Mary "Mercy" Foote

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Mary "Mercy" Foote (NN)

Also Known As: "Hancock"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Death: 1765 (80-81)
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Wife of Joseph Hancock and Nathaniel Foote, IV
Mother of Jared Foote

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Mary "Mercy" Foote

The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data. (2017). Google Books. Retrieved 4 March 2017, from page 68

Nathaniel Foote (b 1682) m. Sept. 13, 1727, Mrs. Mary Hancock, widow of Joseph Hancock, of Durham, Conn., she d. 1765.

Children: FOOTE.

1'10 Jared b. Aug. 28, 1728. d. Jan. 28, 1806. m. Hannah Buel.

Mr. Foote was Ensign. Lieut. and Capt; also Deputy for Colchester and Justice for Hartford County.


From http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr11/rr11_090.html

On 13 Sep 1727 when Nathaniel Foote was 45, he second married Mary [Hancock] in Colchester, CT.279 Mary died in 1765 in Colchester, CT.279

Mary, widow of Joseph Hancock of Durham, CT.279

Child of Nathaniel and Mary Foote:

  • i. Jared, b. 28 Aug 1728, d. 28 Jan 1806 at Cornwall, VT, m. 1753 Hannah Buell (dau. of Timothy Buell), resided at Colchester & Ellington, CT, Pittrsfield, MA, and Cornwall, VT.

Source: 279. Abram W. Foote, Foote Family comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn. and his descendants, Tuttle, Rutland, VT, 1907, https://archive.org/stream/footefamilyorde01goodgoog#page/n60/mode/2up

comment: wife is given as Hannah, widow of Noah Coleman of Colchester, in this citation.


  • Name Mercy
  • gender Female
  • Husband Nathaniell Foot
  • Son Jared Foot
  • Other information in the record of Jared Foot from Connecticut Births and Christenings
  • Name Jared Foot
  • Gender Male
  • Birth Date 28 Aug 1728
  • Birthplace COLCHESTER TWP,NEW LONDON,CONNETICUT
  • Father's Name Nathaniell Foot
  • Mother's Name Mercy

Citation "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74M-H8W : 3 December 2014), Mercy in entry for Jared Foot, 28 Aug 1728; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.


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Mary "Mercy" Foote's Timeline

1684
August 20, 1684
Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
1728
August 28, 1728
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1765
1765
Age 80
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States