Remembrance (nee Luce) Merry ~ Martha's Vineyard

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 11 (FORTUNE)

6 days without Internet made this week's blog planning a bit difficult.
I thought that I had at least one person in our tree named (or known as) LUCKY. 

Once our internet provider finally showed up to reconnect the wires that had been pulled down by a tall truck on our street I was ready to start searching who to feature.

Seems my memory is not what it used to be. 

Using the TREE SEARCH function in our Bramble Bush I typed LUC, and the direction of this post completely changed as I began to giggle. 

Then again, maybe I am the only one who found this week's PLOT TWIST amusing. 
Which is okay because I mostly write for ME!

As soon as I typed LUC my 9th great grandmother raised her hand to have her story told.

Then again - maybe she was mocking me which is why I giggled

Mispronouncing LUCE as LUCKY and noting the irony of my MEMORY not being what it was....

I introduce you to my 9th great grandparents on my maternal grandmother's paternal line:

Remember Luce

BIRTH 16 NOV 1670 • Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
DEATH 31 JAN 1739 • Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
and
Samuel Merry
BIRTH 16 NOV 1669 • Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
DEATH 6 OCT 1727 • West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA

X9 great grandpa Samuel served as Constable, Selectman and Surveyor of Town Lands at Martha's Vineyard.

There is a lot of information about the family available due to the family connections in Martha's Vineyard.

Which brings us back to the prompt of FORTUNE.

I never knew of my family's connection to a town I have never visited, but I did know about the wealth or FURTUNE associated with it. 

I am Remember & Samuel's X9 great granddaughter through their son:

John Merry
BIRTH 17 SEP 1689 • Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
DEATH 4 OCT 1771 • Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
and
Mehitable Hillman
BIRTH 1693 • Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 18 MAY 1771 • Vineyard Haven, Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

When your relative shakes the family tree to get your attention!!!

Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!












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