Mercy Hinckley

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Second wife of Joseph Cole, whom she married at Harwich, Massachusetts, in 1715, and mother of Mercy, Joseph and Mary, born at Eastham between 1716 and 1721. Through her son Joseph she was the grandmother of Sarah (Cole) Holdershaw. Her birth and parents are not known.

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Life

  1. 1715
    Married Joseph Cole
    6 Oct 1715, Harwich, Massachusetts

    "october 6th 1715 Then Joseph Cole & marcy hinkly were married in harwich by me Joseph doane Justice peace."

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Family

Parents
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Pedigree

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Notes

Grandmother of Sarah (Cole) Holdershaw. “october 6th 1715 Then Joseph Cole & marcy hinkly were married in harwich by me Joseph doane Justice peace” (record); she was Joseph Cole’s second wife, and their children were born at Eastham: Mercy, 24 Sept 1716; Joseph, 18 May 1718; and Mary, 30 Apr 1721, recorded as children of “Joseph and Mercy Cole” (record). The Nickerson genealogy calls her “Mary (Hinckley),” but the records read Mercy.

Open questions

  • Her birth and parents (Barnstable and Harwich records).

Research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md.

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