Mercy Angell - Sheldon

Descendant of Roger Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_in_America

Roger Williams (c. 21 December 1603 – between 27 January and 15 March 1683)[1] was a Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with American Indians, and he was one of the first abolitionists.[2][3]

Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for spreading "new and dangerous ideas", and he established the Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he called "liberty of conscience". In 1638, he founded the First Baptist Church in America, also known as the First Baptist Church of Providence.[4][5] He studied the Indian languages and wrote the first book on the Narragansett language, and he organized the first attempt to prohibit slavery in any of England's North American colonies.[3]

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Mercy (Rhodes) Angell (1714)

Mercy Angell formerly Rhodes aka Sheldon
Born 11 Apr 1714 in Rhode Islandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Zachariah Rhodes and Mary (Randall) Rhodes
Sister of Marcy (Rhodes) Knight, Rebecca (Rhodes) Sheldon and Mary (Rhodes) Wilkinson
Wife of Roger Sheldon — married [date unknown] (to 7 Jul 1783) in Rhode Islandmap
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] in South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Mercy was the daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Randall) Rhodes

She married first Roger Sheldon, son of Isaac and Susanna (Potter) Sheldon, in RI - parents of Esther Sheldon

After the death of Roger, she married Thomas Angell and had a daughter, Sally Angell

Sources

Rhode Island Birth & Christenings, 1600-1910
Rhode Island Marriages, 1695-1910