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Mercy Dickinson. Born on 8 Jun 1668 in Hadley, MA. Mercy died in Colchester, CT, on 30 Jun 1735; she was 67. On 8 Jun 1688 when Mercy was 20, she married Joseph Chamberlain, son of William Chamberlain (ca 1624-22 Oct 1678), in Hadley, MA.142 Born ca 1665 in Hull, MA. Joseph died on 7 Aug 1752 in Colchester, CT.Occupation: tavernkeeper at Colchester.
Joseph first married Mary Dickinson, second Hannah, widow of Aaron Clark.
William James of Scituate became Joseph’s guardian in 1685.
Joseph came to Hadley as a soldier in 1676 and removed before 1700 to Hatfield, and before 1709 to Colchester, CT.
Their children include:
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Mercy Chamberlain formerly Dickinson
Born 8 Jun 1668 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Daughter of John Dickinson and Frances (Foote) Barnard
Sister of Hannah (Dickinson) Gillett, Mary (Dickinson) Northam, John Dickinson, Jonathan Dickinson, Sarah (Dickinson) Kellogg, Nathaniel Dickinson, Rebecca (Dickinson) Smith, Elizabeth Dickinson, Abigail (Dickinson) Crowfoot and Mehitable (Dickinson) Ingram
Wife of Joseph Chamberlain — married 8 Jun 1688 in Hadley, Massachusetts
Mother of William Chamberlain, Sarah (Chamberlain) Foote, Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Welles, Joseph Chamberlain Jr., Benjamin Chamberlain, Freedom Chamberlain and John Chamberlain
Died 30 Jun 1735 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut [uncertain]
Biography
Mercy Dickinson Chamberlain was born 1664 (08 Jun 1668 is on Find A Grave: Memorial #42501121) in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, the daughter of John Dickinson and Frances Foote.
She married Joseph C. Chamberlain 8 June 1688 in Hadley, Hampshire, or Amherst, Massachusetts Bay Colony. They had:
William
Sarah (2) b. 2 Nov 1690/1 Sarah Joseph Jr Elizabeth John b. 4 March 1700 - 1707/8 Benjamin Freedom Joseph Jr m1. Lydia Smith 26 Dec 1720. m2 Hannah Clark /Gillett 15 Jul 1738 John (2) m. Eunice Johnson She died 30 June 1735 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. She is buried in the Colchester Burying Ground, Stebbins Rd. ,Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. [1]
Sources
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 17 October 2019), memorial page for Mercy Dickinson Chamberlain (8 Jun 1668–30 Jun 1735), Find A Grave: Memorial #42501121, citing Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Butterfly~Kisses (contributor 46994799) . Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Joseph Chamberlain Death Date: 7 Aug 1752 Death Place: Colchester, Connecticut, Volume Title: Volume 018 Colchester U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications Joseph Chamberlain Birth Date 1665 Death Date 1752 SAR Membership 52922 Father William Chamberlain Mother Sarah Jones Spouse Mercy Dickinson Children, household members John Chamberlain Doctor Rollin Curtis Winslow Clarissa Chamberlain Curtis James Winslow Mary Ann Barnes Erial Chamberlain Angelica Vander Heyden Levi Chamberlain Lucy Dey Lieutenant Benjamin Chamberlain Eunice Johnson (wife of John) John Chamberlain Mercy Dickinson (wife of Joseph) Joseph Chamberlain Sarah Jones (wife of William) William Chamberlain DICKINSON, Addie M. Descendants of Nathaniel Dickinson : typescript,. 1955. GOODWIN, Nathaniel. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849, p. 51, 52 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Mercy Dickinson Spouse Joseph Chamberlain Mother Frances Dickinson Father John Dickinson Marriage Amherst, Massachusetts 1688 STILES. Henry R. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Withersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Heritage Books, May 1, 2009, p. 286. TORRY, Clarence A. England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Direct Descendents
Susan Fitzmaurice Seventh Great granddaughter
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9MDJ-BNQ/mercy-or-mary-dickin...
Mercy or Mary Dickinson 8 June 1668–30 June 1735
Birth • 3 Sources 8 June 1668
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States 1735 Age 67
Death • 3 Sources 30 June 1735 New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America 
Mercy in entry for John Chamberlain or Chamberlin, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN 
Joseph Chamberlain 1665–1752
Marriage: 8 June 1688 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, British Colonial America 
Mercy or Mary Dickinson 1668–1735
Children (27)
 Elizabeth Chamberlain 1682–1745 
Nathanial Chamberlain 1683–1719 
John Chamberlin 1684– 
Mary Chamberlin 1685– 
Joanna Chamberlin 1686–1716 
Abigail Chamberlain 1687–1726 
Sarah Chamberlin 1689–1689 
William Chamberlain Sr. 1689–1756 
Patience Chamberlin 1690–1745 
Sarah Chamberlin 1690–1691 
Bathsheba Chamberlin 1692–1692 
Experience Chamberlin 1692–1692 
Nathaniel Chamberlain 1692–1692 
Sarah Chamberlain 1693–1777 
Ruth Chamberlin 1693–1720 
Elizabeth Chamberlin 1694–1737 
Thomas Chamberlain 1695– 
Joseph Chamberlain 1697–1765 
Eunice Chamberlin 1698–1716 
Ephraim Chamberlain 1699– 
Joseph Chamberlin 1699– 
John Chamberlain 1700– 
Benjamin Chamberlin 1700–1724 
Richard Chamberlain 1701– 
Lieutenant Benjamin Chamberlin 1703–1750 
Freedom Chamberlain 1705–1763 
John Chamberlin 1707–1794 PARENTS AND SIBLINGS 
John Dickinson 1624–1676 Marriage: 1647 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America 
Frances Foote 1629–1678 Children (11) 
Hannah Dickinson 1648–1705 
Mary Dickinson 1650–1708 
John Dickinson 1652–1694 
Jonathan Dickinson 1654–1678 
Sarah Dickinson 1656–1732 
Nathaniel Dickinson 1656– 
Rebecca Dickinson 1658–1731 
Elizabeth Dickinson 1660–1678 
Abigail Dickinson 1662–1714 
Mehitable Dickinson 1666–1735 
Mercy or Mary Dickinson 1668–1735
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June 8, 1668
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Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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March 1689
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Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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1689
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November 2, 1690
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Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
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March 10, 1693
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British Colonial America
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1694
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Hadley,Hampshire County,Maine
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1696
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Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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1697
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Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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