Still no article on Boylstons per se Not exactly the House of Medici Maybe the Category Quincy family fit that picture Anyway with so few people prominent medical family may mean one of the few medical families At at time incidentally when doctors were largely considered quacks That didn t change until the 19th century in America and rather late at that Didn t see connection in Abigail s article except for naming kids In his Mom s bio called the least mentioned of anyone in the Adams family probably illiterate and bad tempered Hurray for the prominent Boylstons Hmmm