Person:Mercy Bigelow (1)

Name	Mercy Bigelow
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	4 Apr 1686	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	25 Jan 1706/07	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Thomas Garfield
Death^[2]	28 Feb 1744/45	Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Howe, Gilman Bigelow. Genealogy of the Bigelow family of America: from the marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the year 1890. (Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton, 1890)
p. 27.

MERCY; this is supposed to be the Martha who was recorded as b. April 4, 1686, as there is no further mention made of Martha and there is of Mercy, and she is said to have been born in 1686, that is thought to have been a mistake in the record. Mercy m. Jan. 2, 1707, Lieut. Thomas Garfield (or Gearfleld as the name is sometimes Avritten). He was the son of Capt. Benj. and Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield and was born Dec. 12, 1680. They lived in Watertown a short time and had two children born there : i. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1708; and ii. Eunice, b. Aug. 23, 1710. They moved from there to Lunenburg, and were the direct ancestors of the late President James A. Garfield. She died Feb. 23, 1745. He died Feb. 4, 1752.
↑ Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
p. 57.

Marcy Garfield the Wife of Liev'. Thomas Garfield Died in Weston ye 28th. of February 1744 : 5.