Mercy (Richardson) Hildreth (1690 - 1743)

Born 9 Jan 1690 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Hildreth — married before Jan 1708 (to 26 Sep 1740) in Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1743 at age 53 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mercy Richardson was born on 09 January 1689/90 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, (then) Massachusetts Bay Colony, the daughter of Josiah and Mercy (Parish) Richardson.^[1]

She married Ephraim Hildreth, the son of James and Margaret (Ward) Hildreth, possibly in Dracut or Chelmsford before January 1708, when their first child was born. No record of their marriage seems to be extant.^[2]

Ephraim died on 26 Sep 1740 in Dracut. His widow Marcy died in Dracut on 25 December 1743 aged about 55 years.^[3]

Children, first two born Chelmsford, rest in Dracut:

1. Ephraim, b. 18 Jan 1708.
2. Josiah, b. 14 Feb 1710.
3. Robert, b. 18 May 1713; m. Sarah Abbott.
4. Marcy, b. 27 Jan 1715/6, d. 10 Dec 1729.
5. Zachariah, b. 27 Sep 1718, d. 10 Jan 1745/6.
6. Thomas, b. 05 Apr 1721, m. Hannah Colburn 3d.
7. William, b. 30 Aug 1723; m. Tabitha Colburn
8. Luis/Levi, b. 13 Oct 1726
9. Elijah, b. 23 May 1728, d. 14 May 1814; m. (1) Hannah Colburn 1746, m. (2) Hannah Richardson 1765.
10. Marcy, b. 27 Nov 1732; m. Jonathan Coburn 1753.

Sources

1. ↑ Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1914), p. 132.

   "Richardson, Merci [Me. TC], d. Josiah [and Mercy. CT.R.] Jan 9, 168[torn. 1690 TC]."

2. ↑ "John Vinton, Richardson Memorial (n.p.: n.pub., 1876)
3. ↑ Henry Ernest Woods, editor, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907), p. 283.

   "Hildreth, Marcy, wid. Ephraim Esq., Dec 23, 1743. [w. Maj. Ephraim, Dec 25, in 55th y, GR9]."