Born in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Matthias Rich
and Mercy (Paine) Rich
Sister of
Joshua Rich Sr, Matthias Rich, Margaret (Rich) Tufts, David Rich [half] and David Rich [half]
Wife of
Jonathan (Collings) Collins
— married
1 Sep 1776 in Truro, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Ebenezer Collins, James Collins, Gamaliel Collings, Mercy (Collins) Train, Sarah Collins, Lois (Collins) Perry and Jonathan Collins
Died
at age 44
in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
Descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.
Mercy Rich, a daughter of Matthias Rich and Mercy Paine, was born May 15, 1754 in Truro, Massachusetts and died there May 21, 1798.
Sources
- Collins, Jr., Stanley Newcomb. Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 23
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW5-YVT : 10 December 2019), Mercy Rich, 1754.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW1-GN1 : 10 December 2019), Marcy in entry for Ebenezer Collings, 1778.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW5-B9V : 10 December 2019), Marcy in entry for Mercy Collins, 1786.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWT-5J8 : 10 December 2019), Mercy in entry for Sarah Collings, 1788.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW5-YV8 : 10 December 2019), Mercy in entry for Lois Collings, 1790.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW1-66K : 10 December 2019), Mercy in entry for Jonathan Collings, 1793.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKD-KYH6 : 11 July 2016), Mercy Rich Collins, 1798; Burial, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America, Old North Cemetery; citing record ID 44940479, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44940479
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
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~1.56%
Jean (Tufts) Evans
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T812348 [compare], FTDNA kit #562895
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~0.78%
Brenda (Evans) Perry :
23andMe, GEDmatch M402810 [compare]
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