When Mercy Blossom was born in 1718, in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Blossom, was 45 and her mother, Mehetable Fuller, was 36. She married Ebenezer Cannon on 31 May 1735, in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1751, at the age of 33.
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English (East Yorkshire): nickname from Middle English blosme, blossom ‘blossom’ (Old English blōstm(a), blōsma) used in the 15th century for someone lovely and full of promise.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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