Born in of, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Hovey
and Mercy (Howard) Hovey
Wife of
Thomas Gleason III
— married
10 Jun 1729 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Daniel Gleason and Priscilla (Gleason) Shumway
Died
at age 69
in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jun 2011
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Biography
Mercy was born in 1698. She was the daughter of Daniel Hovey and Mary Unknown.
Mercy married first: Thomas Gleason on Jun 10 1729. (Mercy was Thomas's 2nd wife) Mercy married second: John Wait/Waite of Sutton on Dec 19 1749
She passed away in 1767.
In 1734, Mercy, who was also the guardian of Daniel and Priscilla, signed a receipt for their share of her late husband's estate from Moses Gleason.[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Probate records v. 1 1731-1739, 1778-1814, 1863-1870" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-BDG9 : 1 February 2024), Film# 00774407, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 88, Vol 1, Page 136.
- The Book of Daniel Hovey and His Descendants, page 64
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Scott Harris for creating WikiTree profile Hovey-213 through the import of Harris Family Tree.ged on Mar 19, 2013.
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- WikiTree profile Hovey-180 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Pam and others.
- Source: S3 Abbreviation: Richard Mellen of Massachusetts Title: Richard Mellen of Massachusetts: A Brief Genealogy of the Mellen Family. Sea Genes. pdf. Author: N. P. Maling Publication: seagenes.wordpress.com: 2011 Date: 6 Oct 2012 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
The Hovey Book: Describing the English Ancestry and American Descendants of ... By Daniel Hovey Association
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Hovey-92 and Hovey-180 appear to represent the same person because: Matching dates
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JaAnna (Bowen) Nelson
Hovey-213 and Hovey-92 are not ready to be merged because: Not enough matching information to confirm a match. There are no dates in the merging profile. Matching names are not enough for me to feel comfortable to confirm.
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Rejected matches › Mercy (Howard) Hovey (1675-1743)
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