Mercy Williams Winsor

• BIRTH 15 Jul 1640 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• DEATH 19 Sep 1705 (aged 65) Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• BURIAL Williams Family Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• PLOT *Assumed to be one of the 38 unmarked graves *NO STONE Please do not request photos
• MEMORIAL ID 17477493

Mercy Williams married Resolved Waterman then was widowed when she married Samuel Windsor in Providence, Providence Plantation (present Rhode Island) on January 2, 1676/7. Mercy Williams was the youngest daughter of Roger Williams, founder of Providence, Rhode Island along with her husband's father Joshua Windsor, 1638. Mercy died in Providence, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Descendant of Roger Williams

Roger Williams (c. 21 December 1603 – between 27 January and 15 March 1683)[1] was a Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with American Indians, and he was one of the first abolitionists.[2][3]

Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for spreading "new and dangerous ideas", and he established the Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he called "liberty of conscience". In 1638, he founded the First Baptist Church in America, also known as the First Baptist Church of Providence.[4][5] He studied the Indian languages and wrote the first book on the Narragansett language, and he organized the first attempt to prohibit slavery in any of England's North American colonies.[3]

Parents
Roger Williams 1600–1683
Mary Barnard Williams 1609–1676

Spouses
Resolved Waterman 1638–1670 (m. 1660)
Samuel Winsor 1644–1705 (m. 1671)

Siblings
Freeborn Williams Clarke 1635–1710
Mary Williams Sayles 1636–1681
Providence Williams 1638–1686
Daniel Williams 1641–1712
Joseph Williams 1643–1724

Half Siblings
Freelove Williams 1636–1707
Daniel Williams 1640–1712

Children with Resolved*5x, Samuel**3x

• Richard Waterman 1660- m. Anne Waterman
• Mercy Waterman 1663-1756 m.Tristam Derby 18 May 1721
• John Waterman 1666-1728 m. Anne Olney
• Resolved Waterman Jr. 1667-1719 1st m. Anne Harris, 2nd Mercy
• Waite Waterman Rhodes1668-1711 m. John Rhodes
  • Rev. Samuel Winsor Jr. 1677 - 1758
  • Hannah Winsor 1680-1742
  • Joshua Winsor 1682-1752

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_in_America

[3] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17477493/mercy-waterman_winsor