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| − | Mercy Bradford was born in new Plimouth by May 1627.<ref>Named in 1627 Cattle Division</ref> She married Plymouth 21 Dec 1648 Benjamin Vermayes<ref>Plymouth Colony Records 8:5</ref> | + | Mercy Bradford was born in new Plimouth by May 1627.<ref>Named in 1627 Cattle Division</ref> She married Plymouth 21 Dec 1648 Benjamin Vermayes of Boston.<ref>Plymouth Colony Records 8:5</ref> Neither Mercy, nor any of her children, were mentioned in Gov. Bradford's 1657 will, so it is assumed she died shortly after marriage, with no surviving children. |
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Revision as of 14:32, 25 November 2020
Contents
Status summary
As of November 25, 2020:
- No straightforward opportunities for advanced mtDNA testing
- Low priority
Paper Trail
Alice Carpenter was the daughter of Alexander Carpenter. She was married twice, first to Edward Southworth, then to New Plimouth 14 Aug 1623 to Gov. William Bradford. Alice died at Plymouth on 26 Mar 1670.[1] By her first husband, Alice and Edward Southworth had two sons, Constant and Thomas. By her second husband, Alice and Gov. William Brewster had three children: William, Mercy and Joseph
Second Generation
Mercy Bradford was born in new Plimouth by May 1627.[2] She married Plymouth 21 Dec 1648 Benjamin Vermayes of Boston.[3] Neither Mercy, nor any of her children, were mentioned in Gov. Bradford's 1657 will, so it is assumed she died shortly after marriage, with no surviving children.
Summary of findings
It would appear that there are no known direct matrilineal descendants of Alice Carpenter.
To do
External links and references
- Hodge, Harriet Woodbury, rev. by Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations vol. 21: Billington General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2001
- Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Passenger References (from Contemporary Records and Scholarly Journals) Stewart Publishing Co., Canada, 2nd ed. 2015, pp. 77-89
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA 2020, pp. 31-34
