Ancestry of
Dave Cowens

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Mercy Rich

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• • 7th Great-grandmother of Dave Cowens — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 781 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Rich 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Knowles   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Aug 1704 
  • Birth Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 7 Jun 1771 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • George Shaw
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 22 Aug 1724 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elkanah Shaw (Ahnentafel No:390 )

  George Shaw

  James Shaw

  Mercy Shaw

  • Notes: 

  • Mercy Rich's given name is also seen as Mary.

• Sources for Mercy Rich

  • ¹ Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, 2017, Vol. 65, No. 1, p. 89.
  • ² New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1920, Vol. 51, p. 223.
  • ³ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 3, William Brewster, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2019), 58.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 596.
  • ⁵ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1993, 4th printing 2008), 242, 288, 290.