The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Joseph Mercer He was born c 1665
	He married Elizabeth on c 1685. She was born c 1665. They had the following children:
	i	Elizabeth who was born 1687 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 6^th Jan 1687 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	ii	Ann who was born 1690 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 25^th Apr 1690 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	iii	Mary who was born 1696 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 5^th Jul 1696 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
2	iv	Thomas who was born 1699 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 12^th Oct 1699 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent

Generation No. 2
	2. Thomas Mercer was the son of Joseph Mercer and Elizabeth Mercer. He was born 1699 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 12^th Oct 1699 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	He married Ann on c 1720. She was born c 1700. They had the following children:
	i	Elizabeth who was born 1725 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 17^th Dec 1725 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
3	ii	John who was born 1727 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 12^th Mar 1727 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	iii	Ann who was born 1733 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 30^th Dec 1733 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	iv	Mary who was born 1737 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 9^th Feb 1737 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	v	Thomas who was born 1739 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 13^th Jun 1739 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	vi	Edward who was born 1739 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 13^th Jun 1739 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent; died 17^th May 1740
	vii	Joseph who was born 1741 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 5^th Jun 1741 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent

Generation No. 3
	3. John Mercer was the son of Thomas Mercer and Ann Mercer. He was born 1727 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 12^th Mar 1727 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	He married Susanna on c 1745. She was born c 1725. They had the following children:
	i	Robert who was born 1746 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6^th Jun 1746 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	Sarah Ashdown who was born 1748 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 30^th Mar 1748 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
4	iii	John who was born 1749/50 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 9^th Mar 1749/50 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iv	Jacob who was born 1751 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 14^th Apr 1751 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
5	v	Alexander who was born 1752 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 21^st Nov 1752 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
6	vi	Edward who was born 1758 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 21^st Apr 1758 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
7	vii	George who was born 1762 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 19^th May 1762 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Generation No. 4
	4. John Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Susanna Mercer. He was born 1749/50 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 9^th Mar 1749/50 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Ann Clark on 12^th Feb 1772 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born c 1750. They had the following children:
	i	Robert who was born 1777 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 22^nd Jun 1777 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

	5. Alexander Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Susanna Mercer. He was born 1752 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 21^st Nov 1752 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Mary Hewlitt on 26^th Jul 1776 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born c 1755. They had the following children:
	i	Mary Susanna who was born 24^th Jun 1778 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20^th Jul 1778 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
8	ii	James Alexander who was born 15^th Apr 1780 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 5^th Jun 1780 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iii	Elizabeth who was born 17^th Apr 1786 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 28^th May 1786 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iv	Hannah who was born 26^th Dec 1792 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10^th Feb 1793 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	v	Sarah who was born 27^th Mar 1796 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 17^th May 1796 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	vi	John who was born 1798 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 3^rd Oct 1798 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

	6. Edward Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Susanna Mercer. He was born 1758 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 21^st Apr 1758 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Margarett Head on 15^th May 1780 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born c 1758. They had the following children:
9	i	John who was born c Aug 1780 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6^th Aug 1780 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	Edward who was born 11^th Jun 1783 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13^th Jul 1783 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

	7. George Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Susanna Mercer. He was born 1762 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 19^th May 1762 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Mary Head on 10^th Nov 1784 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born c 1762. They had the following children:
	i	Mary Amelia who was born 24^th Mar 1785 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 24^th Apr 1785 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Generation No. 5
	8. James Alexander Mercer was the son of Alexander Mercer and Mary Mercer [Hewlitt]. He was born 15^th Apr 1780 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 5^th Jun 1780 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Susan Keys on 19^th Jun 1803 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent. She was born c 1780

	9. John Mercer was the son of Edward Mercer and Margarett Mercer [Head]. He was born c Aug 1780 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6^th Aug 1780 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Sarah Pain on 14^th Jan 1808 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born c 1780. They had the following children:
10	i	John who was born 18^th Sep 1810 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10^th Oct 1810 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	Elizabeth who was born 4^th Aug 1812 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 7^th Sep 1812 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iii	Sarah who was born 1819 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13^th Oct 1819 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
11	iv	Robert Henry who was born 1822 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13^th Feb 1822 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died Apr to June 1869, aged 47 years
	v	Mary Walmsley who was born 1824 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10^th Sep 1824 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Generation No. 6
	10. John Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Pain]. He was born 18^th Sep 1810 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10^th Oct 1810 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married (1) Harriet Ashby on 18^th Nov 1833 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1809 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died May 1851, aged 42 years; buried 4^th May 1851 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
12	i	John who was born 1834 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 17^th Sep 1834 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	Anne who was born 1836 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Henry who was born 1837 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 5^th Jul 1837 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iv	William who was born July to Sep 1840 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1840 Q3 Vol 5 Page 443
13	v	Elizabeth who was born 1842 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 4^th May 1842 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	vi	Mary who was born 1844 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 3^rd Apr 1844 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
14	vii	George who was born 1846 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married (2) Frances Bonwick Gill on 31^st Jul 1859 at St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London. She was born 1823 at Lambeth, London. They had the following children:
	i	Fanny who was born 1860 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	Joseph who was born Dec 1861 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1862 Q1 Vol 2b Page 8; christened 29^th Dec 1861 Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Albert Lewis who was born Oct to Dec 1863 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1863 Q4 Vol 2a Page 453
	iv	Blanche Mary who was born July to Sep 1865 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1865 Q3 Vol 2a Page 468

