> 128. John ****ter [64/256], b. 2 July 1667 Weymouth, Massachusetts; d.
> 22 May 1723 [? Weymouth], Massachusetts; m. (2) Margaret Ford, see
> below; m. (1) ---
> 129. Mercy [poss. Carver] [64/258], b. ---; d. 8 March 1709 [?
> Weymouth], Massachusetts [Fred E. Carver=92s Genealogy of the Rev.
> Eleazer Carver Family boldly states that =93Mercy Carver [daughter of
> John and Millicent], b. Feb. 11, 1672/3; m. ca. 1693, Weymouth, Mass.
> to John ****ter =85=94 This clearly draws on the =93Carver note=94 by
Jos=
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> W. ****ter in Register 55 (1901): 221-2, which does not however assert
> the connection, but merely shows Mercy Carver as an unmarried daughter
> (no death date given) of John and Millicent (Ford) Carver with a
> younger half-sister, Experience Drake (by Millicent=92s second
> marriage), who, at age 16 in 1699, chose John ****ter of Weymouth as
> her guardian. This is a plausible inference, but is not proven. Note
> that John ****ter married, second, to Margaret Ford, a first cousin of
> Mercy Carver.]
I've recently noticed there is a good little note by Mrs. John Barclay
in NEHGR, 119:92-94, "The Children of John2 Carver of Marshfield,
Mass.," which shows that a 1696 do***ent in Bristol County Deeds
mentions Carver's daughter Mercy and her husband John ****ter. So this
connection is correct.
Once again, I should point out an entry in the extracted IGI that has
a very high likelihood of being the baptism of this same John2 Carver,
a known son of Robert and Christian (----) Carver of Plymouth Colony:
St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney
--John Carver, son of Robert and Christian, bapt. 12 Dec. 1636
John Carver of Marshfield was buried 3 June 1679, "being 42 years
old," which is completely consistent with the baptism above. The
unusual name of the mother ("Christian") also makes this
identification likely.
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