Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Sperry Jr.
and Martha (Mansfield) Sperry
Sister of
Moses Sperry, John Sperry, Martha (Sperry) Russell, Joseph Sperry, Mary (Sperry) Vandermark, James Sperry, Jonathan Sperry, Stephen Sperry, Silence (Sperry) Tuttle and Japhet Sperry
Wife of
Seth Downs
— married
8 Jun 1727 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
Descendants 
Died
at about age 76
[location unknown]
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Biography
Mercy SPERRY was born 9 Jan 1703 in New Haven Co., Connecticut. She died calculated 1779. Mercy married Seth DOWNS on 8 Jun 1727.
Birth
- 9 Jan 1702 New Haven, New Haven, CT[1]
Death
- 1779
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, 1917) Part 1, Page 89.
- W. C. Sharpe, Bethany - Sketches and Records, Record Print; Seymour, CT, 1908, p. 152. "Mary Sperry."
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 7, p 1667.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 7, p 1667.
- W. C. Sharpe, Bethany - Sketches and Records, p. 116.
- Ancestral File Number: 4BR2-W4
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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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~0.39%
Anne (Fowler) Titsch
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