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Mercy Ann Stephens 1790–1857 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1790

Birth Location: New York, United States

Death Date: 17 April 1857

Death Location: Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA

Father: Ezra Stephens

Mother: Abigail Weed

Spouse(s): Benjamin Tryon

Children(s): Catherine Tryon, Henry Tryon, Peter Tryon, John Tryon, Clarissa Tryon, Benjamin Tryon, Rudolph Tryon, Anna Tryon, Joseph Tryon, William Tryon, Frances Tryon, Drusilla Tryon

The story of Mercy Ann Stephens began in 1790 in New York, United States. Mercy Ann Stephens married Benjamin Peter Tryon, and had children including Anna Tryon, Benjamin Tryon, Catherine Tryon, Clarissa Tryon, Drusilla Tryon, Frances Frannie Tryon, Henry Tryon, John Tryon, Joseph Tryon, Peter Drury Tryon, Rudolph Tryon, William Tryon. Mercy Ann Stephens passed away in 1857 in Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Mercy Ann Stephens began in 1790 in New York, United States.
  • Mercy Ann Stephens married Benjamin Peter Tryon, and had children including Anna Tryon, Benjamin Tryon, Catherine Tryon, Clarissa Tryon, Drusilla Tryon, Frances Frannie Tryon, Henry Tryon, John Tryon, Joseph Tryon, Peter Drury Tryon, Rudolph Tryon, William Tryon.
  • Mercy Ann Stephens passed away in 1857 in Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ezra Stephens
1776–1850
Birth Location: –
ES
Abigail Weed
1778–1841
Birth Location: –
AW

Spouses(s)

Benjamin Tryon
1785–1862
Birth Location: Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States
BT

Children(s)

Catherine Tryon
1809–1882
Birth Location: New York, USA
CT
Henry Tryon
1825–1855
Birth Location: New York, USA
HT
Peter Tryon
1813–1892
Birth Location: Greenville, Greene, New York, USA
PT
John Tryon
1812–
Birth Location: Greenville, Greene, New York, USA
JT
Clarissa Tryon
1820–1905
Birth Location: Greenville, Greene, New York, USA
CT
Benjamin Tryon
1813–1895
Birth Location: Greenville, Greene, New York, USA
BT
Rudolph Tryon
1815–
Birth Location: –
RT
Anna Tryon
1817–
Birth Location: –
AT
Joseph Tryon
1819–
Birth Location: –
JT
William Tryon
1821–
Birth Location: –
WT
Frances Tryon
1824–1894
Birth Location: New York, USA
FT
Drusilla Tryon
1835–1895
Birth Location: New York, USA
DT

Mercy Stephens's Ancestors

Self
Mercy Stephens
1790–1857
Birth Place: New York, United States
Parents
Ezra Stephens
1776–1850
Abigail Weed
1778–1841
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mercy Stephens's Descendants

