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Founded and first colonized by Captain Wollaston in 1625, Braintree city was initially named as Mount Wollaston. During the reign of Thomas Morton, it was renamed as Merry Mount. After being resettled and incorporated as a town, it started to be recognized as Braintree. The land on which Braintree exists was once a portion of Randolph, Holbrook, the City of Quincy, and part of Milton. Many eminent personalities like ex-President John Adams and John Quincy were born in Braintree.  John Hancock and General Sylvanus Thayer are some other names in the list. This is also a site of telephone inventor Thomas Watson.