Mercy (Delano) Hatch (1686 - 1733)

Born 27 Oct 1686 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Hatch II — married 13 Jan 1713 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1733 at age 46 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

Mercy Delano, the daughter of Jonathan Delano and Mercy Warren Delano was born in 1686 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She died at Tolland, Connecticut. She married Joseph Hatch. They had eight children who were born at Coventry (apparently in the part that is now Tolland) or Tolland.

Mercy married Joseph Hatch about 1712. After her death Joseph married Rebecca (Parker) Lathrop on May 16, 1734 in Tolland CT.^[1] "Mercy did not marry William Spooner as stated in the "Spooner Descendants"

Children with Joseph Hatch:

1. Amey Hatch (10 Oct 1713 Tolland Twp, Tolland, Conneticut^[2] – 1756)
2. Joseph Hatch (12 Sep 1715 Tolland Twp, Tolland, Conneticut^[3] – 1773)
3. Mercy/Marcy Hatch (23 Aug 1717 Tolland, Conneticut^[4] – 1771)
4. Jonathan Hatch (29 Sep 1718 Tolland, Connecticut^[5] – 1742)
5. Child Hatch 1721–1721
6. Son Hatch 1722–1722
7. Lois Hatch 1724–1812
8. Alice Hatch 1726–1769

Death & Burial

She died at Tolland on June 18, 1733, and was buried at what is now referred to as the South Yard Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut. June 18 can be read on the stone.^[6] An earlier reading of the stone says she died 18 June 1753, age 45.^[7] 1753 age 45 would have placed her birth in 1708. 1733 age 45 places her birth at 1688, which is near the correct date.

Sources

1. ↑ Warren. Mayflower Families for Five Generations. "Silver Book" (Volume 18, part 1) page 152 footnote p. 159
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77K-4RV : 7 January 2020), Joseph Hatch in entry for Amey Hatch, 1713.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F749-Z26 : 7 January 2020), Joseph Hatch in entry for Joseph Hatch, 1715.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77K-HQ2 : 7 January 2020), Joseph Hatch in entry for Marcy Hatch, 1717.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73R-S4L : 11 June 2020), Joseph Hatch in entry for Jonathan Hatch, 1718.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 January 2020), memorial page for Mercy “Marcy” Delano Hatch (27 Oct 1686–18 Jun 1733), Find A Grave Memorial no. 25352976, citing South Yard Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by C & N Rasmussen (contributor 46971876) .
7. ↑ The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

• Source: [Family Group for Jonathan Delano Mercy Warren]

• 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. p 42 - 43, 189 - 181

• Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM) Publication: Name: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA. LDS info: Christening Date: 13 MAR 1937.

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