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Mercy (Ann) Stephens (abt 1790–17 April 1857) m. Benjamin (Peter) Tryon (31 May 1785–8 October 1862)
  1. 1. Catherine Tryon 1809–1882 m. Marcus Palmerton 1788–1881
    1. 1. John (Wesley) Palmerton 1827–1901 m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Nelson 1831–1908
      1. 1. Carrie (Adele) Palmerton 1868–1952 m. Luther (Hume) Higley 1867–1936
        1. 1. Ruth (Madonna) Higley 1910–1987 m. Fred (William) Goudy 1907–1965 m. Henry (Lionel) Miller 1908–
        2. 2. Ethel (Adeline) Higley 1892–1968 m. Fredrick (Carl) Voight 1886–1955 m. Edgar (Lawrence) Dunning 1872–1952
        3. 3. Robert (Dale) Higley 1895–1961 m. Gertrude (Olive) Obelin 1896–1982 m. Cozetta (Faye) Dunn 1908–1958
      2. 2. Chloe (Elizabeth) Palmerton 1851–1942 m. Benjamin (Franklin) Firestone 1848–1935
        1. 1. Sarah (Prudence) Firestone 1884–1973 m. Charles (W.) Ratts 1882–1958
        2. 2. Hattie (Gertrude) Firestone 1876–1901 m. Adelbert (Hilan) Parkhurst 1876–1928
        3. 3. Earl Firestone 1892–1893
        4. 4. James (Nelson) Firestone 1881–1946 m. Della (Maude) Cannon 1871–1936
      3. 3. George (Noble) Palmerton 1853–1943 m. Julia (Ann) Marks 1854–1931
        1. 1. Florence (B.) Palmerton 1879–1970 m. Herman Kuehne 1870–1959
        2. 2. Ida (Gertrude) Palmerton 1882–1945 m. Thomas (Harrison) Johnson 1876–1941
      4. 4. Mary (Adaline) Palmerton 1858–1926 m. Robert (Almon) Crooks 1849–1925
      5. 5. John (Wesley Palmerton) Jr. 1870–1916 m. Letitia Topper 1873–1908
        1. 1. Harley (H.) Palmerton 1892–1938 m. Vida (Bell) Cabana 1894–1919
        2. 2. Myrtle (B.) Palmerton 1895–1979 m. Claude (Dale) Oxley 1885–1929 m. Delbert Mosher 1897–1965
        3. 3. Helen (Elizabeth Adele) Palmerton 1904–1996 m. Russell (Oberlin) Witt 1894–1964 m. Harold (Eugene) Koons 1903–1976
        4. 4. Paul (Wesley) Palmerton 1908–1908
      6. 6. Prudence (Eliza) Palmerton 1862–1940 m. Miles Hallett 1857–1925
        1. 1. Zeinil (Nelson) Hallett 1891–1954 m. Frances (Ethel) Rosenberry 1897–1919
        2. 2. Garman (Webster) Hallett 1887–1970 m. Maude (Hazel) Kennedy 1889–1951
      7. 7. Parley (Herbert) Palmerton 1856–1936 m. Phedina (Alice) Kepler 1856–1939
        1. 1. Ross (L.) Palmerton 1888–1944 m. Grace (Gertrude) Foster 1889–1914
        2. 2. Raymond (A.) Palmerton 1892–1934 m. Lucy (Jane) Rummel 1896–1988
        3. 3. Edna (Eliza) Palmerton 1894–1956 m. Franklin (Ernest) Decker 1882–1946
      8. 8. Lincoln Palmerton 1866–1948
      9. 9. Hannah (Catherine) Palmerton 1847–1923 m. Edgar (A.) Squires 1842–1932
        1. 1. George (Noble) Squires 1873–1942 m. Clara (B.) Lewe 1889–
        2. 2. Vinton (Wesley) Squires 1875–1942 m. Elizabeth Clayborne 1876–1962
        3. 3. Laura (Akzina) Squires 1879–1953 m. Emlin (Verne) Campbell 1875–1932
      10. 10. Marcus Palmerton 1849–1927 m. Mary (Jane) Albright 1856–1929
        1. 1. Olive (U.) Palmerton 1875–1945 m. Alpheus (C.) Carpenter 1876–1913
        2. 2. Bessie (Josephine) Palmerton 1889–1952
      11. 11. Myrtle (B.) Palmerton 1876–1941 m. James (William) Oyler 1879–1947
        1. 1. Lulu (Bell) Oyler 1906–1979 m. Earl (Herman) Cantine 1899–1953
        2. 2. Cordice Oyler 1911– m. Albert Grey 1907–
        3. 3. Lowell (E.) Oyler 1905–
        4. 4. Ralph Oyler 1913–1970
        5. 5. Wilbur (H.) Oyler 1915–1950
    2. 2. Martha Palmerton 1829–
    3. 3. Betsy (Ann) Palmerton 1842–1923 m. Samuel Stackhouse 1843–1910
    4. 4. James (Nelson) Palmerton 1839–1924 m. Margaret Boozer 1840–1921
      1. 1. Katherine Palmerton 1865–
      2. 2. Viola Palmerton 1866–1943 m. Henry (S.) Shaffer 1856–1938
        1. 1. E.G. ((Harley)) Shaffer 1883–1884
        2. 2. Charles Shaffer 1885–1954 m. Lottie (J.) Oberdorf 1890–1963
        3. 3. Samuel (Calvin) Shaffer 1889–1984 m. Hazel (Adell) Jones 1891–1977
        4. 4. James Shaffer 1889–
      3. 3. Perry Palmerton 1869–1942 m. Myrtle Lowe 1881–1930
        1. 1. Helen Palmerton 1910–1990 m. Edgar (Fay) McMahon 1894–1953
