Transcript talk:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p200


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The assignment of Mercy as the second wife has been challenged--jrm03063 21:55, 9 March 2012 (EST)

The evidence (or argument) is likely found in a source contained in Torrey's bibliography. I don't have access to the bibliography - only the book of New England Marriages before 1700, which gives Joseph's second wife's name as Mercy Deming (p. 843). --DataAnalyst 22:39, 9 March 2012 (EST)