Mercy Saxton

1686 -

• Name	Mercy Saxton  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	30 May 1686	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I17629	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of FF, Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Saxton,   b. 9 May 1656, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. Aft 8 Jul 1715 (Age > 59 years)
  Mother	Hannah Denison,   b. 20 May 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 18 Aug 1715, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	15 Jul 1680	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F10754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isaac Bayley,   b. 2 Oct 1681, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 23 Aug 1711, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1702	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [2, 8]
  Notes	Married by the Rev. James Noyes.
  Children	+ 1. Mary Bailey,   b. 1705   d. 4 Dec 1791, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (Age 86 years) + 2. Saxton Bayley,   b. 11 Oct 1710, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut d. 21 Mar 1743, Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F10724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family 2	William Dewey,   b. Jan 1692, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 10 Nov 1759, Albany, Albany, New York (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1713  [5]
  Family ID	F10900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Said by some to have died 4 Dec 1791 at Lebanon, Connecticut, aged 105. We doubt it. Mercy Saxton (b. 1686) = William Dewey (1692-1759) Elijah Dewey (b. 1728) = Abigail Martin Martin Dewey (1757-1849) = Hannah Waterman (d. 1823) Granville Dewey (1787-1840) = Harriet B. Freeman (1799-1872) George Martin Dewey (1832-1897) = Emma Bingham (1837-1910) George Martin Dewey (1869-1927) = Annie Thomas Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) -- governor of New York 1943-54; Republican nominee for President in 1944 and 1948 Mercy Saxton (b. 1686) = William Dewey (1692-1759) Simeon Dewey (1718-1751) = Anna Phelps (1719-1807) William Dewey (1746-1813) = Rebecca Carrier (1747-1837) Simeon Dewey (1770-1863) = Prudence Yeomans (1772-1844) Julius Yemans Dewey (1801-1877) = Mary Polly Perrin (1799-1843) Admiral George A. Dewey (1837-1917)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2230] Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, on americanancestors.org. In print as The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55, ed. Lorraine Cook White. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994-2002. [S401] Find a Grave page for Isaac Bayley. [S3237] The Ticknor Family in America by James Melville Hunnewell. Boston, 1919. [S2046] Find a Grave page for Mercy Saxton Bailey Dewey. [S253] Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife by Robert Harry McIntire. Norfolk, Virginia, 1950. [S2191] Find a Grave page for Joseph Saxton., year only. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S253] Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife by Robert Harry McIntire. Norfolk, Virginia, 1950., date only.