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Note: She was cleared of this charge with an admonishment (PCR III-5). At Court held 3 March 1662/3 Joseph Rogers "complaineth against Rebeckah and Allice Pierce" asking for damages of �20 for saying that he and Mercy Tubbs were seen lying under a blanket. However Joseph did not appear when the case was called and was non-suited. Therefore it seems the gossip was factual. At the next session of Court, 1 June 1663 "the Court being informed that Josepth Rogers of Namasakeesett hath frequently and from time kept companie with Merceye, the wife of William Tubbs, in a way and after such a manor as hath given cause att least to suspect that there hath been laciuiouse (lascivious) actes committed by them, the Court . . . hath required (him) to remove his dwelling . . . and that if att any time he shall bee taken . . . in companie of the said Merceye Tubbs . . . he shall (be) seuerly whipt." (PCR IV-42) Not daunted, the couple persisted. So at October Court "Wee present Josepth Rogers and Merceye Tubbs, for that they were both lyeing together one night on a bed, under a rugg, before the fier; and also the same Merceye Tubbs for that att another time she carried vnseemly in the presence of Josepth Rogers." The jury gave a verdict of true presentment (guilty). Joseph and Mercy were each heavily fined. Mercy apparently left home at this time. Shortly thereafter William Paybody (Peabody) granted William a divorce, but the Court overruled him 8 June 1664, fining Paybody �5 for making a writing regarding William Tubbs marriage vows". (PCR IV- 66) At the same Court session William published, with regard to Mercy, that he was "disowning all debts that shee shall make vnto any from this time forward." (PCR IV-66) John Arthur was in Court 1 August 1665 "for entertaining the wife of one Talmon and the wife of William Tubbs". (PCR IV-104)
William periodically petitioned for a divorce until 3 June 1668 when his pleas were recognized and notice sent to Mercy through the government at RI, where she was living, to return to William or lose all rights and claims against him. (PCR IV-187) Her negative reply was received by 7 July 1668 and the Court that day gave William his divorce. "Mercy have for four years and upward" absented herself. (PCR IV-192)
William Tubbs & Mercy Sprague
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Husband William Tubbs
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Born: Abt 1615 - Sutton, Isle Of Ely, Cambridge, England 1 Christened: Died: 2 May 1688 - Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA 1 Buried: Married: 9 Nov 1637 - Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA (Divorced on 7 Jul 1668) 1 2 3 4 5
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Other Spouse: Dorothy Unknown ( - ) - 1672
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1. He worked as a Surveyor of Highways between 1678 and 1685 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA 6.
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Wife Mercy Sprague
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Born: Abt 1617 - England 3 Christened: Died: After 1668 6 Buried: -------------------------------------------------
Father: #01 Francis Sprague (Abt 1590-1676) Mother: Wife-Ves Unknown ( - )
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Events
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1. She resided at Rhode Island (after divorce in 1668).
Note: Mar. 1651/2 Mercy was before the Court "to answare for mixed dauncing".
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Note: William Tubbs & Mercy Sprague ----------------
Husband William Tubbs
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Born: Abt 1615 - Sutton, Isle Of Ely, Cambridge, England 1 Christened: Died: 2 May 1688 - Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA 1 Buried: Married: 9 Nov 1637 - Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA (Divorced on 7 Jul 1668) 1 2 3 4 5
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Other Spouse: Dorothy Unknown ( - ) - 1672
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1. He worked as a Surveyor of Highways between 1678 and 1685 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA 6.
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Wife Mercy Sprague
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Born: Abt 1617 - England 3 Christened: Died: After 1668 6 Buried: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Father: #01 Francis Sprague (Abt 1590-1676) Mother: Wife-Ves Unknown ( - ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1. She resided at Rhode Island (after divorce in 1668).
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