Mercy Peters, daughter of Andrew and Mercy (Beamsley) (Willborne) Peters, was born 27 Jan 1670 at Ipswich, Massachusetts. [1] She married John Allen, son of Andrew and Faith (Ingalls) Allen 22 May 1686 at Andover, Massachusetts. [1]
Children
Note that Mercy and her husband John Allin did in fact have two children, both of whom were named John, presumably for their father; the first died in infancy, 11 days old.[2][3] This is a practice known as a necronym, naming a child for a dead sibling -- in this case, perhaps to be sure of having a child named John.
Death
Mercy's husband John died of small-pox 26 Nov 1690 at Andover, Massachusetts, age 28. [1]
Mercy died of small-pox 25 Dec 1690, at Andover, Massachusetts, age 20. [1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.3 The Essex Genealogist, Vol 19, page 223, The Ingalls Sisters
The Essex Genealogist. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.), The Ingalls Sisters, by Marjorie Wardwell Otten, Vol 19, page 223
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