials
Born 1737
Cousin of John Adams and Massachusetts state senator
Born 1783
Served as U.S. Secretary of State after losing the Presidential race
Born 1840
He was a member of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional district
in the U.S. House of Representatives
1888
Tufts and Cass family share a railway coach and head
west to Los Angeles, California
1644 – First known member of Cass family to arrive in the
US from England
Donated land and founded Tufts University
1775 – 1783
Both serve in the Revolutionary War
1880
A.B. Cass operates trading posts and mercantile stores in
Muscogee
1922
Quincy Cass, son of A.B. Cass, founded
Quincy Cass Associates in Los Angeles
Born 1617 – Immigrated in 1637
Prominent early citizen of Massachusetts. He was involved in the famous Salem Witch Trials
1644 – First known member of Cass family to arrive in the US from England
Born 1737
Cousin of John Adams and Massachusetts state senator
Donated land and founded Tufts University
Born 1783
Served as U.S. Secretary of State after losing the Presidential race
1775 – 1783
Both serve in the Revolutionary War
Born 1840
He was a member of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives
1880
A.B. Cass operates trading posts and mercantile stores in Muscogee
1888
Tufts and Cass family share a railway coach and head west to Los Angeles, California
1922
Quincy Cass, son of A.B. Cass, founded
Quincy Cass Associates in Los Angeles
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