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Mercy (Fuller) Wood (1696 - bef. 1737)

Mercy Wood formerly Fuller
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Baymap
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Wife of — married 5 Apr 1716 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 41 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Mercy Fuller was born 1 Apr 1696 at Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, daughter of Jabez Fuller and Mary Hallett[1][2][3]

She married Jabez Wood 5 April 1716 at Middleborough[4] and they had eight children. Jabez was called senior in the births of his last six children to distinguish him from Jabez, the son of David, born one year later who married Hannah and also had children in Middleboro.

In 1721, Mercy and her husband Jabez Wood signed a receipt for her share of her brother, Samuel Fuller's estate.[5]

Mercy died sometime before 03 November 1737 when Jabez published marriage intentions with his second wife Mary Thompson at Ipswich.[1]

Children of Jabez and Mercy (Fuller) Wood were born in Middleborough:[1]

  1. Rebekah Wood (twin), b. 05 Apr 1719
  2. Mary Wood (twin), b. 05 Apr 1719
  3. Jabez Wood, b. 20 Jun 1721
  4. Henry Wood, b. 05 Jul 1723
  5. Joseph Wood (twin), b. 24 Sep 1725
  6. Benjamin Wood (twin), b. 24 Sep 172]]5
  7. Ebenezer Wood, b. 06 Oct 1729
  8. Cornelius Wood, b. 22 Nov 1731

Research Notes

No probate records found in Plymouth County for Jabez or Mercy Wood. Madison-125 15:11, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 4, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., Third Edition, 2006 Ed. Fuller, pg 69
  2. Barnstable, Massachusetts, Records Vol 1 Town of Barnstable, 1895 Record copy of original town record book, p. 370; digital image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-HP2 : accessed February 27, 2023), image 351 of 743; citing Barnstable (Massachusetts). Town Clerk.
  3. Source: #S-216310957 Volume: 148; SAR Membership Number: 29413
  4. Bowman, George Ernest, "Middleborough Births, Marriages and Deaths" Mayflower Descendant Vol. 2:158. Archive.org
    "Jabez wood the son of Samuel wood was married to mercy Fuller the daughter of Jabez Fuller : by John Bradford esqr Justice of the peace : April the 5 1716"
  5. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-D26F : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 65 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
  • Source: Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  • Source: S-216310957 Repository: #R-844126243 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  • Source: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=54929175&pid=4072




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I've been trying to identify the parents of the Mary (Wood) Lapham (abt.1719-1770) who married Joshua Lapham (1710-aft.1762) in Scituate in 1736/7. The Pane-Joyce Genealogy at https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr14/rr14_376.html identifies them as this Jabez & Mercy (Fuller} Wood.

Could someone from the Project help confirm or deny this relationship?

Thank you, Jennifer

posted by Jennifer Lapham
I've done a bit of searching and proof isn't coming up easily. The "silver book" doesn't go beyond giving the birth dates of Mercy (Fuller) Wood's children; neither Jabez nor Mercy left a probate record that I can find (nor did the GSMD). Mary's 1716 birth is a good match on her age at death, so that's a positive. I think I'd work through Mary's siblings to see if any of them left a will that mentions Mary or her children. Plymouth Probates are here. Then failing that, perhaps a dig through land records to see if Jabez gifted/sold land to the Laphams. Deed records for Plymouth County are here, If those fail, perhaps try the Middleborough antiquarian, although they're not online and you'll probably have to find someone local to look for you in a local library or contact the Middleboro Historical Society. Just throwing out ideas for further research.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall

Rejected matches › Mercy Catherine Fuller (1879-1933)

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