Lookup Request: Cooke "Silver Books" for Mercy Churchill and Ephraim Bartlett

Question

There is some confusion about Mercy/Marcy Churchill and her marriage/children and I would like to clear it up. This all stemmed from the Paul Revere challenge. We were able to remove Thomas Revere as her spouse. But I also need to confirm that she was not the spouse of Robert Hosea as she would have been married and having children with Ephraim Bartlett at the same time. I'm looking for confirmation of marriage(s) and death date for Mercy Churchill, daughter of Eleazer Churchill and Sarah Harlow, in the Francis Cooke Mayflower Silver Books. Thank you!

Answer 1

On page 456 of the Cooke "Silver Book"

daughter of Eleazer Churchill and Sarah Harlow - Marcy b. 27 April 1743, married Ephraim Bartlett (see family 688)

pp. 473, 474 # 688 Ephraim Bartlett m. (1) intention in Plymouth 21 Oct 1758) Mercy Churchill [MD 25:187] b. Plymouth 27 April 1743,[MD 15:209]  died probably Plymouth before April 1774 [2nd marriage of Ephraim Plymouth Ch. Recs 2:498]

Comments

Child Ephraim belongs to Ephraim's 2nd marriage to Elizabeth (Samson) Kempton

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Citation: Wood, Ralph V. Jr. Francis Cooke of the Mayflower The First Five Generations. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12. (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1996. Revised Edition 1999.)

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Thank you for confirming this for me! I have removed Robert Hosea and children from her profile. I have corrected it on FamilySearch and am getting ready to contact the profile manager on Find a Grave.

Is there a death date for Marcy?

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No, just "died probably in Plymouth before April 1774", her husband's remarriage.

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Anne, sorry, I read the original wrong and thought that date was Ephraim Bartlett's date. Thank you!