Born in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Ballou
and Rebecca (Esten) Ballou
Sister of
Rebecca (Ballou) Carpenter, Hannah (Ballou) Buckland, Maturin Ballou, Amey (Ballou) Jencks, Hopestill (Ballou) Bucklin and Peter Ballou
Wife of
Elijah Bucklin
— married
27 Oct 1759 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Chloe (Bucklin) Dyer
Died after
after age 69
in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
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| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
Mercy Ballou was born in April of 1739 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island.
She married Elijah Bucklin and had at least one daughter--Chloe Bucklin. Mercy was the 11th and youngest daughter of Peter Ballou and Rebecca Esten.[1]
Military
Private Elijah Bucklin, born 27 October 1733 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, died 30 April 1820 Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, and his wives (1) Mercy Ballou and 2) Beebe Newell are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for service: 1) CAPT.JAMES HILL COL. CARPENTER. Their marriage occurred on @14 July 1778[2]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage Record - Family History Library; Salt Lake City, UT; Film # 0562559. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed.
- ↑ Military Record - Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 31, 2020), "Record of Elijah Bucklin", Ancestor # A016523.
- See also:
- Ballou, A., 1888. An Elaborate History And Genealogy Of The Ballous In America; : Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890. E. L. Freeman & Co., Publishers. Providence. : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive. [online] Internet Archive. Available at: <https://archive.org/details/elaboratehistory00ball> [Accessed 10 June 2020]. An Elijah Bucklin is mentioned as father of Barbara Bucklin, who married Maturin Ballou. p.63
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