Mercy (Cobb) Smith (1718 - 1793)

Born 1718 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Asa Selew — married 27 Sep 1744 in Truro,Barnstable,Massachusetts

Wife of Gameliel Smith — married 18 May 1749 in Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 May 1793 at about age 75 in Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster.

• Mercy was born 1718 at Hingham^[1]

• Mercywas baptized by Rev. Ebens Gay.History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.131

• Daughter of Thomas Cobb
• Mercy married first Asa Selew Sept 27, 1744
• Son John Selew was born 23 Nov 1746
• Son Ebenezer Selew was born 09 Aug 1745
• Mary Slew married second time to Gameliel Smith, on the 18th, May 1749,
• Hannah Smith was born June 10th, 1750;
• Asa Smith, was born November 25th, 1752.
• Mercy Cobb Sellew Smith may have been a Mayflower descendant

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3H-23R : 10 February 2018), Thomas Cobb in entry for Mercy Cobb, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 426,570.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3H-235 : 10 February 2018), Mercy Cobb, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 426,570.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDC-D49 : 9 February 2018), Asa Selew and Mercy Cobb, 27 Sep 1744; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 907,353.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-BFG : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Ebenezer Selew, 09 Aug 1745; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179F54W; FHL microfilm 905,406.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-BNP : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for John Selew, 23 Nov 1746; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179F554; FHL microfilm 905,406.

• The Smiths of Cape Breton : history of Port Hood and Port Hood Island with the genealogy of the Smith family, 1610-1967,Perley W. Smith,Publication:Port Hood, Nova Scotia : P.W. Smith, c1967,ix,

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDC-X6D : 9 February 2018), Gamaliel Smith and Mercy Selew, 18 May 1749; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 907,353.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-TZC : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Asa Smith, 25 Nov 1752; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,353.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Mercy Cobb Smith (1718–28 May 1793), Find A Grave Memorial no. 143641661, citing Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by K. W. Sellew (contributor 47141339) .