Mercy Bridges1

#1317, (25 April 1724 - 7 April 1751)
Father*Josiah Bridges Jr1 (1680 - bt 1753 - 1754)
Mother*Elizabeth Bragdon1 (1679 - a 1755)

Family

Jeremiah Hamilton
Child 1.Ruth Hamilton6 (bt 1748 - 1751 - )
Her married name was Hamilton.2 
Birth*25 April 1724She was born on 25 April 1724 at York Co., MaineG.3,4 
Marriage*20 December 1747She married Jeremiah Hamilton on 20 December 1747 at York Co., MaineG.5 
Death*7 April 1751She died on 7 April 1751 at York, York Co., MaineG, at age 26.2 

Citations

  1. [S161] George Thomas Little, editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1909), four volumes, p. 1602.
  2. [S378] Lester Mackenzie Bragdon and John Eldridge Frost, "Vital Records of York, Maine", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 109 etc. (1955 etc.): vol. 110, January 1956, p. 58.
  3. [S378] Lester Mackenzie Bragdon and John Eldridge Frost, "Vital Records of York, Maine", vol. 110, Jan. 1956, p. 58.
  4. [S1164] Lester M. Bragdon, transcriber, "Births of the Upper Parish in York", The Maine Genealogist Volumes 23-24 (2001-2002): 23:123.
  5. [S378] Lester Mackenzie Bragdon and John Eldridge Frost, "Vital Records of York, Maine", vol. 114, October 1960, p. 291, citing p. 35 "No. 34: Jeremiah Hambleton resident in York and Mercy Bridges of the same place intend Marriage. Enterd Novr, 14.1747. Married Decr. 20.1747 before the Revd. Mr. Saml. Chandler."
  6. [S184] William M. Sargent, compiler, Maine Wills 1640–1760 (Portland, Maine: Brown Thuston and Company, 1887), p. 740-1: dated January 10, 1753, bequeathing "all his movables, except money at interest, to his widow Elizabeth; to his granddaughter Ruth Hamilton (Hambleton) and to his four sons - Josiah, John, Edmund and Daniel - two-thirds of his money at interest, the remainder to be divided after his wife's death. He seems to have divided his property by deed."