[Transcription of Records of the Society of Friends, "Copied out of ye original by Isaac Horner in 1685"]
Mercy Dickisson, [of John & Elizabeth Dickisson,] borne ye 23d of ye 2d mo. 1657
[In 1657, the 2nd month was April. The author says that despite this record indicating Mercy was born in Oyster Bay, she probably was born in "New England". Source:White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower, p. 49 says probably Barnstable.]