Mercy (Baker) Eddy (1664 - aft. 1703)

Born 12 Oct 1664 in Providence, Rhode Island

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Died after 11 Oct 1703 after age 38 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

At Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, on February 13, 1683/84, Zachariah Eddy married his first wife, Mercy Baker.^[1][2][3]

Zachariah and Mercy (Baker) Eddy had five children, all born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

1. Alice Eddy - Born 28 November 1684. Died 24 September 1692.
2. Eleanor Eddy - Born 16 May 1686. Probably died young.
3. Jemima Eddy - Born 5 August 1688. Married to Stephen Harding on 21 April 1707. Removed to New London, Connecticut.
4. Zachariah Eddy - Born 13 September 1691.
5. Alice Eddy - Born 5 January 1694. Married on 21 May 1713, to Obadiah Jencks, four children. She died several years after 1759.

In 1703, he sold land to Thomas Lewis. Mercy, Eddy's wife, signed the deed on October 11, 1703. The next deed signed does not include his wife's signature or mark. It was written on May 1, 1707. Mercy Eddy died at some point between 1703 and 1707 in Swansea.^[4] It seems that in the spring of 1707, Eddy relocated to Providence, Rhode Island.

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Sources

1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A, and Elizabeth P. Bentley. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1985, p. 242.
2. ↑ Cutter, William R. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1913, p. 1780.
3. ↑ Mason, Alverdo H. Book A, Records of the Town of Swansea, 1662 to 1705. East Braintree, Mass: A.H. Mason, 1900, p. 39. Text: Zachariah Edey Juni r was Marryed to Mercy Baker : 13 : febbruary : 1683-4.
4. ↑ The American Genealogist, 35:114. Text: "Mercy Baker, first wife of Zachariah,³ Eddy (Zachariah², Samuel¹); she d. after Oct. 1703; m. 13 Feb. 1683, Middleboro, Mass."

See also:

• Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
  Source number: 204.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DH1
  Ancestry Record 7836 #50401 (accessed 17 February 2024)
  Mercy Baker marriage to Zechariah Eddy in 1683.

• Ruth S. D. Eddy, compiler, The Eddy Family In America. (Boston, Massachusetts: The Eddy Family Association, Inc., 1930) (FHL-USA/CAN 929.273 Ed24e; FILM # 16240.) All data comes from this source. Please take note that Mercy Baker is referenced twice in this work on these pages, where she is referred to only as Mercy Baker "of Swansea" with the reference "V.R. and also East Bridgewater V.R." It is unclear if the first reference is to Middleboro where the book states the marriage occurred. This source also gives, with notations, the children as Alice, Eleanor, Jemima, Zachariah, and a second Alice.

• Milton V. Backman, Jr., Christian Churches of America: Origins and Beliefs. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1976).

• Family History: "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970"
  Volume: 108
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2204 #238694 (accessed 17 February 2024)
  Name: Mercy Bater [Mercy Baker]; SAR Membership: 21551; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 24 Dec 1909; Spouse: Zechariah Eddy; Children: Zechariah Eddy.

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Research Notes

• A Mercy Baker, daughter of Samuel Baker and Eleanor Winslow, was born on October 2, 1664, in Marshfield, Massachusetts.^[5]
• NEHGR 142:122gives a Mercy Baker as the granddaughter of Rev. Nicholas Baker of Hull and Scituate (and, in my inference, the daughter of the eldest son, Samuel Baker, who married Fear Robinson).