Mercy (Pabodie) Simmons (1650 - 1728)

Born 2 Jan 1650 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Simmons — married 16 Nov 1669 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1728 at age 78 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mercy Pabodie, daughter of William Pabodie Sr (abt.1620-1707) and Elisabeth (Alden) Pabodie (abt.1624-1717) and granddaughter of Mayflower passenger John Alden, was born 2 Jan 1649/50 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony.^[1][2]

She married 16 Nov 1669 at Duxbuiry, John Simmons, son of Moses Simonson.^[1][3] John was born about 1651.^[3][4] He died before 9 Feb 1715/16 (administratrix appointed)^[1] John was an innholder.^[1] The family resided at Duxbury.

William Pabodie, her father, had an estate of £407. He left the land to his sons (some after wife's decease), and left his daughters, Mary, Mercey, Martha, Ruth, Sarah, Hannah, Lidia (also received a pair of green curtains), the heirs of Elizabeth and the heirs of Rebecca only one shilling each.^[1][5]

Mercy was appointed to administer her husband's estate 9 Feb 1715/16. A settlement was dated 11 Feb 1715/6. The widow Mercy received 1/3 of the entire estate for her lifetime. Youngest son, Moses, received all the lands, including his mother's after her decease, and 2/3 of the personal estate. He was to pay the estate debts and pay each of his siblings (John, William, Isaac, Benjamin, Joseph, Joshua, Martha wife of Samuel West and Rebecka wife of Constant Southworth) £200 pounds less what they had had from their father during his lifetime. The eldest, John was to receive a double share.^[1][6][7][8]

She died between 26 Sept 1728, date of her will, and 8 Nov 1728, probate. In her will she mentioned all nine of her children: John (5s. and all her sheep), William (1s), Isaac (5s), Benjamin (5s), Joseph (5s), Joshua (5s), Martha 5s and "my Riding gown and best pettecoat and whood and Scarf and red Silk neck cloath"), Rebecca (5s and "my best Riding whood"), Moses ("my bed and beding belonging to itt and my cow and all the money not Disposed of")^{[9][10][1][11][12][13]}

Children of Mercy Pabodie and John Simmons

John and Mercy had the following children born in Duxbury:^[1]

1. John, b. Feb. 22, 1670; m. (1) Abigail Richmond; m. (2) Susanna Tracy;
2. William, b. Feb. 24, 1672; m. Abigail Church
3. Isaac, b. Jan. 28, 1674; m. (1)Martha Chandler, poss m. (2) Elizabeth Samms
4. Martha, b. Nov. 17, 1677; m. (1) Ebenezer Delano; m. (2) Samuel West.
5. Benjamin, b. about 1680; m. (1) Loah Samson; m. (2) Priscilla Delano
6. Moses, b. Feb., 1680; m. Rachel Samson.
7. Joseph, b. about Sept 1682 (age at death); m. Mary Weston
8. Rebecca b. c. 1684 (age at death; m. Constant Southworth
9. Joshua Simmons was born about Jun 1688 (age at death); married Sarah Delano

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littlefield (comp.) Williams, Alicia Crane (ed.) Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002.) pp. 59-61.
2. ↑ Vital records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1911), [p. 114; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofdu00duxb/page/114/mode/2up digital image, Internet Archive]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, Moses Simonson pg 1683; digital image, Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
4. ↑ Vital records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1911), [p. 282; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofdu00duxb/page/282/mode/2up digital image, Internet Archive]
5. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest (transcriber), "William Pabodie's Will and Inventory," The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history, Vol 6, (Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899) pp. 129-135; digital images, Internet Archive link : accessed 13 Jan 2023; cites Bristol PR 2:268-269.
6. ↑ "Settlemenmt of the Estate of John Simmons," The Mayflower Descendant 19:52-53; https://books.google.com/books?id=sXdHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," Docket #18343; images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-L4RT?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-HP8%3A337921001 : 20 May 2014), Dockets 1685-1881 Pra-Sta > image 356 of 478; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," Vol 3, p. 388; images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-ZXGZ?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-WWL%3A337883501 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 205 of 710; State Archives, Boston. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," vol. 3, pp 400, 401; images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-ZF9F?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-WWL%3A337883501 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 211 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ Alden.org website: Descendants of John Alden, Third Generation, Mercy Pabodie. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 18 Nov 20211.)
10. ↑ Simmons, Lorenzo Albert, 1857-. History of the Simmons family, from Moses Simmons, 1st. (Moyses Symonson) ship Fortune, 1621, to and including the eleventh generation in some lines, and very nearly complete to the third and fourth generations from Moses 1st. Lincoln, Neb. 1930. pp. 12-15
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," Docket 18371; images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-L416?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-HP8%3A337921001 : 20 May 2014), Dockets 1685-1881 Pra-Sta > image 360 of 478; State Archives, Boston.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," vol 5:487-89; images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FC56 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 279 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
13. ↑ "Will of Widow Mercy Simmons," The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 19, p. 53,54; digital. image, Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=sXdHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53

• Vital Record of Duxbury, Massachusetts - Year 1911. [Page 21] mercy pabodie the Daughter of william pabodie & Elizabeth his wife was borne January . 2 . 1649.
• Vital Record of Duxbury, Massachusetts - Year 1911. PABODIE - Plymouth County - Page 114. birth of Mercy, daughter of William & Elizabeth [dup. Elisabeth], 02 January 1649.

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