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Mercy (Knowles) Mayo (1704 - aft. 1759)

Mercy Mayo formerly Knowles aka Snow
Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 23 Sep 1725 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Wife of — married 4 Apr 1751 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 54 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Mercy was born 16 November 1704. [1]

Mercy (Knowles) (Snow) Mayo was the third and final wife of Samuel Mayo. She was the widow of Joseph Snow. Mercy and Samuel were married in Eastham on 4 April 1751.[2][3]

Mercy died after 16 May 1759, when named in her husband's will. She was the Mercy Knowles born in Eastham 16 Nov 1704, daughter of Edward and Ann (Ridley) Knowles and widow of Joseph Snow.[4]

Sources

  1. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts, Volume VIII (1906). At Ancestry
  2. Harwich town records; Harwich, MA , Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 At Ancestry
  3. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 111
  4. Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families in Progress William Brewster of the Mayflower And the Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2001.) p. 158, 159


  • Snow, Joseph & Mercy Knowles, Page 215 from "Mayflower families through five generations : descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620, v6".
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Mercy Knowles ,

Birth: 16 Nov 1704 Orleans, Massachusetts

  • Page 26 of Town Records of Eastham (1654-1863) showing Marriages, Births, & Deaths from 1654-1797. This page shows, among others, the family of Joseph Snow & Mercy Knowles.
  • Page 11 of the 1716-1777 vital records of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts showing the 1725 intent to marry (5th from bottom) of Joseph Snow & Mercy Knowles.
  • Page 215 from "Mayflower families through five generations : descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620, v6".




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Knowles-9387 and Knowles-1296 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse & dates, please merge duplicates
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall

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