Mercy Eddy

• Not a proven child of Samuel Baker, of Marshfield
• Seen as the same person as Mercy Baker

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baker-15702

At Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay on February 13, 1683/84, Zachariah Eddy married his first wife Mercy Baker.[1][2][3]

Zachariah and Mercy (Baker) Eddy had five children, all born at Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

1. Alice Eddy - Born 28 November 1684. Died 24 September 1692.
2. Eleanor Eddy - Born 16 May 1686. Probably died young.
3. Jemima Eddy - Born 5 August 1688. Married to Stephen Harding on 21 April 1707. Removed to New London, Connecticut.
4. Zachariah Eddy - Born 13 September 1691.
5. Alice Eddy - Born 5 January 1694. Married on 21 May 1713, to Obadiah Jencks, four children. She died several years after 1759.

In 1703 he sold some land to Thomas Lewis. Eddy’s wife Mercy signed this deed on 11 October 1703. The next deed that is signed does not have his wife’s signature or mark. It is dated 1 May 1707. Thus sometime between 1703[4] and 1707, Mercy Eddy died at Swansea. It is believed that at this time in the spring of 1707 that Eddy moved to Providence, Rhode Island.

Research Notes

A Mercy Baker, daughter of Samuel Baker and Eleanor Winslow, born 2 Oct 1664 at Marshfield, Massachusetts.[5]

NEHGR 142:122 gives a Mercy Baker as the granddaughter of Rev Nicholas Baker of Hull and Scituate (and by inference the daughter of eldest son Samuel Baker who married Fear Robinson).

Sources

1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A, and Elizabeth P. Bentley. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1985, p. 242.
2. ↑ Cutter, William R. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1913, p. 1780.
3. ↑ Mason, Alverdo H. Book A, Records of the Town of Swansea, 1662 to 1705. East Braintree, Mass: A.H. Mason, 1900, p. 39. Text: Zachariah Edey Juni r was Marryed to Mercy Baker : 13 : febbruary : 1683-4.
4. ↑ The American Genealogist, 35:114
5. ↑ Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Marshfield, Births p 97
6. Ruth S. D. Eddy, compiler, The Eddy Family In America. (Boston, Massachusetts: The Eddy Family Association, Inc., 1930) (FHL-USA/CAN 929.273 Ed24e; FILM # 16240.) NOTE - All data from this source. Note: Mercy Baker is referenced twice in this work on these pages where she is referred to only as Mercy Baker "of Swansea" with the reference "V.R. and also East Bridgewater V.R." It is unclear if the first reference is to Middleboro where the book states the marriage occurred. This source also gives, with notations, the children as Alice, Eleanor, Jemima, Zachariah, and a second Alice.
7. Milton V. Backman, Jr., Christian Churches of America: Origins and Beliefs. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1976).

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Zachariah Eddy by SmartCopy: Sep 24 2015, 8:54:46 UTC

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 16 2020, 3:33:50 UTC