Born in Wayne, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Skinner
and Lillian (Healey) Skinner
Sister of
Reuben Skinner, Daniel Skinner, Lillian (Skinner) Land, Joseph Skinner, William H Skinner, Sarah (Skinner) Conklin, Nathan Skinner and Cortland T Skinner
Wife of
Reuben Hanchett
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John M Hanchett
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
This profile is part of the Skinner Name Study.
Mercy Mary SKINNER was born 12 Mar 1769, in Wayne, Pennsylvania to Daniel SKINNER & Lillie HEALY. She married Reuben HANCHETT [1]
Mercy is mentioned as one of the children of Daniel & Lillie (Healy) Skinner in his findagrave entry:
- Reuben Skinner (1761-1812) m. MARY POLLY (CHASE) CLARK
- Daniel Skinner b: 17 NOV 1763
- Lillie (Skinner) Land (1767-1845), m. John Land
- Mercy Skinner b: 12 MAR 1769
- Joseph Skinner b: 10 MAR 1771
- William H. Skinner b: 22 MAR 1773
- Sarah Skinner b: 15 FEB 1775
- Nathan Skinner (1777-1856) m. Sarah Caulkins
- Cortlandt Skinner b: 26 AUG 1779[2]
The 1855 New York census for Harford, Cortland, NY lists Esther Hanchett's motherinlaw as Mercy WIlcox:
- Esther P. Hanchet 47 born Madison County, New York
- Elmina 23 Tioga County,
- Calista 18 Tioga County
- Mahala J. 16 Tioga County
- SIdney D. 12 Tioga County
- Ellen J. 8 Tioga County
- Mercy Wilcox, mother-in-law 85 Pennsylvania[3]
Research Notes
In some sources Mercy's spouse is listed as Hankett, and her name is given as Mary Mercy, who I think was her daughter.
Sources
- ↑ http://skinnerkinsmen.org/reid/D0007/I4064.html
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #39039820
- ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BPY-976J?cc=1937366&wc=M6G3-XTT%3A237405101%2C237425001 : 22 May 2014), Cortland > Harford > image 2 of 13; county clerk offices, New York.
- Descendant of Thomas Skinner of Malden The descent appears to be:
- Thomas, Thomas, Ebenezer, Joseph, Daniel, Mercy married Reuben Hanchett pp 1,8, 32, 68, "The Skinner Kinsmen, the Descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden", Compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald, The Pioneer Press Washington, DC;
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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%
~12.50%
John Albert 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Baker Salsbury :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T659520 [compare], FTDNA kit #453549
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
John Yerkes :
23andMe
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I'm new at this formatting tho' I've been with WT for 2.5 years. In some ways I like it in some ways I don't. For instance: Why is it OK to quote the FAG entry in full in the source but not ok to do so with ""s and attribution in the bio?