Mercy Pierce

1650 - 1744  (94 years)

• Name	Mercy Pierce
  Birth	Sep 1650	Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  Her birth is recorded in the records of Gloucester, Mass., as "Marsye born fforsthe [first]weak in the 7th. mo. 1650." [2]
  History	17 Oct 1691 (41 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Death	11 Dec 1744	Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 5]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Mercy Pierce,   b. Sep 1650, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 11 Dec 1744, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 94 years) ▻ James Travis,  m. 18 Apr 1667 > 2. John Pierce,   b. 14 Jul 1653, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 18 Aug 1706  (Age 53 years) ▻ Mary Ratchell
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Pierce   d. 15 Dec 1695, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   (Father)  Elizabeth   d. 3 Jul 1673  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I25980	Boudreau Line, Whelpley Line, probably should be deleted
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Pierce   d. 15 Dec 1695, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Mother	Elizabeth   d. 3 Jul 1673
  Family ID	F9554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	James Travis,   b. 28 Apr 1645, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1717, Brookfield, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1667	Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	She : 16 years and 7 months - He : 22 years.
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  +   1. Elizabeth Travis,   b. 8 Feb 1667/68, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ▻ Nathaniel Haven  m. 1690 >   2. Mercy Travis,   b. 8 Feb 1668, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1 Dec 1744, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 76 years) ▻ Cornet Benjamin Whitney  m. 24 Oct 1700;   Lt. Thomas Frink  m. 16 Jul 1719 +   3. James Travis,   b. Between 1668 and 1676, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ▻ Marcy Leland  m. 1698 or 1699;   Elizabeth Wesson  m. 1 Nov 1745
  Family ID	F9550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mercy Pierce(1650 – 1744) 2John Pierce( – 1695) 3Elizabeth( – 1673)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Sep 1650 - Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 18 Apr 1667 - Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 11 Dec 1744 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S801] Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, volume VII (T-Y), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 2011). [S2539] Daniels, Nathan Hagar, Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U .S. A., (Boston: Nathan Hagar Daniels, 1903). [S826] Essex Institute. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1923). [S2541] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 Volume 4 Marriages, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1924). [S991] Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1908). [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S2536] Temple, J. H., History of Framingham, Massachusetts, Early Known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a Genealogical Register, (Framingham, Massachusetts: Town of Framingham, 1887). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985).