      4. 4. Wayne Palmerton 1872–1949 m. Lyllian (May) Showman 1872–
      5. 5. Elmer (Sylvester Cash) Palmerton 1877–1966
    5. 5. Lynn Palmerton 1832–
    6. 6. Phebe (Ann) Palmerton 1836–1917 m. Lewis (Allen) Stackhouse 1833–1884
      1. 1. Lewis (Allen) Stackhouse 1872–1956 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Blair 1874–1958
        1. 1. George (Allen) Stackhouse 1902–1978 m. Goldie (Jane) Groomer 1902–1973
        2. 2. Henrietta Stackhouse 1895–1964 m. Roy (Dean) Kinzie 1892–1943
        3. 3. Arthur (Albert) Stackhouse 1898–1955 m. Lora (May) Minor 1897–1968
        4. 4. Elsie (Eveline) Stackhouse 1900–1980 m. Lucius (Edmond) Brown 1891–1984
      2. 2. Martha (J.) Stackhouse 1855–
      3. 3. Mary Stackhouse 1857–
      4. 4. Esther (Josephine) Stackhouse 1860–1882
      5. 5. Lidia (A.) Stackhouse 1861–
      6. 6. Frank (E.) Stackhouse 1864–1888 m. Sabra (J.) Johnson 1865–1942
        1. 1. Viola (Mae) Stackhouse 1886–1962 m. Clyde (Clarence) Teeter 1878–1965
      7. 7. Virginia (E.) Stackhouse 1865–1872
      8. 8. Phebe (A.) Stackhouse 1868–
      9. 9. Bertha (E.) Stackhouse 1870–1888
      10. 10. Perry (L.) Stackhouse 1871–1872
      11. 11. Rutherford Stackhouse 1876–1956
    7. 7. Chauncey (D. "Chance") Palmerton 1827– m. Sarah (Jane) Horxer 1830– m. Christina (A.) Miller 1846–1925
      1. 1. James (C.) Palmerton 1852–1922
      2. 2. Frederick (O.) Palmerton 1854–
      3. 3. Rodney (Melvin) Palmerton 1864– m. Caroline ("Callie") Duval 1864–
        1. 1. Erie (Jay) Palmerton 1884–1948
        2. 2. Lance (Ervin) Palmerton 1886–1958 m. Zella (June) Hackenberger 1888–1939
        3. 3. Chester (Roy) Palmerton 1888–1964 m. Hazel (M.) Tremain 1891–1922
        4. 4. Lawrence Palmerton 1889–1953 m. Maude (Mable) Wale 1893–1974
      4. 4. Cassius (M.) Palmerton 1862–1929
        1. 1. James (Clay) Palmerton 1882–1951 m. Ellen Newman 1884–
        2. 2. Elvin Palmerton 1883–1883
        3. 3. Alva Palmerton 1883–1943 m. Arnetta (C.) Keefer 1889–1910
      5. 5. Ida (H.) Palmerton 1868–
      6. 6. Winfield (M.) Palmerton 1872–
      7. 7. Elva (Belle) Palmerton 1875–1921 m. Samuel (Marsh) Morehead 1872–1948
        1. 1. Merle (Leroy) Morehead 1900– m. Vera (Gladys) Tuttle 1904–1960
        2. 2. Dallas Morehead 1897–
        3. 3. Blanche Morehead 1903–
        4. 4. Edna (R.) Morehead 1905–1981
        5. 5. Kathryn Morehead 1910–
        6. 6. Geraldine (Viola) Morehead 1915–1979 m. Cecil Thomas 1902–1970
      8. 8. Daisy (P.) Palmerton 1877–1911
      9. 9. Pearl (M.) Palmerton 1882–1938
  2. 2. Henry Tryon 1825–1855
  3. 3. Peter (Drury) Tryon 1813–1892
  4. 4. John Tryon 1812–
  5. 5. Clarissa Tryon 1820–1905 m. Amos White 1818–1892
    1. 1. Lucinda White 1841–1900 m. Gardner (A.) Terry 1833–1900
      1. 1. George (S.) Terry 1860–1919 m. Eva (Elizabeth) Philips 1861–1897
        1. 1. Pearl (E.) Terry 1885–1971 m. William Coulter 1858–1934
        2. 2. Edna (May) Terry 1887–1965
        3. 3. Leon (O.) Terry 1892–1973
    2. 2. Mahala (M.) White 1843–1920
    3. 3. Barak (Osborne) White 1845–1917
    4. 4. Elizabeth White 1851–1907
    5. 5. Drusilla (S.) White 1853–1941
    6. 6. Emily (Francis) White 1858–1920
    7. 7. Anna (G.) White 1860–1880
  6. 6. Benjamin Tryon 1813–1895
  7. 7. Rudolph Tryon 1815–
  8. 8. Anna Tryon 1817–
    1. 1. Clara (Anna) Miller 1842–1936
  9. 9. Joseph Tryon 1819–
  10. 10. William Tryon 1821–
  11. 11. Frances ("Frannie") Tryon 1824–1894
  12. 12. Drusilla Tryon 1835–1895 m. Ransom (A) Terry 1817–1875

Mercy Stephens's Timeline

2 Records

1790
abt 1790
Birth of Mercy Ann Stephens in New York, United States
New York, United States
1857
17 April 1857
Age 67
Death of Mercy Ann Stephens in Mendon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA
Mendon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1790
    Event Place: New York, United States
    Record Source: Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 April 1857
    Event Place: Mendon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA
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