Ancestry of
Grandma Moses

American Folk Artist

Mercy Thornton

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• • Great-grandmother of Grandma Moses — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1757 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Jan 1824 
  • Death Location:
  • Cambridge, Washington, New York 
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  • King's Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Washington, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Hezekiah King
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  Sarah King (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for Mercy Thornton

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A066614.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/02/2015).
  • ³ Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1913), 1599.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 28.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 249.