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Mercy Sands 1665 – 1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1665

Birth Location: Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 3 May 1741

Death Location: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA

Father: James Sands

Mother: Sarah Walker

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Mercy Sands was born in 1665 in Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of James Sands and Sarah Walker. Mercy Sands passed away in 1741 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Mercy Sands was born in 1665 in Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of James Sands and Sarah Walker.
  • Mercy Sands passed away in 1741 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA.

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Mercy Sands's Ancestors

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Mercy Sands
1665 – 1741
Birth Place: Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
James Sands
1622 – 1695
Reading, Berkshire, England
Sarah Walker
1620 – 1709
Hingham, Norfolk, , England
Grandparents
HENRY Sands
1572 – 1626
Woolwich, Kent, England
ELIZABETH GOFFE
1592 – 1647
Reading, Berkshire, England
^John Walker
1604 – 1647
Cowfold, Sussex, England
Katherine Hutchinson
1603 – 1643
Alford, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Cecily Sandys
1534 – 1611
Honorable Colony
1555 – 1635
William VI
1566 – 1638
Dorothy Newman
1576 – 1680
William Hutchinson
1586 – 1642
Anne Hutchinson
1591 – 1643
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Goffe
1540 – 1564
Sir III
1528 – 1588
Elizabeth Walker
1544 – 1602
Capt. (1554-1631)
1554 – 1631
Susanna Turtle
1566 – 1645

Mercy Sands's Timeline

2 Records

1665
1665
Birth of Mercy Sands in Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1741
3 May 1741
Age 76
Death of Mercy Sands in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1665
    Event Place: Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 May 1741
    Event Place: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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