Mercy Underwood

1709 - 1754  (44 years)

• Name	Mercy Underwood
  Birth	3 Apr 1709	Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2]
  Married	15 May 1729 (20 years)	Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Eli Jones, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bullard) Jones. He was born on 5 December 1704 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. After Mercy's death, Eli, married Mary Forristall,, daughter of John Forristall and Elizabeth _____. Eli's estate was inventoried on 3 April 1761 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. In the inventory, the widow Mary Jones, Hannah Bullard, Thankful Forristall and Meriam Johnson are listed. John Lealand is referred to as the guardian of David, and Timothy Rockwood as the guardian of Mercy. Issue: 1. David Jones (1731-____) 2. Hannah Jones (1734-____) 3. Thankful Jones (1738-____) 4. Miriam Jones (1741-1788) 5. Mercy Jones (1745-1810) 6. Mary Jones (1750-____)
  Death	3 Jan 1754	Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3, 6]
  Burial	Aft 3 Jan 1754	Central Burying Ground, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Central Burying Ground, Holliston, Massachusetts   [6]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Mercy Underwood,   b. 3 Apr 1709, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 3 Jan 1754, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 44 years)   2. Jonathan Underwood,   b. 4 Nov 1711, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Joshua Underwood,   b. 22 Sep 1714, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Jul 1731, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 16 years)   4. Joseph Underwood,   b. 21 Nov 1716, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Jun 1759, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 42 years) + 5. Thankful Underwood,   b. 8 Feb 1718/19, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ John Hill,  m. 4 Jun 1744   6. David Underwood,   b. 18 May 1721, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Jul 1742, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 21 years)   7. Mary Underwood,   b. 02 Feb 1721/22, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Joseph Underwood,   b. Abt 1614, England d. 16 Feb 1676/77, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Susanna  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15180
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Lt. Joshua Underwood,   b. 31 Jan 1683, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Sep 1727, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mercy Fairbanks,   b. 18 Oct 1688, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 11 Sep 1742, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mercy Underwood(1709 – 1754) 2Lt. Joshua Underwood(1683 – 1727) 4Joseph Underwood(1650 – ) 8Joseph Underwood(Abt 1614 – 16 Feb 1676/77) 16 17 9Mary Wilder(1623 – 1658) 18Thomas Wilder(1590 – 1634) 19Martha Higgs(1590 – 1652) 5Elizabeth 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mercy Fairbanks(1688 – 1742) 6Eliezer Fairbanks(1655 – 1741) 12Capt. George Fairbanks(1619 – 1682) 24Jonathan Fayrbank(Abt 1595 – 1668) 25Grace Smith(Abt 1599 – 1673) 13Mary Adams(1628 – 1711) 26Henry Adams(1583 – 1646) 27Edith Squire(1587 – 1672) 7Martha Lovett(4 Jun 1654/55 – ) 14Daniel Lovett( – 1691) 28 29 15Joanna Blott(1620 – 1694) 30Robert Blott 31Susanna

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Apr 1709 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Married - 15 May 1729 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 3 Jan 1754 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 3 Jan 1754 - Central Burying Ground, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S999] Underwood, Lucien Marcus. The Underwood Families of America , (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: New Era Printing Company, 1913). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [S991] Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1908). [S68] Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and the Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886, (Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886). [S971] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1911). [S998] Turcotte, Linda. Jones. email: 1998-10-25, (Email message from ljt (ayt) gis.net. 25 October 1998).