Person:Mercy Roy (1)
Mercy Roy
b.4 Mar 1674/75 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1662
  1. Mary Roy1662/63 -
  2. Elizabeth Roy1664 - 1669
  3. John Roy1665/66 - 1669
  4. Samuel Roy1668 - 1669
  5. Elizabeth Roy1670 - 1671
  6. Solomon Roy1672/73 -
  7. Mercy Roy1674/75 -
  8. Daniel Roy1678 - 1679
  9. Mary Roy1680 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Francis Nelson1675/76 - Bet 1719/20 & 1720
  • W.  Mercy Roy1674/75 -
m. 14 Nov 1702
  1. Solomon Nelson1703 - 1781
  2. Mercy Nelson1705 - Aft 1770
  3. David Nelson1707 -
  4. Elizabeth Nelson1710 -
  5. Jonathan Nelson1713 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Mercy Roy
Married Name Mercy Nelson
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 4 Mar 1674/75 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[1][3][4] 7 Mar 1674/75 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 14 Nov 1702 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Francis Nelson
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roy John, in Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879)
    2:826.

    "Mercy (Roy) [born] 4, bapt. 7 (1 mo.) 1675; m. Francis Nelson [1]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    1:92.

    "Mercie, dau. of John & Elizabeth Ray, b. Mar. 4, 1675." NOTE: 1674/75 by context.

  3. ↑ First Church (Charlestown, Massachusetts), and James Frothingham, ed. Hunnewell. Records of the First Church in Charlestown, 1632-1789. (Boston, Mass, 1880)
    62.

    "1675 … 1 7 [baptized] [mercie] ye daughter of John Roy, & of Elifabeth his wife. Roy."

  4. ↑ 130-24. Francis3 Nelson, in Jewett, Amos Everett, [Editor], and George Brainard [Compiler] Blodgette. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants. (Rowley, Mass.: Amos Everett Jewett (Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Mass.), 1933)
    246.

    "… Mercy, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Phipps) Roy of Charlestown where she was baptized 7 : 1 mo. 1675 (Wyman). She is mentioned as Mercy Nelson in her father's will of 6 Sept., 1705. In the probating of the will, 18 July 1710, and settlement of the estate, Francis Nelson is mentioned as her husband and was paid ten shillings 'for three jurneys from Rowley to Charlston' (Middlesex Probate, 19542). In the original Rowley record of her publishment and marriage to Francis Nelson, her name is given as Mercy 'Ray.'"

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