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Mercy Gorton

BIRTH: 3 Jun 1744, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
DEATH: 11 Dec 1811, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
BURIAL: Captain Oliver Gardner Lot, Apponaug, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
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Father: William Gorton (ABT 1708 - ABT 1 Dec 1789)
Mother: Mercy Mathewson or Matteson (1708 - 3 Oct 1788)

Family 1: Oliver Gardner or Gardiner (24 Jun 1742 - 4 Aug 1825)

MARRIAGE: 25 Sep 1766, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

+Hannah Gardner (21 Jun 1769 - 21 Sep 1839)
+Betsey or Elizabeth Gardiner (9 Mar 1781 - 26 Feb 1817)

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                                                                             _Samuell Gorton _____|__
                                                                            | (1592 - 1677) m 1629   
                                                       _John Gorton ________|
                                                      | (1641 - 1713) m 1665|
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                                                      |                     |_Mary Maplett _______|__
                                                      |                       (1608 - ....) m 1629   
                                _Samuel Gorton _______|
                               | (1672 - 1721) m 1695 |
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                               |                      |_Margaret Weston ____|
                               |                        (1642 - ....) m 1665|
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 _William Gorton ______________|
| (1708 - 1789) m 1730         |
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|                              |_Elizabeth Collins ___|
|                                (1672 - 1724) m 1695 |
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|                                                     |_Sarah Wright _______|
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|--Mercy Gorton 
|  (1744 - 1811)
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|                                                      _James Mathewson ____|
|                                                     | (1638 - 1682) m 1663|
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|                               _Zachariah Mathewson _|
|                              | (1676 - 1748) m 1700 |
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|                              |                      |                      _John Field _________|__
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|                              |                      |_Hannah Field _______|
|                              |                        (1642 - 1703) m 1663|
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|                              |                                            |_Ruth Fairbanks _____|__
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|_Mercy Mathewson or Matteson _|
  (1708 - 1788) m 1730         |
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                               |_Sarah Taylor ________|
                                 (1679 - 1723) m 1700 |
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Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 24 Feb 2003.

!SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of Samuel Gorton," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 3 Nov 2008. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth); Warwick, RI Historical Cemeteries (death, burial: "Capt. Oliver Gardner Lot, Apponaug, Warwick, RI; removed to Brayton Cemetery, Warwick, RI")

!SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of Oliver Gardner," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 26 Oct 2013. Additionally cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (marriage).

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