Person:Mercy Grinnell (1)

Name	Mercy Grinnell
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]^[2]	7 Jun 1761	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Alt Birth^[3]	22 Nov 1761	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage	6 Mar 1785	to John Wilbor
Death^[2]^[3]	22 Jul 1854	Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Little Compton Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
123.

GRINNELL, Mercy, of Malachi and Lydia, [born] June 7, 17__.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Wilbor, in Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, and Little Compton Historical Society [Rhode Island]. Little Compton Families. (Little Compton [Rhode Island]: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967 (College Hill Press : Providence, R.I.))
2:729.

'JOHN WILBOR ... married 6 March 1785 MERCY GRINNELL, daughter of Malachi and Lydia (Coe) Grinnell, born in 1761, died 22 July 1854.'
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Deaths Registered in the Town of Nantucket, in Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (New England Historic and Genealogical Society)
84:103.

1854 July 22^nd Mercy Wilbur, age 92 years, 8 months

This calculates to a birth date of 22 Nov 1761, which doesn't match her recorded birth year and month. No explanation for the discrepancy, other than to note that Mercy and Mary have the same birth day and month in the Rhode Island Vital Records - possibly there was a transcription error.