Austin, Mercy

Birth Name Austin, Mercy
Gender female
Age at Death 80 years, 9 months, 15 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1762-06-05 Bath, Penobscot, ME  
 
Death 1843-03-20 Wales, Androscoggin, ME  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Austin, John1732-08-20before 1821
Mother , Mercy
         Austin, Mercy 1762-06-05 1843-03-20
    Brother     Austin, Henry Dearborn 1785-03-19 1864-02-19

Families

    Family of Labree, James and Austin, Mercy
Married Husband Labree, James ( * 1761-03-05 + 1831-05-28 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1780-05-20 Brunswick, Cumberland, ME  
 
  Narrative

LDS Film # 0010595, Brunswick, ME Town Records, p537. JamesLaBaree of Bath, ME and Marcy Austin of Brunswick, ME mar. int.Apr. 3, 1789.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Labree, Mary1783-06-181847
Labree, James Jr.1785-05-23
Labree, William1792-08-23
Labree, Charles1796-10-171871-04-25
Labree, Daniel M.1801-07-061863-10-24
Labree, Elizabeth1803-06-28
Labree, Aterline1805-11-22
Labree, Jane1809-04-01

Narrative

Judy Wilkerson has their marriage aft 3 Apr 1789 in Brunswick,Maine.Mercy was the grandaughter of Bill Austin the famous Indianscout. Bill's son William was carried into captivity by theIndians while a small boy. He remained with them until he becamea man and married a sister of the celebrated Chief Tecumseh.After his marriage he left the tribe and settled in Bath, MEwhere his daughter Mercy was born. Records from Gil Tatro CT 1995 - info from Mrs. GeorgePowers, whose husband is desc. of Wm. Labree and Mary Hinckley."The Labree family had a pure French background. Peter Labreecame from France to settle in Woolwich in 1759. His son Jamesmar. Mercy Austin, gdau. of William Austin and an IndianPrincess...The Indian side of the family was introduced by William Austin, who was of British origin. Copied from thePortland Press Herald: 'William Austin, a famous scout, mar. the IndianPricess, sister of Tecumseh and dau. of Wamsutta. Wamsutta was a brother of KingPhilip and son of Massosoit (Cochrane records). WilliamAustin had sons Benoni and John Austin. Benoni came to New Meadows, Brunswick, Maine by 1737,and went from there by 1774." !CONFLICT: Info from Mrs. George Powers says Mercy is a gdau.of WilliamAustin, how ever from their ages, it weems likely that she was ag.gdau. instead of gdau.

Pedigree

  1. Austin, John
    1. , Mercy
      1. Austin, Mercy
        1. Labree, James
          1. Labree, Mary
          2. Labree, James Jr.
          3. Labree, William
          4. Labree, Charles
          5. Labree, Daniel M.
          6. Labree, Elizabeth
          7. Labree, Aterline
          8. Labree, Jane
      2. Austin, Henry Dearborn

Ancestors