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Female Mercy Read Click to view Mercy Read in the family tree

Mercy was born in 1676 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.1   Mercy's father was Samuel Read and her mother was Hopestill Holbrook.  Her maternal grandparents were William Holbrook and Elizabeth Pitts. She had four brothers named Samuel, John, Josiah and Ebenezer.  She was the second youngest of the five children.

1 "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson"
Further sources/citations:
"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register.  4 vols. 1860–62; rpt. ed." @ 4:525, "New England Marriages: Prior to 1700" @ p.145, "New England Marriages: Prior to 1700" @ p.809, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register.  4 vols. 1860–62; rpt. ed." @ 3:516, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2640299&id=I545352893

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