Mercy (Brown) Babb (abt. 1784)

Born about 1784 in Virginia

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Biography

Mercy Brown, born c. 1784. “Massa” Brown married William Babb on 11-5-1807, bond by Sylvanus Brown. Her name was transcribed as “Mirey” in the 1800 land deed in Virginia. Her birth name was Mercy as stated by her son Valentine S. Babb in the 1887 Pioneer’s History of Greene County, Iowa. Mercy and William Babb lived in nearby Hawkins County, Tennessee, where William was a cabinet maker and a Justice of the Peace. They had eight children identified by Babb Family researchers: (1) Elizabeth, born on 9-1-1810, who married James Weston. In 1851, James and Elizabeth Babb Weston led a wagon train to Barry County, Missouri. (2) Phillip, born c. 1812, who lived in Lee County, Virginia; (3) “Easter” (Esther), born c. 1814, who married Issac Weston. They were in Hancock County, Tennessee in 1860. Easter died before 1870. (4) Phoebe, born on 11-6-1817, who married James Wallace; (5) Valentine Servier, born on 7-9-1820, who married Lydia Crumley, a granddaughter of Sylvanus Brown, brother to Mercy. They settled in Greene County, Iowa. (6) Abner, born c. 1823, who married Elizabeth Roller. They were in Barry County, Missouri by 1860. (7) William Kelly, born c. 1826, who married Hannah Crumley, a granddaughter of Sylvanus Brown, brother to Mercy. They settled in Greene County, Iowa. (8) Samuel, born on 4-10-1829, who married Elizabeth Roberts. They were in Hancock County, Tennessee by 1870. Samuel’s mother Mercy Brown Babb, age 86, resided in his household. By 1880, Samuel and his family lived in Barry County, Missouri.

Sources

• http://dna-explained.com/2015/11/22/phebe-c1747-c1803-is-jotham-browns-wife-zopher-johnsons-daughter-52-ancestors-99/