Ancestry of
J.P. Morgan, Jr.

American Banker and Philanthropist

Mercy Edwards

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of J.P. Morgan, Jr. — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 31 
  • Father:
  • David Edwards 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Butler   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1740 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ebenezer Backus
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Nov 1760 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Sarah Backus (Ahnentafel No:15 )

• Sources for Mercy Edwards

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Windham, p. 83, Marriage record for Ebenezer Backus and Mercy Edwards at Middletown.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A004345.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 143, 406.
  • ⁴ Stiles, Henry R., Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1999, original 1904), 174.