Friday, March 6, 2015

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 62: #69, Mercy (Plimpton) Smith (1772-1850)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I am extending this theme in 2015 to 104 Ancestors in 104 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #62:


Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) is #69 on my Ahnentafel list, my 4th great-grandmother. She married in 1795 to #68 Aaron Smith (1765-1841).


I am descended through:

*  their son 
#34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840) who married  #35 Elizabeth Dill (1791-1869),  in 1826.
*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884), who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901), in 1852.
*  their son, #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), who married #9 Hattie Louise Hildreth (1847-1920) in 1874. 
*  their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


 *  Name:                         Mercy Plimpton[1, 4]    
*  Alternate Name:          Mercy Smith[2–3]
*  Sex:                             Female   

*  Father:                        Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)   
*  Mother:                      Mary Guild (1735-1800)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                         9 September 1772, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]
*  Death:                       13 April 1850 (age 77), of old age; Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]
*  Burial:                       after 13 April 1850 (after age 77), Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[3]
  
31)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

*  Spouse:                    Aaron Smith (1765-1841)   
*  Marriage:                 6 October 1795 (age 23), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[4]

*  Child 1:                    Susanna Smith (1795-1813)   
*  Child 2:                    Patience Smith (1799-1842)   
*  Child 3:                    Mary Plimpton Smith (1800-1890)   
*  Child 4:                    Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)   
*  Child 5:                    Lucy Smith (1804-1884)   
*  Child 6:                    Elizabeth P. Smith (1806-1876)   
*  Child 7:                    Nancy Smith (1808-1879)   
*  Child 8:                    Aaron Smith (1815-1851)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Mercy Plimpton was born 9 September 1772 in Medfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Amos Plimpton and Mary Guild.[1]  The Medfield vital record book records the event:

"Plimpton, Mercy, daughter of Amos and Mary, Sept. 9, 1772"

The Medfield, Massachusetts vital record book lists the marriage of Aaron Smith and Mercy Plimpton:[4]

"Aaron Smith of Walpole and Mercy Plimpton, Oct. 6, 1795"

Aaron and Mercy Smith had eight children between 1795 and 1815, all registered in Medfield.  One child died at age 18, but the other seven married and had children.

Mercy (Plimpton) Smith died 13 April 1850 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts of "old age."[2]  She was listed as age 78 years, 7 months, 4 days.  Her parents were given as Amos and Mary Plimpton.

Mercy is buried at Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield.[3]  The gravestone inscription for Mercy Smith is:


Mercy Smith
Wife of
Aaron Smith
died April 13,
1850
AE. 78

There are no probate records for Mercy Smith in the Norfolk County Probate records.

5)  SOURCES

[1]. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Births, page 83, Mercy Plimpton entry.

[2]. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Volume 49, Page 123, Medfield, 1850, Mercy Smith entry.

[3]. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Vine Lake Cemetery (Medfield, Mass.), entry for Mercy Plimpton Smith (1772-1850).

[4]. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Marriages, page 171, Aaron Smith and Mercy Plimpton entry.


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