Mercy (Denison) Dunbar (bef. 1685 - 1721)

Born before 1 Mar 1685 in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1721 after age 35 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Mercy Denison was the third child of Mercy Gorham and George Denison. Her birth location is uncertain, but probably in the vicinity of Westerly, Rhode Island or Stonington, Connecticut.

She was baptized 1 Mar 1685 at First Congregational Church and Ecclesiastical Society (Stonington, Connecticut).

Mercy Denison married Mordecai Dunbar. They had 3 children.

Mercy (Denison) Dunbar died in 1721 in or near Stonington, Connecticut.

Sources

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 53: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/3/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 340, no. 61: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n362/mode/1up

• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Ancestry.com.