Mercy Bigelow, daughter of Samuel & Mary(Flagg) Bigelow, was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1686. She married Name on 25 January 1706, Lieut. Thomas Garfield, the son of Capt. Benjamin & Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield.
Children of Thomas & Mercy (Bigelow) Garfield
1. Elizabeth, b. 10 August 1708, married Samuel Brown
2. Eunice, b. 23 August 1710, married Ebenezer Hobbs
3. Thomas, bap. 5 April 1713, married Rebecca Johnson
4. Thankful, b. 15 February 1714/15, married John Walker
5. Isaac, b. 19 February 1716/17
6. John, b. 3 December 1718, married Thankful Stowell
7. Samuel, b. 11 April 1720, married 1st Hannah Garfield,
married 2nd Abigail Peirce
8. Mercy, b. 17 June 1722, married Ebenezer Hammond
9. Anna, b. 1 June 1724, married Josiah Livermore
10. Lucy, b. 5 October 1725
11. Elisha, b. 11 November 1728, married Susanna Bemis
12. Enoch, b. 23 January 1729/30, d. 19 June 1758
Source: Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America by Gilman Begelow Howe, Printed in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1890
Pages: 26-27
Source: Vital Records of Weston, Massachusetts
Recorded as Marcy Garfield on Page 57
Recorded as Mercy Garfield on Page 391
Mercy/Marcy Garfield died in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts 28 February 1744/45 at the age of 69. This, however, does not match her age on the gravestone which is 59.
Name in this source is Garfield, not Gearfield as appears on gravestone.
Additional information on this family appears in Bond's Genealogies & History of Watertown, but Mercy is listed as the daughter of Joshua & Elizabeth (Flagg) Bigelow, which has been noted as an error by Bigelow family members.
Mercy Bigelow, daughter of Samuel & Mary(Flagg) Bigelow, was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1686. She married Name on 25 January 1706, Lieut. Thomas Garfield, the son of Capt. Benjamin & Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield.
Children of Thomas & Mercy (Bigelow) Garfield
1. Elizabeth, b. 10 August 1708, married Samuel Brown
2. Eunice, b. 23 August 1710, married Ebenezer Hobbs
3. Thomas, bap. 5 April 1713, married Rebecca Johnson
4. Thankful, b. 15 February 1714/15, married John Walker
5. Isaac, b. 19 February 1716/17
6. John, b. 3 December 1718, married Thankful Stowell
7. Samuel, b. 11 April 1720, married 1st Hannah Garfield,
married 2nd Abigail Peirce
8. Mercy, b. 17 June 1722, married Ebenezer Hammond
9. Anna, b. 1 June 1724, married Josiah Livermore
10. Lucy, b. 5 October 1725
11. Elisha, b. 11 November 1728, married Susanna Bemis
12. Enoch, b. 23 January 1729/30, d. 19 June 1758
Source: Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America by Gilman Begelow Howe, Printed in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1890
Pages: 26-27
Source: Vital Records of Weston, Massachusetts
Recorded as Marcy Garfield on Page 57
Recorded as Mercy Garfield on Page 391
Mercy/Marcy Garfield died in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts 28 February 1744/45 at the age of 69. This, however, does not match her age on the gravestone which is 59.
Name in this source is Garfield, not Gearfield as appears on gravestone.
Additional information on this family appears in Bond's Genealogies & History of Watertown, but Mercy is listed as the daughter of Joshua & Elizabeth (Flagg) Bigelow, which has been noted as an error by Bigelow family members.
Inscription
Here Lyes
ye Body
of
MRS. MARCY GEARFIELD
Wife to
Mr. Thomas Gearfield
She Died
Feb ye 28th 1744-5
in ye 59th Year
of her age
Gravesite Details
Source of Inscription: Vital Records of Weston, Massachusetts Page 337
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