Person:Mercy Benjamin (1)
Mercy Benjamin
b.12 Mar 1674/75 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 20 Jun 1713
Parents and Siblings
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m. 10 Jun 1661
  1. Abigail Benjamin1661/62 - Aft 1704
  2. Joseph Benjamin1666 - 1738
  3. Jemima Benjamin1665/66 -
  4. Hannah Benjamin1668/69 -
  5. Mary Benjamin1670 -
  6. Mercy Benjamin1674/75 - Bef 1713
  7. Elizabeth Benjamin1679/80 -
  8. John BenjaminAbt 1682 - 1716
  9. Aziah Benjamin
  10. Sarah Benjamin
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Isaac GatesAbt 1673 - 1748
  • W.  Mercy Benjamin1674/75 - Bef 1713
m. 2 Jul 1696
  1. Jacob GatesAbt 1698 - 1769
  2. Jonathan GatesAbt 1704 - 1772
  3. Phineas GatesAbt 1708 - Bef 1784
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Facts and Events
Name[2] Mercy Benjamin
Alt Name Mary Benjamin
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 12 Mar 1674/75 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 2 Jul 1696 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Isaac Gates
Death[4] Bef 20 Jun 1713
References
  1. ↑ Bicha, Gloria Wall, and Helen Benjamin Brown. The Benjamin family in America. (s.n.], c1977)
    page 14, 30.

    Mercy (Marsy) Benjamin [#34], d/o Joseph Benjamin [#6] and Jemima Lumbard, b. 12 Mar "1764/5" [sic, obvious error, "1674/5" on p. 14], living 1716 [sic, husband remarried by 1713], m. Concord 2 Jul 1696 Isaac Gates.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benjamin, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:166.

    JOSEPH, Barnstable, s. of the first John, m. 10 June 1661, Jemima, d. of Thomas Lambert, or Lombard, sold est. at Cambridge 30 Oct. 1686, that came to him, his deed says, from f. John dec. and by this means we kn. of his descent. He liv. some yrs. at Yarmouth, where from the imperfect rec. we find sev. ch. but not all, nor in all cases the dates of those nam. Abigail; Joseph; Hannah, Feb. 1668; Mary, Apr. 1670; Mercy, 12 Mar. 1674; and Elizabeth 14 Jan. 1680; He rem. to New London, d. 1704, leav. wid. Sarah, and ch. Joseph, aged 30; John, 22; "Abigail, Jemima, Sarah, Kezia, Mary, and Mercy, all a. 20," says the admirab. accurate and precise pro. docum.

  3. ↑ Sherman, Robert M. (Robert Moody), and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Warwick, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1975)
    p. 2.

    His daughter [of Joseph Bengemen] Marse born the 12th of March 1674.

  4. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. "Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 120, p. 168.

    Isaac Gates married his second wife Elizabeth sometime between 20 Dec 1708 when Elizabeth swore to her account of previous husband's estate, and 20 Jun 1713 when she signed a deed as Isaac's wife (Vol. 20, p. 178).

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