Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMercy Tallman
Birth1674, Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI
Death1732
FatherPeter Talman (~1623-1708)
MotherJoan Briggs (1635-1685)
Misc. Notes
Her name is not mentioned either in her father's will or her husband's. "Ruth or Hannah" is hand-written into a copy of Austin's "Dictionary of R.I.", with no authority. One Boston transcript article called her "Mary", without authority.
Spouses
Birth1662, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
Death21 Jan 1747/48, Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI
Misc. Notes
of Little Compton, then in the Plymouth Colony. Son of Anthony Shaw and Alice Stonnard/Stannard.
Marriage1689, Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI
ChildrenWilliam (1690-)
 Mary (1692-1713)
 Anthony (1694-1759)
 Alice (1695-)
 Israel (1697-1746)
 Hannah (1699-)
 Jeremiah (1700-1764)
 Ruth (1701-1721)
 Peter (1704-1775)
 Elizabeth (1706-)
 Grace (1707-)
 Comfort (1709-)
 Deborah (1711-)
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