Mercy Lamb

Female1827–17 March 1872

Brief Life History of Mercy

When Mercy Lamb was born in 1827, in Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, Ormond Lamb, was 25 and her mother, Hannah Thomas, was 30. She married Thomas C Clemons on 29 March 1846, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States. She died on 17 March 1872, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in East Wells, Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States.

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Thomas C Clemons
1816–1893
Mercy Lamb
1827–1872
Marriage: 29 March 1846

Sources (4)

  • Mercy Lamb, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954" (Marriage)
  • Mercy Lamb Clemons, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mercy Lamb, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

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  • Marriage
    29 March 1846Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (7)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 3

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

    Age 7

    The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

    1846

    Age 19

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Lamb, a pet form of Lambert .

    English: nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, from Middle English lamb, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. See also Lamm .

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of the warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan (see Lane 3). MacLysaght comments: "The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudo-translation (uan ‘lamb’), is now much more numerous than O'Loan itself.".

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

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