Born in Musketa Cove, Nassau, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Coles
and Mercy (Wright) Coles
Sister of
Nathan Coles, Tamar Wright (Coles) Carpenter, Dorcas Coles, Robert Coles, John Coles, Charles Coles and Freegift Coles
Wife of
Benjamin Carpenter
— married
1702 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Carpenter, Elizabeth Carpenter, Hannah (Carpenter) Lounsbury, Benjamin Carpenter Jr, Ann (Carpenter) Coles and Ann Carpenter
Died about
at about age 61
in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York [uncertain]
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| Created 31 Jan 2011
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Biography
Mercy Coles was born 24 Mar 1684 at Musketa Cove (Glen Cove), Nassau County, New York; the daughter of Robert Coles Jr and Mary ‘Mercy’ Wright. [1] [2] She married Benjamin Carpenter in 1704 at Musketa Cove (Glen Cove). [3] [4] They had the following children: Joseph, Hannah, [5] Elizabeth, Benjamin, Ann and Mary. [6]
Her death is thought to have been about 1746 at Musketa Cove (Glen Cove). She and her husband were buried on their farm. [7]
Sources
- ↑ Cox, John; Frederick E Willets, Daniel Underhill, Edward T Payne “Oyster Bay Town Records 1653-1690” (Musketo Cove Proprietor’s Book) : Tobias A Wright, New York 1916 Vol I pp 631, 652 https://archive.org/details/oysterbaytownrec01coxj/page/652/mode/1up?view=theater
- ↑ Cole, Frank Theodore “Early Genealogies of the Cole Family in America” : Hann & Adair; Columbus, Ohio 1887 p 93 https://archive.org/details/earlygenealogies00cole/page/93/mode/1up?view=theater
- ↑ Carpenter, Daniel Hoagland “History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America” : Marion Press, Jamaica, New York 1901 p 55 https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00carpgoog/page/n89/mode/1up?view=theater
- ↑ Cutter, William Richard “Genealogical and Family History of Western New York” : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1912 p 275 https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland03cuttgoog/page/n379/mode/1up?view=theater
- ↑ Lounsbury Tree p 15 http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~rfraser/L-Tree/50SprSum2010.pdf
- ↑ Carpenter, Daniel Hoagland “History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America” : Marion Press, Jamaica, New York 1901 p 58 https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00carpgoog/page/n93/mode/1up?view=theater
- ↑ Carpenter, Daniel Hoagland “History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America” : Marion Press, Jamaica, New York 1901 p 57 https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00carpgoog/page/n92/mode/1up
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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:
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~0.39%
Marilyn (Maxwell) Jarisch
:
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~0.39%
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AM Hayes
Coles-54 and Coles-1994 appear to represent the same person because: duplicate spouses of duplicate Benjamin Carpenters.
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by AM Hayes
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