
| 1. | Mercy Halstead was born in 1688 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York Colony, British Colonial America; died on 6 Feb 1763 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America. Mercy married Abel Birdseye on 25 Feb 1718 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America. Abel (son of John Birdsey, III and Phebe Wilcoxson) was born on 30 Nov 1679 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America; died on 14 May 1747 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America; was buried in May 1747 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |