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Mercy Denison (Gorham)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barnstable, (Present Barnstable County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts
Death: September 24, 1725 (67)
Westerly, Kent County (Present Washington County), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Rhode Island Historical Cemetery )
Place of Burial: Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. John Gorham and Desire Gorham
Wife of Captain George Denison
Mother of Edward Denison; Mercy Dunbar; Samuel Denison; Elizabeth Champlin; Desire Williams and 3 others
Sister of Desire Hawes; Temperance Baxter; Elizabeth Hallett; James Gorham, Sr.; Lt. Col. John Gorham, IV and 5 others

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About Mercy Denison

Descendant of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland


https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTGK-84Z/mercy-gorham-1658-1725

Mercy Gorham 20 January 1658–24 September 1725

Birth • 8 Sources 20 January 1658 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Age 67 Death • 1 Sources 24 September 1725 Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Mercy Gorham, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

George Denison II 1653-1711 Marriage: about 1673 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Mercy Gorham 1658-1725

Children (10)

Edward Denison 1678-1726

Dr. Joseph Denison 1681-1725

Mercy Denison 1685-1721

Samuel Denison 1686-1724

Desire Denison 1687-1710

Elizabeth Dennison 1689-1749

Desire Denison 1693-1737

Thankful Denison 1695-1752

George Denison III 1699-1736

Baradil Dennison 1701-

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Captain John Gorham Sr 1621-1676

Marriage: 6 November 1643 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Desire Howland 1625-1683

Children (11)

Desire Gorham 1644-1700

Temperance Gorham 1646-1715

Elizabeth Gorham 1648-1683

James Gorham 1650-1707

Colonel John Gorham Jr. 1652-1716

Joseph Gorham 1654-1726

Jabez Gorham 1656-1726

Mercy Gorham 1658-1725

Lydia Gorham 1661-1744

Hannah Gorham 1663-1728

Shubael Gorham 1667-1750



DENISON GENEALOGY, ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE DENISON, Of Stonington Connecticut, by John Denison Baldwin and William Clift, Worcester, MA, 1881, p 6



Mercy is a Mayflower Decendant.

Christening was in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Listed was an alternate death in Stoningham, New London, Connecticut, She died at the age of 67 years old.

She gave birth to 9 children.


Born 20 January 1658/9.

Buried in a family plot in Westerly, RI, on the former land of Burrill Thompson, Esq., south of his residence and east of Pawcatuck rock.

Siblings: Desire born 2 April 1644, Temperance born 5 May 1646, Elizabeth born 2 April 1648, James born 28 April 1650, Col. John born 20 February 1651/52, Joseph born 16 February 1653/54, Jabez born 3 August 1656, Lydia born 11 November 1661, Hannah born 28 November 1663, and Shubael born 21 October 1667.


GEDCOM Source

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Mercy Denison's Timeline

1644
May 20, 1644
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1658
January 20, 1658
Barnstable, (Present Barnstable County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts
January 20, 1658
- January 20, 1659
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1678
1678
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1683
March 1, 1683
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1686
September 26, 1686
Westerly, Kings (now Washington Co.), Rhode Island
1689
April 17, 1689
Age 31
Stonington, Connecticut, USA
September 11, 1689
Westerly, Dominion of New England