Brief Life History of Mercy
When Mercy Warren was born on 15 May 1721, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Captain Benjamin Warren, was 51 and her mother, Esther Barnes, was 39. She married Thomas Shurtleff Junior on 8 December 1739, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 21 March 1798, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Mercy Warren, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Mercy Warren, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Mercy Warren Bramhall, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1712–1779 Male
1721–1798 Female
Children (3)
1765–1848 Male
1775–1853 Female
1798–1857 Male
Parents and Siblings
1670–1746 Male
1682–1770 Female
Siblings (3)
1717–1808 Male
1717–1746 Male
1721–1798 Female
World Events (4)
1776
Age 55
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 55
1783 · A Free America
Age 62
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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