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Mercy Bates 1747–1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Feb 1747

Birth Location: COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS

Death Date: 22 Feb 1823

Death Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Father: Samuel Bates

Mother: Mercy Beal

Spouse(s): Shubal Fearing

Children(s): Betsey Fearing, Shubal Fearing, James Fearing, Mercy Fearing, Samuel Fearing, Israel Fearing

Mercy Bates was born in 1747 in COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS, the child of Samuel Bates And Mercy Beal. Mercy Bates married Shubal Fearing, and had children including Betsey Fearing, Israel Fearing, James Fearing, Mercy Fearing, Samuel Fearing, Shubal Fearing. Mercy Bates passed away in 1823 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Biography

  • Mercy Bates was born in 1747 in COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS, the child of Samuel Bates And Mercy Beal.
  • Mercy Bates married Shubal Fearing, and had children including Betsey Fearing, Israel Fearing, James Fearing, Mercy Fearing, Samuel Fearing, Shubal Fearing.
  • Mercy Bates passed away in 1823 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Bates
1718–1789
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
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Mercy Beal
1716–
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
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Spouses(s)

Shubal Fearing
1744–1816
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
SF

Children(s)

Betsey Fearing
1778–1848
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
BF
Shubal Fearing
1785–1818
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
SF
James Fearing
1772–1796
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
JF
Mercy Fearing
1792–1871
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
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Samuel Fearing
1788–1841
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
SF
Israel Fearing
1782–1857
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
IF

Mercy Bates's Ancestors

Self
Mercy Bates
1747–1823
Birth Place: COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS
Parents
Samuel Bates
1718–1789
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Mercy Beal
1716–
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Grandparents
Joseph Bates
1687–1750
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Deborah Clapp
1686–
Scituate, Massachusetts
Thomas Beal
1672–
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Jael Remington
1688–
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Clapp
1620–1688
Hannah Gill
1645–1722
John Beal
1627–1694
Mary Gill
1644–1701
2nd-Great-Grandparents
*thomas Gill
1616–1705
*hannah Otis
1618–1676
*thomas Gill
1616–1705
*hannah Otis
1618–1676

