She died after November 6, 1727. She married Jonathan Delano on February 28 1677/8 at Dartmouth, Massachusetts.[2] Twelve children were born to the marriage.
She had a cousin named Mercy Warren of similar age in the colony. Mercy Delano's identity is proved by probate and land transactions ("Silver Book" p 42-43).
Children
Mercy Warren and Jonathan Delano had the following children[2]:
[Daughter] Delano, b. 25 Nov. 1679; d. 28 Nov. 1679
Jonathan Delano, b. 30 Jan 1680
Jabez Delano, b. 8 Nov. 1682
Sarah Delano, b. 9 Jan 1684; d. 27 Feb. 1690
Mercy Delano, b. 27 Oct. 1686
Nathan Delano, b. 29 Oct. 1688
Bethiah Delano, b. 29 Oct 1690; d. 19 July 1693
Susanna Delano, b. 3 Sept. 1692
[Son] Delano, b. 22 Oct. 1694; d. same day
Nathaniel Delano, b. 29 Oct 1695
Esther Delano, b. 4 April 1698; living unm. 17 Dec. 1720 (father's will); no Ristol Co. PR or LR; n.f.r.
Jethro Delano, b. 31 July 1701
Thomas Delano, b. 10 May 1704
Note regarding dates
The dates 1657/8 and 1677/8 note the difference in old style and new style date conventions. The original records show 1657 and 1677, respectively. Using modern calendar conventions, we would interpret these dates as 1658 and 1678, respectively.
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth Vol 1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 7 August 2018), p. 664, "MERCYE the daughter of NATHANIEL WARREN was born Feb. the 20th 1657"; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993. In the preface Antwerp and Sherman note that they transcribed dates as originally written, without converting to new style conventions.
↑ 2.02.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-H6R3 : 20 May 2014), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages 1647-1779 > image 17 of 239; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
See also:
Source: Published Plymouth Colony Records, p. 24
Source: Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book"
Source Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; 2009:
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