Mercy Rider

Also Mercy Harlow · Marcy Harlow · Marsey · Marsy

Wife of William Harlow, whom she married at Plymouth on 24 Feb 1714/15, and mother of Phebe (Harlow) Stephens. Born at Plymouth in 1696 to John Rider and his wife Hannah, she died there a widow in 1772, in her 77th year, and was buried on Burial Hill. Through her grandmother Sarah (Bartlett) Rider the family probably has its second descent from Robert Bartlett and Mary Warren.

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Life

  1. 1696
    Born
    14 Nov 1696, Plymouth, Massachusetts

    Born to "John Rider and Hannah" (Plymouth VR p. 84).

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  2. 1714
    Married William Harlow
    24 Feb 1714/15, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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  3. 1772
    Died
    21 Jan 1772, Plymouth, Massachusetts

    "Here lies buried Mrs Marcy Harlow Widow to Mr William Harlow who decd Janury 21st 1772, in ye 77th year of her Age" (Kingman no. 405). The master tree marks this date "[C, unverified]."

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    Buried
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Family

Father
John Rider c. 1664–1735
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Mother
Hannah Barnes

Her mother's first name is in the birth record; the maiden name Barnes is compiled.

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Pedigree

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Notes

Wife of William Harlow (married 24 Feb 1714/15) and mother of Phebe (Harlow) Stephens. Through her the family has its second descent from Robert Bartlett and Mary Warren, and so from Richard Warren, by her grandmother Sarah (Bartlett) Rider.

She is entered as “Marsy born Nov. 14, 1696” among “The children of John Rider & Hannah Rider his wife”: Sarah (1694), Mercy, Samuel (1698), John (1700) and Ebenezer (1702) (Plymouth VR p. 84).

Mollie's typescript· 2 passages

What Mollie wrote about her in The Holbrook and Low Families.

  1. Mollie's Harlow chart records that she died suddenly on 21 Jan 1772.

    Died Apr. 11, 1751 Married Mercy Rider Died suddenly, Jan 21 1772
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  2. Mollie's Rider chart gives her birth on 16 Nov 1696 (the records give 14 Nov), her marriage to William Harlow, and their daughter Phebe, youngest of eight.

    Born 1696 Nov. 16 Died Married WILLIAM HARLOW ... Children: Phebe (the youngest of eight children)
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Connections

In her ancestry
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Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Mercy's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.

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