Person:Mercy Crane (2)

Mercy Crane

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m. 22 Oct 1662

Facts and Events

Name^[1]^[2]	Mercy Crane
Alt Name^[1]	Mercy Bell
Gender	Female
Birth^[2]	1 Mar 1644/45	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	22 Oct 1662	Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticutto Jonathan Bell
Death^[1]^[2]	26 Oct 1671	Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Stamford Town Records, 1640-1806, Record Type: Stamford Town Records
pg. 131.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Weeks, Lyman Horace. The Bell family in America: being an account of the founders and first colonial families, an official list of the heads of families of the name resident in the United States in 1790 and a bibliography. (New York: W. M. Clemens, 1913)
pg 12-13.

New York Branch
Jonathan Bell, only son of Francis and Rebecca Bell, was one of the leading men of Stamford, being a selectman, representative, lieutenant and captain. He died March 11, 1699. He married, first, August 22, 1662, Mercy Crane, daughter of Jasper and Alice Crane of New Haven. She was born in February, 1645 and died October 26, 1671. Their children, all born in Stamford, were: Jonathan, Hannah and Rebecca. Jonathan Bell married, second, October 31, 1672, Susanna Pierson, daughter of the Reverend Abraham and Abigail (Wheelright) Pierson of Branford, Conn. Their children, all born in Stamford, were: Abigail, Abraham, Mercy, John, a daughter, James, Susanna and Mary.