Mercy Harper

Mercy was born on June 12th, 1675 in Sandwich, MA.¹   Mercy's father was Robert Harper and her mother was Prudence Butler.  Her maternal grandparents were Thomas Butler and Dorothy Howes. She had two sisters named Elizabeth and Hannah.  She was the second oldest of the three children. She had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named Stephen, Mary, Experience and Marcy.  She died at the age of 78 on March 7th, 1754.¹