Mercy (Walker) Newton (abt. 1709 - abt. 1777)

Born about 1709 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Obediah Morse — married 28 Nov 1728 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Province

Wife of Ezekiel Newton — married 25 May 1757 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1777 at about age 68 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mercy was born about 1709.^[1]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Bent, Gilbert O., Who begot thee? some genealogical and historical notes made in an effort to trace the American progenitors of one individual living in America in 1903, published 1903. Reference pages 61, 57
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 April 2022), memorial page for Mercy Walker Morse (30 Oct 1706–1770), Find A Grave: Memorial #129809022, citing Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Everett Richards Clark (contributor 48401596) .

• Newton Genealogy, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical, Being a Record of the Descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, with Genealogies of Families Descended from the Immigrants, Rev. Roger Newton of Milford, Connecticut, Thomas Newton of Fairfield, Connecticut, Matthew Newton of Stonington, Connecticut, Newtons of Virginia, Newtons Near Boston p. 511
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRT-1B3 : 13 July 2016), Obediah Morse and Mercy Walker, 28 Nov 1728; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 185,455.
• Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 Sherborn - Marriages Image of page 155 showing the marriage of Abner Morse and Anna Church February 19, 1756; The Massachusetts Vital Records Project; Copyright 2005-'15
• Our Heritage by Kathryn & Danforth Starr, privately published 1955
• Source: S-412014689 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree 61772796
• Profile updated by Scott McNay through the import of Wm Scott McNay Family Tree.ged on Sep 8, 2019. GED indicates year of death is 1770. Information provided by Scott McNay for Mercy and her relatives is from a printed genealogy chart left by his mother's brother; the original database was not found, so the source of the data is unknown, but the info is nearly identical to that provided by Kathryn Lee.