Mercy Dunham

Mercy, daughter of Joseph and Mercy/Marcy (Morton) Dunham was born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony about 1660; She never married; She died after 1715.

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Biography

Mercy, daughter of Joseph and Mercy/Marcy (Morton) Dunham was born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony about 1660; She never married; She died after 1715.

Mercy and her two brothers were mentioned in their father's 1703 Will with their step siblings

Mercy Dunham (abt. 1660 - aft. 1715)

Mercy Dunham

Born about 1660 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Daughter of Joseph Dunham and Mercy (Morton) Dunham

Sister of Eleazer P Dunham, Nathaniel Dunham I, Micaiah Dunham [half], Joseph Dunham [half], Joseph Dunham [half], Benajah Dunham [half], Daniel Dunham [half] and Esther Dunham [half]

Died after 1715 after about age 55 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Research Notes

This is not the daughter of John Dunham & Mary Porter.
Mercy Dunham, daughter of Joseph Dunham, did not marry Joseph King, despite published genealogies claiming this to be the case. There is a deed at Plymouth (11:49) which shows that Mercy, daughter of Joseph Dunham, was unmarried on 10 March 1714/15. The Mercy Dunham who married Joseph King was the daughter of John and Mary Dunham of Plymouth. Her sister Mary married James Hamlin, and his will names his wife's sister as Mercy King of Plymouth. See the will of James Hamlin (d. 1718) as well as Mrs. John E. Barclay, “Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass.,” The American Genealogist 30 (1954): 143-155. [pub.in Mercy's profile [G9B2-L53] at Family Search by Fred Zirkle on 14 May 2019]
Book Title: Dunham Genealogy : Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts : 1589-1669 : and his descendants
The Mayflower Descendant Vol V, pg 55 ( List her husband as Joseph King Jr and son Nathaniel King b. 1707