Mercy (Brown) Gager (1744 - 1810)

Born 1744 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Gager — married 30 Dec 1762 in New York Colony

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1810 at about age 66 in Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Mercy (Brown) Gager was born in New York.

Mercy, the fourteenth of sixteen children of Tristram Brown II and Abigail Parke was born in 1744 at Dutchess, New York Colony.

Marriage and Children

Mercy wed John Gager (alias Jagger) the son of John and Rebeckah (Ingersoll) Jagger on 30 December 1762 at New York Colony.^[1] They had ten children:

1. Nathaniel Gager (b.1763 ; d. 1850) m. 27 May 1798 at Pleasant Vally, NY, Mary Griffin (1777-)
2. Hannah Gager (b. 1764; d. 1857) m. 1784, Timothy Gilbert (1760-1845)
3. John Gager (b. 1767; d. 1850) m. 6 Jan 1791 at Clinton, NY, Anna Nancy Ward (1766-1847)
4. Phebe Gager (b. 1781; d. 1851) m. Anthony wheeler (1771-1840)
5. Thomas Gager (b. 1774; d. 1846) m. 1804 at Dutchess, NY, Hannah Underhill (1787-1857)
6. Sarah Gager (b. 1776; d. ) m.
7. Joshua Reuben Gager (b. 1781; d. 1856) m. 1805, Martha Wheeler (1781-1846)
8. Nathan Gager (b. 1787; d. 1872) m. 17 Dec 1809 at New York, Phoebe Wood (1791-)
9. Noah Gager (b. 1789; d. 1864) m. 1815, North Gwillimbury, Ontario, Wealthy Huntley (1794-1862)
10. Robert Gager (b. 1791; d. 1852) m.

Death

Mercy (Brown) Gager died on 28 September 1810 in her 66th year at Dutchess, New York and is buried in Coleman's Station Cemetery at Northeast, Dutchess, New York.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CL-8H41 : 22 July 2021), John Jagger, 30 Dec 1762, New York, British Colonial America; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,131.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20898777/mercy-gager: accessed 03 March 2023), memorial page for Mercy Brown Gager (1744–28 Sep 1810), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20898777, citing Coleman's Station Cemetery, Northeast, Dutchess County, New York, USA; Maintained by Alysia (contributor 46903070).

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing and photo added following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 3 March 2023.