Mercy (Higgins) Paine (1697 - aft. 1774)

Born 20 Mar 1697 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Treat — married 19 Mar 1719 (to before 20 Dec 1751) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Wife of John Paine — married 28 Nov 1754 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Died after 2 May 1774 after age 77 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary/Mercy was the third wife of John Paine.

She was the widow of Joshua Treat.

She had no known children.

Mercy was born in 1697. She is the daughter of Isaac Higgins and Lydia Collins.

Sources

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 87
• First-hand information as remembered by David Sylvester, Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
• "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV79-YR2 : accessed 16 June 2021), entry for Mercy Higgins, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
• Barbara Lambert Merrick, E. Virginia Hunt, Mayflower Families in Progress - William Brewster of the Mayflower and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his Daughter Patience ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001)
• John D. Austin, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 6) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001)
• Collins, Jr., Stanley Newcomb. Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 7