Mercy (Mansfield) Bradley (1667 - 1744)

Born 2 Apr 1667 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Thompson — married about 1691 (to 25 Sep 1721) in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Nathaniel Bradley — married after May 1725 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1744 at age 76 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Mercy Mansfield, the second child of Moses Mansfield and Mercy Glover, was born 2 April 1667 in New Haven. She was married twice, first to John Thompson, then to Nathaniel Bradley. She died 9 January 1743/4 in East Haven at the age of 77.^[1]

The 1691 marriage date for Mercy Mansfield and John Thompson is an estimate, based on the 1692 birth of their first child, John.

John Thompson died in 1721 and Nathaniel Bradley's first wife, Ruth Dickerman, died in May 1725, so it is assumed that the widow Mercy Thompson married Nathaniel Bradley sometime after May 1725.

She was buried in the Old Cemetery, East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol V, page 1137 (Mansfield Family), Vol II, page 262 (Bradley Family), Vol VII, page 1750 (Thompson Family).
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8116031 for Mercy Mansfield Bradley

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Notes on Thompson Families of Connecticut, article in NEHGS Register, Vol 66 (1912), page 198.