Mercy Wanton
1725 - Abt 1789 (64 years)-
Name Mercy Wanton Born 1725 RI 
[1] Gender Female Died Abt Feb 1789 Foster, Providence Co., RI [2] Person ID I27383 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father John Wanton, b. 22 Dec 1697 Mother Ann Redwood, b. Abt 1700 Married 10 Jun 1718 Newport, Newport Co., RI [3] Notes - REDWOOD Ann, of Abraham and Mehitable, to John Wanton, of John, Newport, June 10, 1718; Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. Unknown Original Volume & Page : Pg. 32634).
Family ID F09254 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Peter Cook, b. 1720, d. Dec 1810, Coventry or Foster, RI (Age 90 years) Married Abt 1746 Children 1. Charles Cook, b. 24 Sep 1747, Scituate, Providence Co., RI , d. 14 Jan 1817, RI (Age 69 years)2. Rhoda Cook, b. 17 Sep 1749, Providence, Providence Co., RI 3. Elizabeth Cook, b. 23 Jul 1751, Providence, Providence Co., RI 4. Christopher Cook, b. 1 Apr 1753, Providence, Providence Co., RI 5. Susannah Susie Cook, b. Abt 1755, Scituate, RI , d. 13 Jun 1848, Washington Co., NY (Age ~ 93 years)6. Constant Cook, b. 11 Aug 1758 7. John W. Cook, b. 25 Feb 1762, d. 22 May 1846 (Age 84 years) 8. Hope Hopey Cook, b. 12 Mar 1764, RI , d. 25 Jul 1849, NY (Age 85 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F10209 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Note from findagrave.com:
She is known to be a grandchild of Governor John Wanton of Rhode Island, but there is no certainty of who her parents were. She received a legacy of 420 pounds in her grandfather's will [I have not been able to verify that]. There is a brief newspaper account of her death, listing her as "Marcy Cook, wife of Captain Peter of Foster."
The bequest of 450 pounds to granddaughter Mary Wanton is found in the will of Edward Wanton, not Gov. John Wanton (see the Genealogical Dictionary of RI by John Osborne Austin p 215 at Google Books).
I have made an assumption that she is d/o John Wanton (s/o John) and Ann Redwood (d/o Abraham). They had a daughter Ann b c 1727? who married Job Randall in Scituate. (see Supplement to Descendants to Roger Williams Book I Waterman Line, compiled by Dorothy Higson White, Roger Williams Family Assoc. 2003, p 9.)
There is a family connection to Scituate, and also Peter and Mercy named a son John Wanton Cook.
From James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI:
COOKE Mrs. Marcy, wife of Capt. Peter, in 61st year, at Foster. She has had 99 children and grandchildren, 78 of whom are now living. [Note. We think there must be a mistake in the age given here. J. N. A.] Feb. 20, 1789; Town Page Detail: Providence (newspaper report).
Findagrave.com lists five children for Peter & Marcy but I think there may have been at least three more, births recorded at Providence: Rhoda 1749, Elizabeth 1751, and Christopher 1753.
The children listed at findagrave.com are: Susanna, Charles 1747, Constant 1758, John 1762, and Hope 1764. The above three children recorded in Provdience fit into this list. Note that Mary, Marcy, and Mercy are sometimes interchangeable in the old records.
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