Person:Richard Mercer (1)

Richard Mercer
b.Abt 1650
m. 18 Mar 1667/68
  1. Abiel Mercer1670 - 1756
Facts and Events
Name Richard Mercer
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1650
Marriage 18 Mar 1667/68 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Shatswell
Death[1] 29 Mar 1671 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Richard Mercer is first mentioned in the History of Haverhill from 1640 to 1860, by George Wingate Chase, when in 1672, “at the annual meeting, Robert Emerson and wife brought to the town meeting the orphan child of richard and Hannah Mercer and desired the town to take care of it, and also to pay robert Emerson what they should find due him, and also to address the County Court next at Salisbury to have order from them and counsel how to dispose of the said child and maintain the same.”

References
  1. Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910)
    2:443.

    MERCER, Richard, h. Hannah, [died] Mar. 29, 1671.