Born in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Root III
and Mary (Ashley) Root
Sister of
Mary (Root) Smith, Sarah (Root) Dewey, John Root IV, Samuel B Root, Hannah (Root) Davis, Abigail (Root) Merick and Joshua Root
Wife of
Samuel Fowler
— married
about 1705 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Mehitable (Fowler) Williams, Samuel Fowler, David Fowler, Bethesda Thursday (Fowler) Root, Stephen Fowler l, Mercy Fowler, Bildad Fowler and Daniel Fowler
Died
at age 58
in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2011
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Biography
Mercy Root, the daughter of John and his wife Mary, was born 15 March 1684 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Mercy m. Samuel Fowler in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Their 8 children were born in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Samuel, b. 31 Jan 1711; m. Naomi Noble; David, b. 20 June 1714, m. Elizabeth Smith; Bethesda, b. 26 April, 1717; m. Eliakim Sackett; Stephen, b. 21 Dec 1719; m(1) Rhoda Bancroft; m(2) Mary Welles; Mercy, b. 31 July 1722; d. 06 Jan 1744; Bildad, m. Elizabeth Bancroft; Daniel, b. 1729; m. Elenor Williams; Mehitable, m. Mr. Williams.
Samuel d. 10 Nov 1744 at Westfield, and his wife Mercy d. 06 Jan 1744.
Sources
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZQ8-BLY : 4 December 2014), Mercy Root, 15 Mar 1684; citing WESTFIELD,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,766.
- A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Ambrose Fowler, (1857: Boston, H.W. Dutton and Son, printers), p. 8. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1219329&from=fhd
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Les LeMay 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lemay22ll
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~0.39%
Susan (Newman) Mounteer :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Alison (Newman) Court :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Lisa (Wilson) Bull :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A211647 [compare], Ancestry member rewilson6400
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~0.39%
Sharon Holladay :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Robert Edward Fletcher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A150278 [compare], Ancestry member KFLETCHE11735
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~0.39%
Jerri (Thorpe) McCoy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A096597 [compare], Ancestry member JKTMC
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