Mercy (Bouton) Slason (1705 - abt. 1746)

Born 1705 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Eliphalet Slason — married 12 Nov 1724 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 20 Feb 1746 at about age 41 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

It is estimated that Mercy Bouton was born say 1705. Her parents John Bouton and Mercy (Hickok) were living in Danbury, Connecticut, at the time of her birth.^[1]

Mercy Bouton (sometimes transcribed as Benton) married 12 Nov 1724, in Stamford, Connecticut, Eliphalet Slason.^[2] (b. 28 Nov 1703), son of James and Mehitable (Ambler) Slason.^[1]

Eliphalet and his brother Eleazer operated mills in Stamford on the Mill River.^[1]

Mercy Slawson and her husband were admitted to full communion at the Canaan Church 3 Sep 1733, a few months after parents joined.^[3]

Death:^{[citation needed]}

Children: all born in Stamford.^[1]

1. Eleazer Slason b. 24 April 1726; m. Sarah Raymond
2. Israel Slason b. 9 Oct 1727; d 12 Aug 1756
3. Eliphalet Slason b. 9 April 1730; m. Sarah
4. Mercy Slason b. 23 March 1733; m. Job Bishop
5. John Slason b. 20 June 1735
6. Abraham Slason b. 23 Apr 1737 m. Mary (Weed) Scofield
7. Mehitable Slason b. 18 Jan 1738/9
8. Samuel Slason b. 31 March 1740; m. Hannah Smithy
9. Ebenezer Slason b. 25 July 1742 m. Ann
10. Jesse Slason b. 20 Jan 1745/6 m. Rebecca

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Boughton Gary A. and Frederick C. Hart Jr., C.G. "A New Look at the Family of John and Mercy (Hickok) Bouton of New Canaan, Connecticut." The American Genealogist 73:33. Mercy pp 38,39 (1998)
2. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
3. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. New Canaan Congregational Church 1733-1899. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. (1931) Ancestry.com. (Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013), p. 324.

• Mann, Conklin. Richard Ambler of Watertown, Mass., and Stamford, Conn., and His Descendants, NYGBR (NYGBS, 1933) Vol. 64, Page 25.