Mercy (Leonard) Adams (1684 - 1749)

Born 6 Nov 1684 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony

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Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1749 at age 65 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

"Mayflower" descendant of James Chilton and Unknown Chilton.

Mercy "Marcy" Leonard (Leonardson) was born about 1678 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, she died 24 December 1749, Preston, New London, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Samuel Leonard and Abigail Atwood.

Mercy married Richard Adams about 1704.

Children

1. Richard Adams, born 1708, died 1787 married Susannah Preston
2. Sarah Adams, born 1710
3. Abigail Adams, born 1717

Research Notes

Mayflower line of James Chilton

Sources

• MF Vol. 15 p. 53
• https://archive.org/stream/memorialgenealog00leon#page/n9/mode/2up Memorial: Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of Solomon Leonard, 1637, Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and some of His Descendants. By Manning Leonard, Southbridge, Mass. Press of Knapp, Peck & Thomson, Auburn N.Y. 1896], p36.
• Byron S. Niemann, "The Possible Parentage of James Adams (1668-1741) of Westerly, RI", The Connecticut Nutmegger Volume 25, pages 573-575 (March 1993): states that by his matching up of relationships with the records of Concord, Massachusetts it became apparent that James Adams of Wells was the son of William and Elizabeth Adams of Sudbury and Concord, Massachusetts, and the brother of Richard Adams, born 22 August 1678 who married Mercy Leonard. Hereinafter cited as "James Adams (1668-1741) of Westerly, RI."
• Revised by Robert S. Wakefield, James Chilton and Richard More of the Mayflower (Five), Person# 51, Mercy Leonard, page 53, noting his "possible" parents as William and Elizabeth Adams of Sudbury, Massachusetts.
• https://www.heatonbrown.com/p2.htm
• Adams http://todmar.net/ancestry/adams_main.htm
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26867133&pid=1452

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