This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/3296.2.1 Message Board Post: Only distantly. Mercy is descended from Jonathan Morse, son of the immigrant (1635) Anthony. I am from son Joseph. My connection is that she was a member of the same DAR chapter here in NY as I am now and we have some of her possessions in our chapter house. I wrote an article for The Morse Society newsletter.