Born about in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Fancher
and Eunice (Bouton) Fancher
Sister of
John Fancher, William Fancher, Nathaniel Fancher, Abigail (Fancher) Brown, David Fancher, Joseph Fancher, Eunice (Fancher) Newman, Daniel Fancher and Elijah Fancher
Wife of
Jesse Seymour
— married
1773 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Rachel (Seymour) Miller and Betsey (Seymour) Lockwood
Died
at about age 74
in United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2011
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Biography
Mercy was Christened 15 October 1752 at Stamford, Connecticut.
Mercy is a 3x great-grandmother of President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
Sources
- Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 158, 461.
- Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A 102422.
- New England Ancestors Magazine, 2004, Vol 5.5, p. 41, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
- Fancher, William Hoyt The Fancher Family (Fancher, Milford, New Hampshire, 1947), 9, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
- Burial: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.[1]
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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:
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~0.78%
Cecilia Beach
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CMBeach47
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~0.78%
Julia (Minnemeyer) Dumont :
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