	11. Robert Henry Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Pain]. He was born 1822 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13^th Feb 1822 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died Apr to June 1869, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1869 Q2 Vol 2a Page 299, aged 47 years
	He married (1) Charlotte on c 1840. She was born c 1820. They had the following children:
	i	Robert Henry who was born Oct to Dec 1842 at Ramslye Farm, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1842 Q4 Vol 7 Page 427; christened 7^th Mar 1843 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
	He married (2) Susannah Mercer Puttock on July to Sep 1851, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1851 Q3 Vol 5 Page 646. She was born 1831 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, daughter of Mary Puttock. They had the following children:
15	i	Henry who was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
16	ii	Walter Edward who was born 1854 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Generation No. 7
	12. John Mercer, master tailor was the son of John Mercer and Harriet Mercer [Ashby]. He was born 1834 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 17^th Sep 1834 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Ann Leppard on Oct to Dec 1858, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1858 Q4 Vol 2a Page 671. She was born 1835 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Emily who was born 1862 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	Flora who was born 1863 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 29^th Mar 1863 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex

	13. Elizabeth Mercer was the daughter of John Mercer and Harriet Mercer [Ashby]. She was born 1842 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 4^th May 1842 at Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	i	Fanny Edith who was born 1860 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 27^th May 1860 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent

	14. George Mercer, master tailor was the son of John Mercer and Harriet Mercer [Ashby]. He was born 1846 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Mary Ann Hewlitt on Oct to Dec 1870, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1870 Q4 Vol 2a Page 835. She was born 1851 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Annie Albertha who was born Oct to Dec 1871 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1871 Q4 Vol 2a Page 528
	ii	Flora Fanny who was born July to Sep 1872 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1872 Q3 Vol 2a Page 560
17	iii	Lililian Rose who was born Oct to Dec 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1877 Q4 Vol 2a Page 600
18	iv	Ethel Gertrude who was born Apr to June 1884 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1884 Q2 Vol 2a Page 652
19	v	Mabel Violet who was born July to Sep 1886 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q3 Vol 2a Page 688

	15. Henry Mercer, greengrocer's assistant was the son of Robert Henry Mercer and Susannah Mercer Mercer [Puttock]. He was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Fanny Page on Apr to June 1879, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1879 Q2 Vol 2a Page 890. She was born 1856 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Mabel S. who was born 1880 at Tonbridge, Kent

	16. Walter Edward Mercer, baker was the son of Robert Henry Mercer and Susannah Mercer Mercer [Puttock]. He was born 1854 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Catherine Maria Harrow on Jan to Mar 1874, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1874 Q1 Vol 2a Page 683. She was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Robert H. who was born 1875 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	Edith R. who was born 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Nellie who was born 1878 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iv	Alice M. who was born 1880 at Croydon, Surrey

Generation No. 8
	17. Lililian Rose Fance-Spear [Mercer] was the daughter of George Mercer, master tailor and Mary Ann Mercer [Hewlitt]. She was born Oct to Dec 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1877 Q4 Vol 2a Page 600
	She married Arthur Fance-Spear on Jan to Mar 1908, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1908 Q1 Vol 2a page 1083. He was born c 1875

	18. Ethel Gertrude Haskings [Mercer] was the daughter of George Mercer, master tailor and Mary Ann Mercer [Hewlitt]. She was born Apr to June 1884 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1884 Q2 Vol 2a Page 652
	She married Henry G. Haskings on July to Sep 1912, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1912 Q3 Vol 2a Page 1963. He was born c 1880

	19. Mabel Violet Strange [Mercer] was the daughter of George Mercer, master tailor and Mary Ann Mercer [Hewlitt]. She was born July to Sep 1886 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q3 Vol 2a Page 688
	She married Frederick Charles Strange on Jan to Mar 1916, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1916 Q1 Vol 2a Page 1727. He was born Oct to Dec 1885 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1885 Q4 Vol 2a page 667