Born in Scituate, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Turner
and Mercy (Hatch) Turner
Sister of
Deborah (Turner) Smith [half], Jemima (Turner) Foster [half], Isaac Turner [half], Keziah (Turner) Lincoln [half], Jonathan Turner [half], Ruth (Turner) Perry, Ignatius Turner, Martha (Turner) Lovell, Jesse Turner and Mary (Turner) Hatch
Wife of
Jonah Stetson Sr
— married
31 May 1720 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died
at age 82
in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Birth
Mercy Turner was born in October 1690 at Scituate, Massachusetts. [1] She was the daughter of Jonathan and Mercy (Hatch) Turner. [2]
Baptized 1691:[3]
Marriage
Married Jonah Stetson at Scituate, 31 May 1720 and lived there having 3 Children. [4][2]
- 3 Children [2]
- Jonah Stetson, b. Jul 1721; bap. 25 Feb 1722 [5]; d. Dec 1782 [6]
- Eunice (Stetson) Stetson, bap. 29 Nov 1724 [7]; m. George Stetson, 10 May 1742;
- Micah Stetson, bap 4 Jul 1729 at Scutuate, [8] and died soon thereafter. [2][9]
Death
She died in May 1773, age 83. [2] She is reported to be buried in the First Parish Cemetery, Norwell, Massachusetts with her husband. [10]
Probate
The will of Mercy Stetson of Scituate, widow was dated 13 March 1769 and proved on 3 August 1773 in Plymouth. She mentions her children, Eunice, wife of George Stetson, and Jonah Stetson (executor).[11]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-7F3Q?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-449%3A353350201%2C353448301%2C353448302 : 22 October 2020), Plymouth > Scituate > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1801 > image 86 of 264; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Stetson, O.F.; Vol 1, No 1, Pg 47
- ↑ Scituate, Mass. Second church. Scituate, Massachusetts: Second church records (Boston: W. J. Litchfield, 1909)p. 16
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-7FDB?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-449%3A353350201%2C353448301%2C353448302 : 22 October 2020), Plymouth > Scituate > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1801 > image 33 of 264; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-34D : 14 January 2020), Mercy in entry for Jonah Stetson, 1721.
- ↑ Jonah Jr.'s Find A Grave: Memorial #74060939
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-LX4 : 14 January 2020), Jonah Stetson in entry for Eunice Stetson, 1724.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-QPV : 14 January 2020), Jonah Stetson in entry for Micah Stetson, 1729.
- ↑ Micah's Find A Grave: Memorial #74061274
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/74061142/mercy-stetson : accessed 01 August 2021), memorial page for Mercy Turner Stetson (1691–May 1773), Find A Grave: Memorial #74061142, citing First Parish Cemetery, Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Charles Baker (contributor 47201082) .
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-8H4B : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 179 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
See Also:
- Barry, John Stetson. A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Name and Family of Stetson (William A. Hall & Co., Boston, 1847)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #74061142
- Stetson, O.F. Ed.; Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008)
- Various Contributors; FamilySearch.org entry for Mercy Terner; accessed August 2021; © 2020 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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