Person:Mercy Bryant (1)

Watchers
Mercy Bryant
b.Abt 1715
m. Abt 1735
  1. James Leach1737 - 1799
  2. Ruth Leach1738/39 -
  3. Robert Leach1740 -
  4. Mehetabel Leach1744 -
Facts and Events
Name Mercy Bryant
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1715
Marriage Abt 1735 to Nehemiah Leach
Death[1] 27 Jan 1775 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Latham, Williams. Epitaphs in old Bridgewater, Massachusetts. (Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Henry T. Pratt, 1882)
    116.

    [Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater #28]
    In memory of Mrs. Mercy, wife of Mr. Nehemiah Leach, who died January 27, 1775, in the 60th year of her age.

  2.   Source:Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, p. 240, describes Nehemiah Leach's second wife as "a Bryant from Plympton". Combined with the age at death, this suggests a likely candidate might be (from Source:Mayflower Descendant, p. 3:93, "Early Records of Plympton, Mass.":
    The Children of Benjamen Briant by Hannah his wife
    ...
    Marcy Briant was born Janewary ye 3'd 1714
    [This birth date would be 3 Jan 1714/15, the parents here are Benjamin Bryant and Hannah Eaton of Plympton.]