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Mercy Godfrey was born 10 September 1764 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States to Knowles Godfrey (1735-1766) and Jerusha Ryder (1739-1766) and died 6 September 1838 Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, United States of unspecified causes. She married Christopher Taylor (1759-1786) 17 April 1784 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. She married Hezekiah Eldredge (1768-1838) .

Mercy Godfrey, orphaned by the smallpox outbreak of 1766, married Christopher Atwood Taylor, who died, leaving her with a son, Christopher Taylor. She married (2) Hezekiah Eldridge, son of Hezekiah Eldridge and Mary Polly Doane, who both died in the same smallpox outbreak. She died in Orrington, Maine in 1838.

Source: anon


Children


Offspring of Christopher Taylor (1759-1786) and Mercy Godfrey
Name Birth Death Joined with
Christopher Taylor (1781-1863)


Offspring of Hezekiah Eldredge (1768-1838) and Mercy Godfrey
Name Birth Death Joined with
Mary Doane Eldridge (1790-1866)
Seth Eldridge (1792-1860)
Hezekiah Eldridge (1795-1883)
Knowles Godfrey Eldridge (1797-)
Jerusha Ryder Eldredge (1800-1835)
Hannah Eldridge (1803-1857)
Benjamin Godfrey Eldridge (1804-1833)
Mercy Eldridge (c1808-)


 






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