Mercy Bates's Descendants

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Mercy Bates (15 Feb 1747–22 Feb 1823) m. Shubal Fearing (13 May 1744–26 Jan 1816)
  1. 1. Betsey Fearing 1778–1848
  2. 2. Shubal Fearing 1785–1818
  3. 3. James Fearing 1772–1796
  4. 4. Mercy Fearing 1792–1871 m. John Fearing 1792–1872
    1. 1. Henry Fearing 1817–1868 m. Mary (Hobart) Cushing 1821–1866
      1. 1. Ida (Gertrude) Fearing 1850–1867
      2. 2. Mary (Ellen) Fearing 1844–1871 m. Albert (Stoddard) Gardner 1847–1873
        1. 1. Henry (Fearing) Gardner 1869–
    2. 2. Mercy (Bates) Fearing 1820– m. David Cobb 1817–
      1. 1. David Cobb 1843–
      2. 2. Beriah (Ware) Cobb 1852–1852
      3. 3. Mercy (Fearing) Cobb 1847– m. George (M.) Conant 1827–
      4. 4. George (Wentworth) Cobb 1850– m. Sophia (J.) Rich 1850–
        1. 1. David (Freeman) Cobb 1883–
        2. 2. Nellie (Frances) Cobb 1881–
      5. 5. Henry (Hyde) Cobb 1845– m. Sarah (Barnes Lincoln) Nichols 1838–
        1. 1. Hattie (Marshall) Cobb 1875–
    3. 3. George (Jacob) Fearing 1834– m. Lydia (Lincoln) Cushing 1834–
    4. 4. Charlotte Fearing 1830–1857 m. Thomas Jones 1817–
    5. 5. Lydia Fearing 1822–1853 m. Thomas Jones 1817–
      1. 1. Edward (Jacob) Jones 1852–1853
      2. 2. Walter (Thomas) Jones 1846–1847
      3. 3. Walter (Thomas) Jones 1849– m. Marion (Lincoln) Bicknell 1859–
        1. 1. Ernest (Bicknell) Jones 1881–
        2. 2. Edward (Walter) Jones 1880–
        3. 3. Ralph (Thomas) Jones 1886–
    6. 6. Catherine (Clark) Fearing 1827– m. Christopher (B.) Hill 1825– m. Jacob Gilkey 1807–
      1. 1. Catherine (Gilkey) Hill 1853–
      2. 2. Grace (Lincoln) Hill 1862–1865
      3. 3. Mary (Safford) Hill 1857– m. Charles (Abram) Mead 1848–
        1. 1. Fannie (Louise) Mead 1874–
        2. 2. Richard (Fearing) Mead 1877–
      4. 4. John (Oliver) Hill 1866– m. Almira (Olive) Anderson 1867–
    7. 7. John (Cushing) Fearing 1825– m. Mary (S.) Doane 1846–
      1. 1. Mary (Cushing) Fearing 1875–1876
  5. 5. Samuel Fearing 1788–1841 m. Betsey Dunbar 1786–1864
    1. 1. Maria Fearing 1827–
    2. 2. Charles Fearing 1822–1830
    3. 3. Elizabeth Fearing 1818–
    4. 4. Seth Fearing 1813–1884
    5. 5. Hannah (Allen) Fearing 1810–1869 m. Amos Tilden 1790–
    6. 6. Samuel (Lasell) Fearing 1809– m. Emeline Tilden 1808–
      1. 1. Hannah (Lasell) Fearing 1835–
    7. 7. Andrew (Jackson) Fearing 1815–1886 m. Martha (S.) Stodder 1825–1879
  6. 6. Israel Fearing 1782–1857 m. Elizabeth Cushing 1783–
    1. 1. James Fearing 1803–1803
    2. 2. Israel Fearing 1809–1880
    3. 3. James Fearing 1804–1804
    4. 4. James (Hawkes) Fearing 1807–1882 m. Eunice Wilder 1807–
      1. 1. Mary (Louisa) Fearing 1844–
      2. 2. Albert (Rhodes) Fearing 1847–1848
      3. 3. James (Armstrong) Fearing 1838–1848
      4. 4. James (Armstrong) Fearing 1837–1837
      5. 5. Susan (Maria) Fearing 1841–1868 m. Ebenezer (Porter) Dyer 1839–
      6. 6. Susan (Maria) Fearing 1841–1868 m. Ebenezer (Porter) Dyer 1839–
      7. 7. Martha (Augusta) Fearing 1844– m. Ebenezer (Porter) Dyer 1839–
    5. 5. Lydia (Cushing) Fearing 1805– m. Benjamin Jones 1801–1869
      1. 1. Lydia Jones 1841–1845
      2. 2. David Jones 1846–
      3. 3. Lucy Jones 1839–
      4. 4. James (Fearing) Jones 1848– m. Susan (I.) Vila 1848–
        1. 1. Benjamin (Vila) Jones 1886–
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Cushing) Jones 1835–
      6. 6. Benjamin (Lincoln) Jones 1832– m. Unknown Maria –1872 m. Unknown Maria –1872
      7. 7. Lydia (Maria) Jones 1851– m. Isaiah Cushing 1850–
        1. 1. Ada Cushing 1878–
    6. 6. Perez (Lincoln) Fearing 1811– m. Margaret (Jane) Corthell 1807–1875
      1. 1. Martha (Washington) Fearing 1844–1846
      2. 2. Perez (Francis) Fearing 1842–1864
      3. 3. Ellen (Elizabeth) Fearing 1840–
      4. 4. Lydia (Ann) Fearing 1835–
      5. 5. George (William) Fearing 1837– m. Elizabeth (A.) Cleverly 1844–
        1. 1. Herbert (Francis) Fearing 1870–
      6. 6. Margaret (Jane) Fearing 1839– m. Andrew Bartlett 1819– m. A. (R.) Tuck 1819–
      7. 7. Edwin (Wallace) Fearing 1851– m. Eliza (Ann) Cain 1854–
        1. 1. Edith (Frances) Fearing 1879–
        2. 2. Margaret (Chrystabel) Fearing 1887–
        3. 3. Florence (Kendall) Fearing 1880–
        4. 4. Ethel (Willis) Fearing 1877–1878
        5. 5. Elwin (Lincoln) Fearing 1882–1883
      8. 8. Washington (Irving) Fearing 1846– m. Ruth (Eliza) Ayers 1844–
        1. 1. Jennie (Washington) Fearing 1878–
        2. 2. Alice (May) Fearing 1876–1878
        3. 3. Nettie (Foster) Fearing 1880–
        4. 4. Freddie (Atwood) Fearing 1874–
        5. 5. Eugene (Foster) Fearing 1873–1873
        6. 6. Sarah (Cady) Fearing 1871–
        7. 7. Harry (Winthrop) Fearing 1882–1883
    7. 7. Ebenezer (Cushing) Fearing 1812–1881 m. Sarah (Cushing) Torrey 1821–1876
      1. 1. Laura (Cushing) Fearing 1851–1860
      2. 2. William (Torrey) Fearing 1845–1860
      3. 3. Sarah (Adeline) Fearing 1853– m. Charles (Lawrence) Davis 1848–
        1. 1. Walter (Fearing) Davis 1877–
        2. 2. Carl (Henry) Davis 1885–

Mercy Bates's Timeline

2 Records

1747
15 Feb 1747
Birth of Mercy Bates in COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS
COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS
1823
22 Feb 1823
Age 76
Death of Mercy Bates in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1747
    Event Place: COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1823
    Event Place: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
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