Grave has been located flag female ancestor  Mercy  STAFFORD

  (b. abt. 1778 Crown Colony of New York   d. 22 January 1853 Peru, Clinton, New York, USA )  

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Mercy STAFFORD was born abt. 1778 in Crown Colony of New York

Mercy STAFFORD was the child of ?   and   ?

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Mercy  married  Edmund SOPER .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edmund SOPER  was born abt. 1777 in Vermont, USA. 

Mercy STAFFORD died 22 January 1853 in Peru, Clinton, New York, USA.
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Mercy STAFFORD married Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Edmund SOPER-- Place: 


Children of Edmund SOPER and Mercy STAFFORD:

flag female ancestor Harriet SOPER (b.8 June 1803, Peru, Clinton, New York, USA  d. 7 March 1870, Peru, Clinton, New York, USA)
m. John B STAVES 10 May 1820



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1803 Birth of Child
Harriet SOPER was born 8 June 1803, Peru, Clinton, New York, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1853 Death
22 January 1853
Peru, Clinton, New York, USA

Mercy is buried at: Peru Cemetery Peru Clinton County New York, USA Plot: Section J1
Added: 8/30/2016 10:28:09 AM - Updated: 9/19/2017 11:51:28 AM
Did You Know?New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
1664 - 1687 - New York Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New York
July 26, 1788 - Virginia becomes 11th U.S. state

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