Brief Life History of Mercy
When Mercy Vesey was born on 20 January 1669, in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Vesey, was 53 and her mother, Elinor Helen Thompson, was 42. She married John Ruggles on 24 April 1690, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 August 1741, in Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 72, and was buried in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Mercy Veasy, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Mary Veazie Ruggles, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Veary, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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English (London): variant of Veazey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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