Brief Life History of Mercy Rachel
When Mercy Rachel Fielding was born on 15 June 1807, in Honeydon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Fielding, was 47 and her mother, Rachel Ibbotson, was 39. She married Robert Blashell Thompson on 4 June 1837, in Kirtland Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 15 September 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mercy R Thompson in household of David Taylor, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mercy Rachel Fielding, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mercy R. Fielding, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fielden .
English: occasionally from a Middle English survival of Old English felding ‘dweller in the field(s), open country’.
Irish: possibly a variant of McField (see McPhail ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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My story by Mercy Rachel Thompson December 20,1880
I am Mercy Rachel Thompson Smith, daughter of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson, I was born in Bedfordshire, England, June 15, 1807. Emigrated to America with my brother Joseph Fielding to Upper Cana …
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