Mercy Perry

Daughter of John Swann, of Cambridge and Mary Pratt, his 2nd wife. Wife of John Perry.

Mercy (Swan) Perry (abt. 1670 - 1748)

Mercy Perry formerly Swan

Born about 1670 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of John Swan and Mary (Pratt) Swan

Sister of Ruth Swan [half], Gershom Swan [half], Samuel (Swan) Swaine, Mary Swan, Elizabeth (Swan) Richardson, Lidea Swan, John Swan, Hannah Swan and Ebenezer Swan

Wife of John Perry — married 19 Dec 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Ebenezer Perry and James Perry

Died 23 Jun 1748 in Arlington, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 11 May 2021 | Created 2 Jul 2012

Mercy (Swan) Perry was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Mercy Swan, daughter John Swan and Mary (Pratt) Swan, was born in Cambridge about 1670.[1]

Mercy married John Perry of Watertown 19 Dec 1706 as his second wife.[2][1] Perry was born 3 Mar 1669/70 at Watertown and died at Cambridge 6 Aug 1725, son of John and Sarah (Clary) Perry. His first wife was Sarah Price and he had children by her: John, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, and Elizabeth Perry.[1][3]

Mercy Perry was appointed to administer the estate of her husband, John Perry 19 Aug 1725.[4] She sold 8 acres of the estate 19 April 1728. In 1731 the real estate in Cambridge and Watertown was distributed to Mercy and her children. Several land transactions took place involving the children, the widow, John's brother and other persons over the next 10 years.[5]

Mercy Perry died at Arlington, Massachusetts, 23 Jun 1748 ae 78.[6][1]

They had three children, all born in Cambridge:[1]

Ebenezer, b. 10 Jan 1707/8;
Mercy, b. 8 Aug 1709; James, b. 27 Feb 1711/12. Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stover, Margaret Harris (re-editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Eight. Second edition. Family of Degory Priest. Originally compiled by Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend; Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008) p. 11, 25, 26. ↑ Rapaport, Diane. "Ebenezer Perry, Son of John and Mercy (Swan) Perry of Cambridge, Mass.: Correcting Mayflower Families and Identifying a New Line of Descent from the Fifth Generation of Degory Priest," published in the Mayflower Descendant (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ). Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, Vol 59, 2010, pages 21-31. ↑ Watertown. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Vol 2 p. 23. link American Ancestors ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) link American Ancestors #17202: 19:186, 191, 199 ↑ Mayflower families cites Middlesex Co. Land Records 27:448 (Mercy Perry); 36:20 (Josiah Perry); 37:737 (Ebenezer Perry); 40 472 (Edward Manning etc) 41:333 (Ebenezer Swan and Mercy Perry); 44:187 (Mercy Perry); ↑ Arlington (Mass.) Vital Records of Arlington, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record, fund, 1904. p. 146 See also: Robert Wakefield. "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations." Volume 8 Degory Priest, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994. Page 7.

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Mercy Swan, daughter John Swan and Mary (Pratt) Swan, was born in Cambridge about 1670.[1]

Mercy married John Perry of Watertown 19 Dec 1706 as his second wife.[2][1] Perry was born 3 Mar 1669/70 at Watertown and died at Cambridge 6 Aug 1725, son of John and Sarah (Clary) Perry. His first wife was Sarah Price and he had children by her: John, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, and Elizabeth Perry.[1][3]

Mercy Perry was appointed to administer the estate of her husband, John Perry 19 Aug 1725.[4] She sold 8 acres of the estate 19 April 1728. In 1731 the real estate in Cambridge and Watertown was distributed to Mercy and her children. Several land transactions took place involving the children, the widow, John's brother and other persons over the next 10 years.[5]

Mercy Perry died at Arlington, Massachusetts, 23 Jun 1748 ae 78.[6][1]

They had three children, all born in Cambridge:[1]

Ebenezer, b. 10 Jan 1707/8;
Mercy, b. 8 Aug 1709; James, b. 27 Feb 1711/12.

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Mercy (Swan) Perry (abt. 1670 - 1748)

Mercy Perry formerly Swan

Born about 1670 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of John Swan and Mary (Pratt) Swan

Sister of Ruth Swan [half], Gershom Swan [half], Samuel (Swan) Swaine, Mary Swan, Elizabeth (Swan) Richardson, Lidea Swan, John Swan, Hannah Swan and Ebenezer Swan

Wife of John Perry — married 19 Dec 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Ebenezer Perry and James Perry

Died 23 Jun 1748 in Arlington, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 11 May 2021 | Created 2 Jul 2012

Mercy (Swan) Perry was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stover, Margaret Harris (re-editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Eight. Second edition. Family of Degory Priest. Originally compiled by Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend; Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008) p. 11, 25, 26.
↑ Rapaport, Diane. "Ebenezer Perry, Son of John and Mercy (Swan) Perry of Cambridge, Mass.: Correcting Mayflower Families and Identifying a New Line of Descent from the Fifth Generation of Degory Priest," published in the Mayflower Descendant (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ). Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, Vol 59, 2010, pages 21-31. ↑ Watertown. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Vol 2 p. 23. link American Ancestors ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) link American Ancestors #17202: 19:186, 191, 199 ↑ Mayflower families cites Middlesex Co. Land Records 27:448 (Mercy Perry); 36:20 (Josiah Perry); 37:737 (Ebenezer Perry); 40 472 (Edward Manning etc) 41:333 (Ebenezer Swan and Mercy Perry); 44:187 (Mercy Perry); ↑ Arlington (Mass.) Vital Records of Arlington, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record, fund, 1904. p. 146 See also: Robert Wakefield. "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations." Volume 8 Degory Priest, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994. Page 7.

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Brief Life History of Mercy

When Mercy Swan was born in 1670, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Swann III, was 49 and her mother, Mary Pratt, was 37. She married John Perry III in December 1706, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 22 June 1748, in Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Mercy Swan
Female
1670–22 June 1748