Mercy "Marcy" Gorham

1659 - 1725  (66 years)

• Name	Mercy "Marcy" Gorham
  Nickname	Marcy
  Born	20 Jan 1658/59	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LJDM-894
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJDM-894
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	53748419
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53748419
  Group	Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower - John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley
  	Descendant of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower - John Tilley & Joan Hurst
  	Descendant of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers of the Mayflower
  Died	24 Sep 1725	Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island
  Buried	Aft 24 Sep 1725	Denison Ground, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I19696	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Captain John Gorham,   b. 28 Jan 1620/21, Benefield, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 5 Feb 1675/76, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Desire Howland,   b. 13 Oct 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1644	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Family ID	F3465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Denison, II,   b. 16 Jul 1653, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Dec 1711, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island  (Age 58 years)
  Married	Abt 1673	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Desire Denison,   b. 16 Apr 1693, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island ,   d. 13 Aug 1737, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F9360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jan 1658/59 - Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Married - Abt 1673 - Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Died - 24 Sep 1725 - Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island Buried - Aft 24 Sep 1725 - Denison Ground, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Wife of George Denison. Married about 1673. Daughter of Desire Howland & Captain John Gorham. Descendant of John Howland and John Tilley thru her mother--all passengers on the Mayflower 1620. A Special Thanks to Jim and Mary (#47186549) for the Sponsorship of Mercy Gorham Denison's Memorial & to Mary Schumann (#47147114) for the location and photographing of Mercy Gorham & George Denison gravesite in Westerly, Rhode Island. ____________ Information below provided by: Don Blauvelt (#46932939) Mercy, as her name is written in the Barnstable vital records, or Marcy as written on her gravestone, was born more correctly on Jan. 20, 1658/59 as the date of her birth is written in the modern calendar. She was b. 93 years before the 1752 English conversion to the Gregorian calendar. Her gravestone inscription proves she was b. in the modern year of 1659 - "in the 67th year of her age" being a form of the Latin term AEtatis, the standard form of reporting one's age at death throughout North America until the early 1800s, meaning when she died she was 66 years old and AEtatis 67. Note: Dates & name come from Mayflower Society application papers.