Born in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Briggs
and Lydia (Higby) Briggs
Sister of
Hannah (Briggs) Gardner, Sarah (Briggs) Burlingame, Benjamin Briggs Sr, Hannah Briggs, Deliverance (Briggs) Jones and Martha (Briggs) Spencer
Wife of
William Card
— married
13 Jun 1733 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Jonathan Card, Job Card, Elisha Card, Peleg Card, Almy (Card) Goff, Stephen Card, Daniel Card and Benjamin Card
Died
at age 64
in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2013
This page has been accessed 754 times.
Biography
Mercy was born about 1715.
Sources
- "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8K2-6Q3 : 6 December 2014), William Card and Mercy Briggs, 13 Jun 1733; citing East Greenwich,Kent,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,269.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:348P-GMK : accessed 2017-09-11), entry for Mercy /Briggs/.
- Streeter, Perry. Richard Card of Newport, Rhode Island. Copyright 1999. Page 2. Accessed 6 December 2017 at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~streeter/card.pdf
Is Mercy your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
-
~0.78%
Fran Jensen
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bkc1828
-
~0.78%
Jan (Breault) Cartmill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KZ1243267 [compare], yourDNAportal JANedf78dbd, Ancestry member CartsJ43
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #939079
-
~0.78%
Teri (Green) McIntire :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung :
23andMe, GEDmatch M697917 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A303933 [compare], Ancestry member albertusfullerjung
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T068668 [compare], FTDNA kit #H1208
-
~0.39%
Marcia MacDonald :
23andMe, GEDmatch M123932 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M123932 [compare], Ancestry member marcia_macdonald
-
~0.39%
Mark Cornelius :
23andMe, GEDmatch M373466 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Dale Bardin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dalebardin
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T875378 [compare], FTDNA kit #313766
-
~0.39%
Robert (Fuller) Prager :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T361849 [compare], Ancestry member bobprager57
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T361849 [compare], FTDNA kit #305153
-
~0.39%
Jeffrey Bardin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZC8187287 [compare], Ancestry member Moose_99400
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B791011
-
~0.39%
Jennifer Robins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A524385 [compare], Ancestry member robins999
-
~0.39%
Betty (Edwards) Gridley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LU2036568 [compare], Ancestry member begridley
-
~0.39%
Louise (White) Buckley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A520455 [compare], Ancestry member BillyLouiseBuckley
-
~0.39%
Linda (Stein) Fitzgerald :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WP8717885 [compare], Ancestry member lgfitzgerald
-
~0.39%
Loretta Baxter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LMBaxter
-
~0.39%
Amanda (Yeomans) Urquhart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CT3434825 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Harry (Fuller) Parker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T789207 [compare], FTDNA kit #295391
-
~0.39%
David Winters :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #925691
-
~0.39%
Michael (Fuller) Prager :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T858581 [compare], FTDNA kit #305158
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments: 3
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Jennifer Robins
Briggs-5927 and Briggs-2121 appear to represent the same person because: Thease look to be the same person. but briggs - 5927 don't have a lot of info and sould be merged into briggs - 2121 as they are married to the same person.
posted
by Jennifer Robins
Jennifer Robins
Briggs-5927 and Briggs-2121 are not ready to be merged because: These look to be the same person and Briggs-5927 bearly have any info at all and should be merged into Briggs-2121
posted
by Jennifer Robins
S Baker
Briggs-6041 and Briggs-2121 appear to represent the same person because: They both were married to William Card
posted
by S Baker
Rejected matches › Martha (Briggs) Hudson (1707-1774)
Featured National Park champion connections: Mercy is 12 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 12 degrees from George Catlin, 14 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 22 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 12 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 14 degrees from Stephen Mather, 19 degrees from Kara McKean, 15 degrees from John Muir, 15 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
B > Briggs | C > Card > Mercy (Briggs) Card
Categories: East Greenwich, Rhode Island | Pownal, Vermont