Mercy (Mayo) Young (1719)

Born 27 Feb 1719 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elkanah Young Sr — married 28 Oct 1736 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Descendants

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Biography

Mercy Mayo was born on 27 February 1718/9 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Higgins) Mayo.^[1][2]. Mercy was descended from Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers through her mother (Elizabeth Higgins⁴, Hannah Rogers³, Joseph Rogers², Thomas Rogers)

She married Elkanah Young on 28 October 1736 in Eastham. He was born 17 June 1711 in Eastham, the son of Nathan and Rebecca (Shaw) Young. Elkanah died Eastham before 1 March 1763.^[2]

Joseph Cole Jr. of Eastham was appointed guardian to Bathsheba, Elkanah, Thomas and Deborah, the children of Elkanah Young late of Eastham, deceased on 1 March 1763.^[2]

Children born Eastham:^[2]

1. Thomas, probaby born 1743 or 1744 based on guardianship papers^[2]
2. Elkanah, b. 1745^[2]
3. Bathsheba, born 1746-1748 based on guardianship papers and her marriage in 1767 to Levi Higgins^[2]
4. Deborah, born probably 1747-1749 based on guardianship^[2]

These sources do not provide death information for Mercy.

Marriage

28 OCT 1736

Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)^[3]

Husband: Elkanah Young

Wife: Mercy Mayo

Child: Thomas Young

Child: Elkanah Young

Child: Bathsheba Young

Child: Deborah Young

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9XB1?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 154 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Eastham land records, birth, marriages & deaths 1647-1722, p. 95.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 42, 136-7, 260-1
3. ↑ Source: #S197

See also:

• Source: S197 Title: Marie Harrington, Benton, ME, 04901

• Source: S939 Abbreviation: Mayflower Families 1500s - 1800s CD #171 Title: Genealogical Publishing Company, Mayflower Families 1500s - 1800s CD #171 (Broderbund)

Acknowledgements

• Pam Carter, Mike Walton.