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Mercy Adams

Female 1674 - 1728  (54 years)


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  • Name Mercy Adams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Born 13 Mar 1674  Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation 27 Jul 1694 
    Captured at Oyster River by the Sébastien de Villieu expedition with Father Louis-Pierre Thury and Madokawando 
    Baptism 6 Apr 1697  Montréal, Qc. (nommée Ursule) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 6 Apr 1697 
    Ransomed (adopted) by Charles-Antoine Plagnol, commandant of the fort at St-François-du-Lac 
    Occupation 11 Nov 1702 
    Sur la liste des Anglais qui vivent au Canada (à St-François-du-Lac), elle reçoit 30 livres de l'intendant Beauharnois 
    Naturalization May 1710  Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France (lettres de naturalité) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 15 Sep 1728  Yamaska, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Sep 1728  Yamaska, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11365  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Charles Adams,   b. Abt 1623, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1694, Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Smith,   b. Abt 1645, Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1694, Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 1665  Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Dubois dit Brisebois,   b. 5 Dec 1680, Québec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1747, Yamaska, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 3 Aug 1704  St-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Contract 30 Aug 1704  Notaire Jean-Baptiste Pothier Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marie Ursule Dubois,   b. 30 Sep 1708, St-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1755, Ste-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F5862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S196] NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts), Volume 6 (1852), p. 87 & Vol. 28 (1874), p. 159.

    2. [S208] Journal of the Rev. John Pike. A memorandum of personal occurrences, Otis Grant Hammond, Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society, (Jacob B. Moore, Concord, New Hampshire, 1832), Volume III, p. 45.
      18 July 1694: The Indians fell suddenly and unexpectedly upon Oyster River about break of day, took three garrisons, (being deserted or not defended,) killed and carried away 94 persons, and burnt 13 houses.

    3. [S659] History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes, Everett S. Stackpole, Col. Lucien Thompson and Winthrop Smith Meserve, (Published by the vote of the town, Durham, New Hampshire, 1913), Volume 1, pp. 102 & Vol. 2, p. 1.

    4. [S32] New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760 during the French and Indian Wars, Emma Lewis Coleman, (The Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1925), Volume 1, pp. 75, 124, 127, 253, 266-268.

    5. [S5] Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH), Université de Montréal.

    6. [S3] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, Cyprien Tanguay, (Éditions Eusèbe Sénécal, Montréal, 1871-1890), none., Volume 3, p. 471.

    7. [S16] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec - des origines à 1730, René Jetté, (Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, 1983 & l'édition PRDH, Gaëtan Morin éditeur, 2003), none., 369.