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Mercy Tufts (Cotton)

Also Known As: "Marcy"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Death: June 18, 1715 (44-52)
Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Reverend Seaborn Cotton and Dorothy Cotton
Wife of Peter1648-1721 Tufts and Capt. Peter Tufts
Mother of John Tufts; Dr. Simon Tufts; Dorothy Francis; Sarah Hinckley and Marcy Tufts
Sister of Stilborn son Cotton, died young; Dorothy Smith; Rev. John Cotton; Anna Johnson; Sarah Pierce and 4 others
Half sister of Reverend Roland Cotton and Wade Cotton

Managed by: William Tully
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About Mercy Tufts

Mercy Cotton

  • Birth: Nov 3 1666
  • Parents: Rev. Seaborn Cotton, Dorothy Bradstreet
  • Married: Peter Tufts
  • Death: Jun 18 1715 - Medford, Middlesex, MA
  • Burial: Salem St Burial Grd, Medford, Middlesex Co, MA, USA, Plot: 213 AKA Marcy

Inscription: Also here lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs MARCY TUFTS Virtuous Consort of Capt PETER TUFTS who Dec.d June ye 18th 1715 Aged 48 Years Note: "MERCY Cotton" wife of Capt Peter Tufts (m Dec 16, 1684)

Family - 13 children, most died young

  1. Cotton Tufts (1686 - 1686)
  2. Mercy Tufts (1687 - 1688)
  3. Rev. John Tufts (1688/89 - Bef 1750)
  4. Samuel Tufts (1691 - 1692)
  5. Dorothy Tufts (1693 - 1693)
  6. Mercy Tufts (1694/95 - 1697)
  7. Dorothy Tufts (1696/97 - 1697)
  8. Mercy Tufts (1698 - )
  9. Dr. Simon Tufts, Sr. (1699 - 1746/47)
  10. Sarah Tufts (1702 - 1784)
  11. Dorothy Tufts (1704 - 1737)
  12. Lydia Tufts (1706/07 - )
  13. Samuel Tufts (1709 - 1709)

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Mercy Tufts's Timeline

1666
November 3, 1666
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
1689
May 5, 1689
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1698
October 27, 1698
Medford, Middlesex, MA
1699
January 31, 1699
Medford, Middlesex County, MA, United States
1702
1702
1704
December 14, 1704
Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1715
June 18, 1715
Age 48
Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
June 1715
Age 48
Salem Street Burial Ground, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States