Mercy Holmes

Mercy Cobb

• AKA Marcy; Doty, Holmes
• Born about 1 Jan 1704 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Daughter of Ebenezer Cobb Sr. and Mercy (Holmes) Cobb
• Sister of Ebenezer Cobb Jr., Mercy Cobb, Nathaniel Cobb, Hannah (Cobb) Tinkham, Sarah (Cobb) Bartlett, Nathan Cobb, John Cobb, Mary (Cobb) West, Elizabeth Cobb, Job Cobb and Rolon Cobb
• Wife of Samuel Doty I — married 10 Apr 1727 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Wife of Cornelius Holmes — married 21 May 1743 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Mother of Samuel Doty II, Mercy (Doty) Dillingham, Hannah (Doty) Holmes and Sarah (Doty) Smith

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Biography

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Marcy (or Mercy) Cobb was born on January 01, 1704 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her parents were Ebenezer Cobb and Mercy Holmes.[1]

She married Samuel Doty (or Doten) on April 10, 1727 in Plymouth.[2]. He was born 31 January 1682 in Plymouth, the son of John Doty and Elizabeth Cook, and died there on 20 May 1740.

On 20 May 1740, Silas West of Plymouth, a shipwright was granted the administration of his estate. Samuel was a mariner.[3]

His inventory was recorded on 20 September 1740 in Plymouth.[4]

Together they had 4 children:

1. Samuel Doty
2. Sarah Doty
3. Hannah Doty
4. Mercy Doty

She married her second husband, Cornelius Holmes (1696-aft 1753) on 21 May 1743 in Plymouth.[3]. The son of John Holmes and Sarah Thomas, he was Lydia Bennett’s widower.

In November 1753, Marcy and her husband, Cornelius Holmes signed a receipt for her share of her father's estate.[4]

Origins

Ebenezer Holmes died intestate and on 7 August 1752, Ebenezer Cobb of Kingston was granted the administration of his estate at Plymouth.[5]

His inventory was taken on 4 October 1753 in Plymouth. An account of his estate was also recorded. The remainder of the estate is set out to Nathaniel Cobb, Nathan Cobb, Job Cobb, Marcy Holmes, wife of Cornelius Holmes, Mary West, Elizabeth Holmes, wife of Thomas Holmes, Jr., and Jacob Tinkham (son of Hannah Tinkham, decd), the heirs of Sarah Bartlett (Sarah, wife of Thomas Faunce and Hannah, wife of Stephen Doten), and Ebenezer (eldest son).[6]

In 1753, his heirs signed receipts for their share of his estate.[7]

Sources

1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LYG1 : 20 May 2022), Marcy Cobb, 1 Jan 1704; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.
2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GHND : 20 May 2022), Marcy Cob in entry for Samuel Doty, 10 Apr 1727; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.
3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GFWK : 20 May 2022), Marcy Widow Doten in entry for Cornelius Holmes, 21 May 1743; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.
4. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-681R : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 97 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
5. WikiTree contributors, "Ebenezer Cobb Sr. (1671-1752)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cobb-196 : accessed 11 September 2024).
6. http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Samuel_Doty_(c1682-1740)
7. WikiTree contributors, "Samuel Doty I (1682-1740)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Doty-218 : accessed 11 September 2024)
8. WikiTree contributors, "Cornelius Holmes (1696-abt.1753)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-7364 : accessed 11 September 2024).