My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameMercy Wardwell
Birth Date15 Oct 1770
Birth PlaceYork, York Co., ME
Death Date6 Jun 1837 Age: 66
Death PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
FatherCapt. Daniel Wardwell Sr. (1734-1803)
MotherSarah Staples (1733-1817)
Spouses
Birth Date6 Oct 1764
Birth PlaceYork, York Co., ME
Death Date3 May 1866 Age: 101
Death PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
Memo“old age”
Occupationfarmer, lumberman, coastal shipping
ReligionMethodist
FatherCharles “The Patriot” Hutchins Hutchings Sr. (1742-1834)
MotherMary Perkins (1745-1797)
Misc. Notes
Oldest surviving New England Revolutionary War soldier. He received a pension of twenty-one dollars and sixty-six cents per annum for his six months service; in 1865 that pension was increased to three hundred dollars—there being at the time only four Revolutionary soldiers still alive.
Marr Date1786
Marr PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
ChildrenCharles (1786-1845)
Joseph (1788-1819)
William (1790-1872)
Eliakim (1792-1872)
Mary Molly P (1793-1891)
Tryphenia (1795-1868)
Jesse Jessie (1798-)
Mercy (1800-1892)
Abigail (1802-)
Sarah (1803-1873)
Alfred Alford M (1804-1869)
Sarah Wardwell (1806-1890)
Jeremiah x (1808-1824)
Lovina (1810-1880)
Harrison Brown (1814-1845)
Newell Wardwell (1815-)
Charlotte Norris (1817-1892)