Mercy (Boomer) Luther (1694 - 1772)

Born 16 Mar 1694 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Luther — married 4 Jun 1715 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1772 at age 77 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mercy Boomer was born at Freetown, Massachusetts March 16, 1694, to parents Matthew and Hannah (Church) Boomer. She married Nathaniel Luther at Swansea, Massachusetts, January 4, 1715/16. She was named in Nathaniel's will dated January 2, 1755.^[1] Mercy's sister, Mary, married Ephraim Elsbury/Elsbree; her information is in the same source on page 298.

Children

Nathaniel and Mercy (Boomer) Luther had the following (10) children:^[2]

1. Job, born 24 February 1716/7
2. Nathaniel, born 21 September 1719
3. Matthew, born 26 August 1721
4. Isaac, born 27 Febuary 1723/4
5. Marcy, born 21 June 1726
6. Hopestill, born 6 July 1729
7. Hephazibah, born 19 December 173[worn]
8. John, born 9 March 1733 [sic]
9. Jonathan, born 22 August 1733 [sic]
10. David, born 10 April 1737

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Reference Richard Warren Volume, Volume 18, part 2, page 296. $Subscription
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 296

• Vital Records of Swansea, Mass to 1850