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Mercy Beal 1720–1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 JUL 1720

Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 1780

Death Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Lazarus Beal

Mother: Ruth Andrews

Spouse(s): Samuel Bates

Children(s): Adna Bates, Hannah Bates, Jonathan Bates, Joseph Bates, Mary Bates, Mary Bates, Mercy Bates, Mordecai Bates, Samuel Bates, Susanna Bates, Thomas Bates

In 1720, Mercy Beal entered the world in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, born to Lazarus Beal And Ruth Andrews. Mercy Beal married Samuel Bates, and had children including Adna Bates, Hannah Bates, Jonathan Bates, Joseph Bates, Mary Bates, Mercy Bates, Mordecai Bates, Samuel Bates, Susanna Bates, Thomas Bates. Mercy Beal passed away in 1780 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1720, Mercy Beal entered the world in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, born to Lazarus Beal And Ruth Andrews.
  • Mercy Beal married Samuel Bates, and had children including Adna Bates, Hannah Bates, Jonathan Bates, Joseph Bates, Mary Bates, Mercy Bates, Mordecai Bates, Samuel Bates, Susanna Bates, Thomas Bates.
  • Mercy Beal passed away in 1780 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lazarus Beal
1691–1774
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Colony of Massachusetts, Colonial British America
LB
Ruth Andrews
1696–1770
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Samuel Bates
1718–1789
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
SB

Children(s)

Adna Bates
1749–1830
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
AB
Hannah Bates
1739–1765
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
HB
Jonathan Bates
1757–1829
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
JB
Joseph Bates
1742–1828
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
JB
Mary Bates
1755–1754
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Bates
1760–1761
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
MB
Mercy Bates
1746–1775
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Mordecai Bates
1738–1774
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Samuel Bates
1744–1801
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
SB
Susanna Bates
1756–1757
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
SB
Thomas Bates
1763–1790
Birth Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
TB

Mercy Beal's Ancestors

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Mercy Beal
1720–1780
Birth Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Lazarus Beal
1691–1774
Hingham, Plymouth, Colony of Massachusetts, Colonial British America
Ruth Andrews
1696–1770
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Lazarus Beal
1661–1723
Hingham, Plymouth, MA
Susanna Lewis
1666–1717
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Thomas (Andrews) Jr.
1663–1727
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Abigail Lincoln
1663–1713
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Jeremiah Beal
1631–1716
Sarah Ripley
1630–1715
Thomas Andrews
1632–1690
Ruth Tobey
1635–1732
Stephen Lincoln
1639–1692
Elizabeth Hawke
1639–1713
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Beal
1597–1627
Nazareth Hobart
1601–1658
William Ripley
1588–1656
Katherine Banks
1596–1660
Matthew Hawke
1610–1684
Margaret Nelson
1614–1683

