Born in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Noah Wood
and Elizabeth (Mason) Wood
Sister of
Anna (Haile) Salisbury [half], Nathaniel Wood [half], John Hale [half], Elisha Hale [half], Job Hale [half], Hannah Hale [half], Elizabeth (Wood) Brown, Noah Wood, Sarah Wood, Bethiah (Wood) Haile, Aaron Wood and Levi Wood
Wife of
John William Cole III
— married
19 Jul 1764 (to 1770) in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Descendants 
Died
at age 23
in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2011
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Biography
Mercy was born on 28 May 1746 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She was the daughter of Noah Wood and Elizabeth (Mason) Wood.[1]
She married John William Cole III on 19 Jul 1764 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.[2]
She died on 10 Apr 1770 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
Children
- Children of Mercy Cole:
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ6Y-613Z : 9 November 2020), Marcy Wood, 1746.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-Y8YR : 10 March 2021), John Cole and Mary Wood, 19 Jul 1764; citing Swansea, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 903,395.
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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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~0.78%
Jeff Cole
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LCole613
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B5420
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~0.78%
Bryan Pooler :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Chymberly Dutton :
23andMe, GEDmatch A060772 [compare], yourDNAportal CHY2807722b
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A060772 [compare], yourDNAportal CHY2807722b, Ancestry member ceedee
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John Cole and John Cole. I wonder which is correct. Who is willing to help me sort this out? They cannot be merged until their fathers are figured out. They have different fathers. Thank you.