Mercy Crowell

Brief Life History of Mercy

When Mercy Crowell was born on 4 September 1788, in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Hezekiah Crowell, was 39 and her mother, Naomi Lewis, was 34. She married James Lewis on 3 February 1809, in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States in 1865. She died on 18 December 1863, in Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Lewis
1787–1880
Mercy Crowell
1788–1863
Marriage: 3 February 1809
Ansel Lewis
1810–1884
James Lewis
Caroline Lewis
1813–1882
Huluah Luedine Lewis
1816–1900
Mercy Crowell Lewis
1820–1911
James Newell Lewis
1822–1880
William Henry Lewis
1830–1912

Sources (35)

  • Mercy Lewis, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Marcy Crowell, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Mercy Crowell Lewis, "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

1789 · The United States Constitution

Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a lost place called Crowell in Spofforth (Yorkshire), or from a place in Oxfordshire named Crowell, from Old English crāwe ‘crow’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’.

Americanized form of German Grauel .

Americanized form of Dutch Krouwel or Crouwel: from Middle Dutch crauwel ‘trident hook, claw’, a metonymic occupational name for someone using this kind of tool, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn named In de Crouwel (‘In the Trident Hook’), with such a device depicted on the signboard.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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