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Mercy Ransom 1740–1824 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 July 1740

Birth Location: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 15 Sep 1824

Death Location: Erwin, Tennessee, USA

Father: Joseph Ransom

Mother: Mercy Pyncheon

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Lemuel Tilson, Thomas Tilson, Stephen Tilson, Mercy Tilson, William Tillson, Janet Tilson

Mercy Ransom was born in 1740 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of Joseph Ransom And Mercy Or Mary Pyncheon. Mercy Ransom had children including Janet Tilson, Lemuel Tilson, Mercy Tilson, Peleg Tilson, Stephen Tilson, Thomas Tilson, William Morton Tillson. Mercy Ransom passed away in 1824 in Erwin, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Mercy Ransom was born in 1740 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of Joseph Ransom And Mercy Or Mary Pyncheon.
  • Mercy Ransom had children including Janet Tilson, Lemuel Tilson, Mercy Tilson, Peleg Tilson, Stephen Tilson, Thomas Tilson, William Morton Tillson.
  • Mercy Ransom passed away in 1824 in Erwin, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Ransom
1709–1756
Birth Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Mercy Pyncheon
1710–1776
Birth Location: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lemuel Tilson
1773–1841
Birth Location: St Clair, Washington, VA
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Thomas Tilson
1767–1829
Birth Location: St Clair, Washington, VA
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Stephen Tilson
1770–1856
Birth Location: St Clair, Washington, VA
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Mercy Tilson
1772–1825
Birth Location: St Clair, Washington, VA
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William Tillson
1763–1824
Birth Location: St Clair, Smyth, Virginia, USA
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Janet Tilson
1776–
Birth Location: St Clair, Washington, VA
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Mercy Ransom's Ancestors

Self
Mercy Ransom
1740–1824
Birth Place: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
Joseph Ransom
1709–1756
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Mercy (Or Mary) Pyncheon
1710–1776
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Robert (Ransom) II
1671–1723
Plymouth, Colony, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mercy Ransom's Descendants

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Mercy Ransom (4 July 1740–15 Sep 1824)
  1. 1. Lemuel Tilson 1773–1841 m. Polly Dungan 1762–1867
    1. 1. * (Hellings Hellins Hellens Hillings Dungan Tilson (Mayflower) descendant) 1806–1879 m. Nancy Murry 1814–1881 m. Julian Tilson 1809–1888 m. Margaret CASE 1806–1850 m. Margaret CASE 1806–1850
      1. 1. Thomas (D) Tilson 1831–1858
      2. 2. John (R) Tilson 1833–
      3. 3. Eliza (J) Tilson 1835–
      4. 4. Nancy (A) Tilson 1837–1897
      5. 5. Elizabeth Tilson 1839–1893
      6. 6. Susan (A) Tilson 1842–1865
      7. 7. William (M) Tilson 1844–
      8. 8. Mary Ransom 1847–1896 m. William (Tilson) Sr 1740–1833
        1. 1. William (Tilson) Jr. 1763–1824
        2. 2. Thomas Tilson 1767–1829
        3. 3. Stephen Tilson 1770–1856
        4. 4. Lemuel Tilson 1773–1821
        5. 5. Janet Tilson 1776–1820
        6. 6. Mary (Marcia Mercy) Tilson 1772–1838
        7. 7. Peleg Tilson 1765–1841
      9. 9. Tilson 1849–1849
      10. 10. Sarah Tilson 1853–
      11. 11. Jacob Tilson 1845–1915
      12. 12. Peleg Tilson 1829–1832
      13. 13. Polly (A) Tilson 1824–1851
    2. 2. Mary Tilson 1788–1822
  2. 2. Thomas Tilson 1767–1829
  3. 3. Stephen Tilson 1770–1856
  4. 4. Mercy Tilson 1772–1825
  5. 5. William (Morton) Tillson 1763–1824 m. Anna Haskell 1762–1836
  6. 6. Janet Tilson 1776–

Mercy Ransom's Timeline

2 Records

1740
4 July 1740
Birth of Mercy Ransom in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1824
15 Sep 1824
Age 84
Death of Mercy Ransom in Erwin, Tennessee, USA
Erwin, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 July 1740
    Event Place: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1824
    Event Place: Erwin, Tennessee, USA
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