Mercy Wright

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Mercy, born September 27, 1647, was the youngest of the children of Henry and Eulalia Burt. She married January 17, 1667, Judah Wright, b. May 10, 1642, son of Deacon Samuel Wright of Springfield and Northampton. Samuel, another of Deacon Wright's sons, had married in 1653, Elizabeth Burt, sister of Mercy. Judah and Mercy Wright lived in Northampton where she died * * * 1705, and he married (2), July 11, 1706, Sarah, widow of Richard Burt. He died November 26, 1725.

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Mercy BURT [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 was born 27 Sep 1647 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She died Jul 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Mercy married Judah WRIGHT on 7 Jan 1667 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

• M i Samuel WRIGHT 1 was born 6 Nov 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He died 18 Feb 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• F ii Mercy WRIGHT was born 14 Mar 1669 and died 5 Feb 1728.
• F iii Hester WRIGHT 1 was born 18 Aug 1671 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. She died 25 Mar 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• M iv Judah WRIGHT 1 was born 4 Nov 1673 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He died 25 Nov 1673 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• M v Judah WRIGHT 1 was born May 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• M vi Ebenezer WRIGHT 1 was born Sep 1679 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• M vii Thomas WRIGHT 1 was born 8 Apr 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• F viii Patience WRIGHT 1 was born 18 Apr 1684 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• M ix Nathaniel WRIGHT 1 was born 5 May 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He died 7 Nov 1711 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts .

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Biography

Mercy Burt was born on 27 Sep 1647 at Springfield, Massachusetts,<ref name="Springfield Births"/> the youngest child of Eulalia (Marche) andHenry Burt.<ref name="Early Days"/> Mercy married Judah Wright on 7 Jan 1666/1667.<ref name="Burt-March"/>Judah was born on 10 May 1642 at Springfield,<ref name="Springfield Births"/> the son of Deacon Samuel Wright and Margaret [Stratton]. He took an oath of fidelity on 26 Mar 1661 at Northampton.<ref name="Devlin"/> Mercy was named in her mother's will, dated 27 May 1684, at Springfield. Her mother died in 1690. She received a legacy of "the halfe of that Cloth that is sent to the weavers, and the Serdge her husband sent me for a wastecoate, one pair of sheetes, one pillow-beer, ond shift, one coate."<ref name="Devlin"/>

Children (all born at Northampton):# Samuel Wright, born 6 Nov 1667; died in 1668.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/># Mercy Wright, born 4 Mar 1668/69; married Samuel Allenas his second wife.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/># Hester Wright, born 18 Aug 1671;<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/> died 1674.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/># Judah Wright, born 4 Nov 1673; died young.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/># Judah Wright, born May 1677; settled in Deerfield; married Mary or Mercy Hoyt; and was taken captive in the 1704 Deerfieldraid.<ref name="Early Days"/># Ebenezer Wright, born 1679; married Mary Judd;<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/> was in the Meadow Fight of 1704;<ref name="Early Days"/> died in 1767.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/># Thomas Wright, born 8 Apr 1682;<ref name="Early Days"/> a weaver, he died unmarried in 1744.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/># Patience Wright, born 18 Apr 1684; married John Stebbins of Springfield.<ref name="Early Days"/># Nathaniel Wright, born 5 May 1688; settled in Deerfield and died there 17 Nov 1711.<ref name="Early Days"/> Mercy Burt Wright is thought to have died in 1705. In 1706, Judah married widow Sarah Burke as her third husband.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/> Judah died at Northampton in 1725.<ref name="Wrights of Northampton"/>

Sources ==<ref name="Springfield Births">Davis, Charles H.S. "Records of Springfield, Mass.", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 18: January 1864, pages 82, 84. Archive.org Digital Book.</ref><ref name="Early Days">Burt, Henry Martyn, and Burt, Silas Wright. Early Days in New England: Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and Some of His Descendants. Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass., and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England. C. W. Bryan Company, Springfield, Massachusetts,1893. Digital book from www.play.google.com.</ref><ref name="Burt-March">Terry, George Skelton. "Genealogical Research in England, Burt - March". New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 86: January 1932, pages 77-84; April 1932, pages 216-220; July 1932, pages 247-252.</ref><ref name="Devlin">Jane Devlin. "Descendants of Henry Burt." www.dunhamwilcox.net Online database. Accessed 31 Jan 2016.</ref><ref name="Wrights of Northampton">Wright, William K. "The Wrights of Northampton, Mass." New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 40: pages 281-282. Archive.org Digital Book.</ref><ref name="Lee">Samuel W. Lee, Register of Deaths, Northampton, Massachusetts, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 3, April1849, p. 175).</ref>

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See also:

• Families of the Pioneer Valley, Regional Publications, West Springfield, MA, 2000. (Compact Disc; out of print. May be available in libraries.)
• Samuel W. Lee, Register of Deaths, Northampton, Massachusetts, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 3, April 1849, p. 175).
• Wright, R. W. "Mercy Burt Wright" Find A Grave Memorial #152858594. www.findagrave.com. Accessed 31 Jan 2016.

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