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Mercy Power (Tillinghast)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Death: November 13, 1769 (90)
Providence, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Place of Burial: Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Pardon Tillinghast, II and Lydia (Tabor) (Tillinghast) Mason
Wife of Nicholas Power, III
Mother of Hope Tillinghast Brown; John Power; Anne Power; Mercy Mary Sabin; Joseph Power and 5 others
Sister of Lydia Odlin; Pardon Tillinghast III; Phillip Tillinghast; Benjamin Tillinghast; Abigail Sheldon and 4 others
Half sister of Sarah Harrington; John Tillinghast and Mary Carpenter

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About Mercy Power

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Mercy (Tillinghast) Power (abt. 1680 - abt. 1769)

Mercy "Mary, Marcy" [uncertain] Power formerly Tillinghast
Born about 9 Sep 1680 in Providence, Rhode Islandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Pardon Tillinghast II and Lydia (Tabor) Mason
Sister of Sarah (Tillinghast) Harrington [half], John Tillinghast [half], Mary (Tillinghast) Carpenter [half], Lydia (Tillinghast) Odlin, Pardon Tillinghast, Phillip Tillinghast, Benjamin Tillinghast, Abigail (Tillinghast) Sheldon, Joseph Tillinghast, Hannah (Tillinghast) Haile and Elizabeth (Tillinghast) Taber
Wife of Nicholas Power III — married before 1701 in Rhode Islandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Hope (Power) Brown, John Power Sr, Joseph Power, Anne Power, Nicholas Power IV and Mary Lydia (Power) Sabin
Died about 13 Nov 1769 at about age 89 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Mercy Tillinghast, daughter of Pardon and Lydia (Taber) Tillinghast was born c 1680. [1] [2]

She married Nicholas Power III, as his second wife by 1701, as their daughter Hope was born in January 1701/2. Nicholas was born in 1673, son of Nicholas II and Rebecca (Rhodes) Power. [1]

Nicholas died on May 18, 1734. [1] [3]

Marcy Power, widow of Colonel Nicholas, died on November 13, 1769, in her 91st year. [4] [1]

Power Children

Hope born on January 4, 1701; married James Brown on December 21, 1722 [1] [3]; Hope died June 8, 1792. [2]
John born on April 7, 1702; married Martha ___. He died on February 18, 1772 at North Providence. [1]
Joseph born ___; married Jane Diana ___. He was a mariner of Newport in 1741, later of Boston. [1]
Anne born on December 12, 1707; married first John Stewart on May 25, 1724 [3]; married second George Laws. [1]
Sarah born ___; married William Burrough on April 1, 1729. [1] [3] [2]
Nicholas Power IV born ___; married his cousin Anne Tillinghast, daughter of Philip and Martha (Holmes) Tillinghast on [2] He died at Saramaribo, Surinam, c January 27, 1743/4. [3] His wife was born April 13, 1713, and died after 1744. [1]
Lydia born ___; married ___ Carr of Newport. [1]
Mercy born ___; married Hezekiah Sabin. [1]
Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Arnold, James editor. The Narragansett Historical Register, Volume 7, Rhode Island Citizens Historical Association Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1889, p. 18-20
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bulkely, Abby Isabel Brown. The Chad Browne Memorial: Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an Appendix, Containing Sketches of Other Early Rhode Island Settlers, 1638-1888, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Book Printing Department, Brooklyn, New York, 1888 p. 16: 111: 136: Appendix p. 151: 158
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Providence: Vol. 2: , Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892 p. 151: 186: 272
↑ Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 14: Providence Journal Deaths: Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1891, p. 196
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Mercy Tillinghast Power

BIRTH
9 Sep 1680

DEATH
13 Nov 1769 (aged 89)

BURIAL
North Burial Ground
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
MEMORIAL ID
21741169 ·

Parents:

. Pardon Tillinghast (1622 - 1718)
. Lydia Tabor (1640 - 1720)

Marriage:

. Nicholas Power, 1700

Family Members

Parents

Pardon Tillinghast
1622–1718

Lydia Tabor Mason
1648–1720

Spouse

Nicholas Power
1673–1734 (m. 1699)

Siblings

Elizabeth Tillinghast Taber

Lydia Tillinghast Odlin
1666–1707

Pardon Tillinghast
1668–1743

Phillip Tillinghast
1669–1732

Benjamin Tillinghast
1672–1726

Abigail Tillinghast Sheldon
1673–1744

Joseph Tillinghast
1677–1763

Half Siblings

Sarah Tillinghast Harrington
1654–1694

John Tillinghast
1657–1690

Mary Tillinghast Carpenter
1661–1711

Children

Hope Power Brown
1701–1792

John Power
1703–1772

Nicholas Power
1711–1743

Mercy Power Sabin
1722–1790

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Mercy Power's Timeline

1679
July 1679
Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1701
January 4, 1701
1703
1703
Providence, Providence County, RI, United States
1705
1705
1707
1707
1708
April 1708
Providence, Rhode Island
1722
1722
1769
November 13, 1769
Age 90
Providence, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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