Ancestry of
Jonas James Pierce

(1839–1913)

Mercy Hill

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• • Grandmother of Jonas James Pierce — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Daniel Hill 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Hayward   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Jul 1780 
  • Birth Location:
  • Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Dec 1856 
  • Death Location:
  • Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Holbrook
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 15 Aug 1801 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Chloe Holbrook (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Marriage intentions were filed in both Douglas and Mendon for John Holbrook and Mercy Hill but the exact date and location of the marriage is unknown.

• Sources for Mercy Hill

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A056698 and #A055680.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Mendon Births, Page 99, [Birth].
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Douglas Marriages, Vol. 1, Page 114, Marriage intention for John Holbrook and Mercy Hill.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Mendon Marriages, Vol. 1, Page 322, Marriage intention for John Holbrook and Massa Hill.
  • ⁵ New England Ancestors Magazine, Fall 2005, Vol. 6, Iss. 4, Page 40.
  • ⁶ New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, Death record for Mercy Holbrook.
  • ⁷ The Mayflower Descendant, 1991, Vol. 41, pp. 4-5.
  • ⁸ Child, Christopher C., "Super Bowl Surprise", (accessed 02/08/2021).
  • ⁹ Child, Hamilton, ed., Gazetteer of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, 1736-1885, Syracuse, NY: Hamilton Child, Journal Office (1885), 277.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 10, 19.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 459, 481, 487, 495, 618.