Mercy (Nye) Burgess (abt. 1748 - 1774)

Born about 1748 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Prince Burgess — married 9 May 1769 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1774 at about age 26 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mercy Nye, daughter of Lemuel and Sarah (Jenkins) Nye.^[1]

She married Prince Burgess as his second wife on 09 May 1769, or 6 May, in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Mercy Nye Burgess died 15 Nov 1774 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[1]

Mercy and Prince had a son Lemuel Burgess born 6 Sep. 1770 married Elizabeth Gibbs.^[1]

• Fact: Christening (17 Sep 1749) Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Fact: Burial (1774) Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Nye, George Hyatt. A Genealogy of the Nye Family (Nye Family of America Assoc., Cleveland, Ohio, 1907-1967), Pages 87-90

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 April 2021, 17:44), entry for Mercy Nye (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZNQ-4M9 ); contributed by various users.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHCH-MBZ : 13 July 2016), Prince Burgess and Mercy Nye, 09 May 1769; citing Marriage, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 482,235.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-N8NF : 11 July 2016), Mercy Nye Burgess, 1774; Burial, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Agawam Cemetery; citing record ID 106776328, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.