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Mercy Travis

Female 1668 - 1744  (76 years)

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  • Name Mercy Travis 
    Birth 8 Feb 1668  Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 8] 
    History 17 Oct 1691 (23 years)  Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay


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    Miscellaneous 21 Jan 1714 (45 years)  Charlestown, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 1 Dec 1744  Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial Aft 1 Dec 1744  Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Siblings 1 brother and 1 sister 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Henry Travers   d. 1648, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth   d. 3 Jul 1673  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID, Branch I25987 
    Last Modified 26 May 2026 

    Father James Travis,   b. 28 Apr 1645, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1717, Brookfield, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Mercy Pierce,   b. Sep 1650, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1744, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Family ID F9550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Spouse / Partner 1 Cornet Benjamin Whitney,   b. 6 Jan 1678/79, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1718, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1700  Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9] 
    Age at Marriage She : 32 years and 8 months - He : 21 years and 9 months. 
    Family ID F9555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 May 2026 

    Spouse / Partner 2 Lt. Thomas Frink,   b. 25 May 1674, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1739, Wayland, Middlesex County, Providence of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jul 1719  Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 7] 
    Age at Marriage She : 51 years and 5 months - He : 45 years and 2 months. 
    Family ID F9565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 May 2026 

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  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Feb 1668 - Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Oct 1700 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMiscellaneous - 21 Jan 1714 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Jul 1719 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Dec 1744 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 1 Dec 1744 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources

    🟢 Primary Evidence
    🟡 Secondary Evidence
    🟠 Tertiary Evidence
    🔴 Unreliable Evidence
    1. [S971] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1911).

    2. [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860).

    3. [S2539] Daniels, Nathan Hagar, Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U .S. A., (Boston: Nathan Hagar Daniels, 1903).

    4. [S850] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

    5. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Mercy Travis and Benjamin Whitney.

    6. [S916] Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850, ( Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

    7. [S972] Pierce, Frederick Clifton. The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635 , (Chicago: Press of W. B. Conkey Company, 1895).

    8. [S2536] Temple, J. H., History of Framingham, Massachusetts, Early Known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a Genealogical Register, (Framingham, Massachusetts: Town of Framingham, 1887).

    9. [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985).



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