Mercy Beal's Descendants

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Mercy Beal (29 JUL 1720–1780) m. Samuel Bates (25 MAR 1718–1789)
  1. 1. Adna Bates 1749–1830 m. Ruth Beal 1751–1834
    1. 1. Adna Bates 1781–1831 m. Rachel Briggs 1782–1857
    2. 2. Ambrose Bates 1771–1772
    3. 3. Betsy Bates 1778–1786
    4. 4. Ebenezer Bates 1783–1784
    5. 5. Ebenezer Bates 1788–1789
    6. 6. Lucy Bates 1786–1877 m. John Nichols 1779–1835
    7. 7. Mordecai Bates 1774–1824 m. Lucretia Nichols 1778–1856
    8. 8. Ruth (Howard) Bates 1769–1786 m. William Howard 1765–1810 m. Jared Lincoln 1754–1809
    9. 9. Silence Bates 1778–1822 m. Jared Lincoln 1754–1809
    10. 10. Susan Bates 1776–1790 m. Samuel Beal 1773–1791
  2. 2. Hannah Bates 1739–1765 m. Jonathan Burr 1726–1804
    1. 1. Charles Burr 1759–1800 m. Poly (or Mary) Holyoke 1777–1849
    2. 2. Hannah Burr 1764–1793 m. David Lincoln 1760–
    3. 3. Joseph Burr 1770–1837 m. Sarah Proctor 1775–1856
      1. 1. Joseph (B) Burr 1798–1862 m. Lucy Jones 1797–1811
    4. 4. Warren Burr 1761–1825 m. Mary Jones 1759–1858
  3. 3. Jonathan Bates 1757–1829 m. Susa Orcutt 1760–1826
    1. 1. Caleb Bates 1795–1812 m. Elizabeth Humphries 1791–1812
    2. 2. George Bates 1785–1867 m. Sarah (Inches) Cobb 1800–1859 m. Elizabeth Hall 1789–1798
    3. 3. Henry Bates 1790–1791
    4. 4. John Bates 1782–1842 m. Sarah Lincoln 1785–1873
    5. 5. Jonathan Bates 1799–1800
    6. 6. Martin Bates 1787–1804 m. Sarah Sweetzer 1792–1876
    7. 7. Susan Bates 1799–1800
  4. 4. Joseph Bates 1742–1828 m. Sarah Beal 1746–1747
    1. 1. Martha Bates 1783–1811 m. John Beal 1779–1853
  5. 5. Mary Bates 1755–1754
  6. 6. Mary Bates 1760–1761
  7. 7. Mercy Bates 1746–1775 m. Shubal Fearing 1744–1773
  8. 8. Mordecai Bates 1738–1774 m. Betty (or Betsy) Beal 1738–1739
    1. 1. Betty Bates 1761–1775 m. Luther Marble 1744–1776
    2. 2. Joseph Bates 1773–1853 m. Susannah Howard 1782–1859
    3. 3. Mary Bates 1764–1765
  9. 9. Samuel Bates 1744–1801 m. Martha Beal 1744–1745
    1. 1. Bela Bates 1772–1849 m. Rebecca Pratt 1769–1852
    2. 2. Deborah Bates 1765–1841 m. Naaman Nichols 1761–1830
    3. 3. Elijah Bates 1767–1794
    4. 4. Laban Bates 1774–1847 m. Grace Nichols 1775–1860
    5. 5. Newcomb Bates 1779–1865 m. Lydia Nichols 1780–1873
      1. 1. Charlotte Bates 1806–1869 m. Abraham (Hobart) Tower 1801–1881
        1. 1. Abraham (Hobart) Tower 1829–1904 m. Frances (H) Hincks 1831–
        2. 2. Charles (Carroll) Tower 1833–1893 m. Clarissa (Lothrop) Pratt 1834–1916
        3. 3. Charlotte (Myra Bates) Tower 1836–1912 m. Edward (Everett) Tower 1834–1896
        4. 4. Daniel (Nichols) Tower 1846–1926 m. Almatia (Josephine) Smith 1846–
        5. 5. Henry (Clay) Tower 1831–1900 m. Martha Joy 1836–1907
        6. 6. Mary (Nash) Tower 1827–1828
        7. 7. Newcomb (Bates) Tower 1840–1841
    6. 6. Obadiah Bates 1769–1831 m. Hannah Beal 1772–1790
      1. 1. Ann (Beal) Bates 1803–1791
      2. 2. Elijah Bates 1796–1863 m. Sarah Fletcher 1790–1890
        1. 1. Augustus (Emerson) Bates 1821–1886 m. Eliza (H.) Pratt 1828–1886
        2. 2. George (Albert) Bates 1835–1837
        3. 3. Joseph (Saville) Bates 1829–1816 m. Sarah (Ann) Scudder 1835–
        4. 4. Samuel (Loring) Bates 1825–1882
        5. 5. Theodore (Cornelius) Bates 1843–1912
        6. 6. Thomas (Snell) Bates 1839–1864
        7. 7. Richard (Whitney) Bates 1831–1816
      3. 3. Hannah (Loring) Bates 1799–1854
      4. 4. Joseph Bates 1805–1865
      5. 5. Martha Bates 1797–1791
      6. 6. Mary Bates 1802–1791
    7. 7. Samuel Bates 1783–1784
    8. 8. Sarah Bates 1777–1778
    9. 9. Sybil Bates 1786–1873 m. Paul Bailey 1782–1860
  10. 10. Susanna Bates 1756–1757
  11. 11. Thomas Bates 1763–1790 m. Sarah Lothrop 1765–1835
    1. 1. Hannah Bates 1784–1868 m. Samuel Delano 1777–1855
    2. 2. John Bates 1787–1805 m. Martha Lincoln 1791–1868
    3. 3. Mercy Bates 1782–1785 m. Eliphalet Tucker 1775–1860
    4. 4. Polly Bates 1797–1785
    5. 5. Sarah Bates 1791–1846
    6. 6. Thomas Bates 1800–1802

Mercy Beal's Timeline

3 Records

1720
29 JUL 1720
Birth of Mercy Beal in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1720
18 SEP 1720
Mercy Beal was christened in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1780
1780
Age 60
Death of Mercy Beal in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 JUL 1720
    Event Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 22 May 2019, 15:39), entry for Mercy Beal(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID MZ8K-S4Y
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 5 November 2017), Mercy Beal, 29 May 1716; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 5 November 2017), Mary Beal, 10 May 1719; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Marcy Bate, 15 Feb 1746; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Susannah Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Mary Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Joseph Bate, 11 Jun 1742; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Adna Bate, 14 Nov 1749; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Mordecai Bate, 19 Jun 1738; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mary Beal, 29 Jul 1720; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Samuel Bate, 15 Nov 1744; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Mercy Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, Mayflower Decendents, Victor Grant Hillard, Vol 49, no 2, vol 50, num 2 and vol 52, num 2
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 5 November 2017), Marcy Beale, 29 Jul 1720; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy Beal, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 426,570.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 18 SEP 1720
    Event Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 22 May 2019, 15:39), entry for Mercy Beal(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID MZ8K-S4Y
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Marcy Bate, 15 Feb 1746; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Susannah Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Mary Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Joseph Bate, 11 Jun 1742; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Adna Bate, 14 Nov 1749; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Mordecai Bate, 19 Jun 1738; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mary Beal, 29 Jul 1720; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Samuel Bate, 15 Nov 1744; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Mercy Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Mayflower Decendents, Victor Grant Hillard, Vol 49, no 2, vol 50, num 2 and vol 52, num 2
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy Beal, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 426,570.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 22 May 2019, 15:39), entry for Mercy Beal(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID MZ8K-S4Y
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Marcy Bate, 15 Feb 1746; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Susannah Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Mary Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Joseph Bate, 11 Jun 1742; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Adna Bate, 14 Nov 1749; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Mordecai Bate, 19 Jun 1738; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mary Beal, 29 Jul 1720; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Marcy in entry for Samuel Bate, 15 Nov 1744; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 February 2018), Mercy in entry for Mercy Bates, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 4.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Mayflower Decendents, Victor Grant Hillard, Vol 49, no 2, vol 50, num 2 and vol 52, num 2
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