The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Robert Mercer
Generation No. 1
  1. Robert Mercer He was born c 1775
2 iJohn who was born 1799 at Hever, Kent; christened 19th Dec 1798 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  He married Sarah Malyan on 24th Oct 1799 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent. She was born c 1775. They had the following children:
3 iRobert who was born 1802 at Hever, Kent; christened 29th Aug 1802 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
4 iiSarah who was born 1804 at Hever, Kent; christened 8th Jul 1804 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  iiiMary who was born 1807 at Hever, Kent; christened 11th Nov 1807 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  ivElizabeth who was born 1812 at Hever, Kent; christened 25th May 1812 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. John Mercer, farmer was the son of Robert Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Malyan]. He was born 1799 at Hever, Kent
  He married (1) Jane Kember on 3rd Dec 1823 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent, witnesses Frances Kember and William Chapman. She was born 1804; died Jul 1824 at Cowden, Kent, aged 18 years; buried 21st Jul 1924 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent. They had the following children:
  iCatherine who was born 1824 at Hever, Kent; christened 25th Apr 1824 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  He married (2) Jane Chapman on 21st Mar 1826 at Ore, Sussex. She was born c 1800. They had the following children:
  iFrances who was born 1829 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 11th Nov 1829 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiElizabeth who was born 1831 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 25th May 1831 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
5 iiiGeorge who was born 1834 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ivAnn who was born 1836
6 vAlexander who was born 1839 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  viJames who was born 1844 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  viiHannah who was born 1847 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  3. Robert Mercer was the son of Robert Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Malyan]. He was born 1802 at Hever, Kent; christened 29th Aug 1802 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  He married Katherine Illman on 3rd Sep 1820 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1796 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
7 iGeorge who was born 15th Sep 1820 at Hever, Kent; christened 15th Oct 1820 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  iiHarriet who was born 1822 at Hever, Kent; christened 27th Oct 1822 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
8 iiiThomas who was born 1825 at Withyham, Sussex
  ivHannah who was born 1828 at Sussex
  vEllen who was born 1830 at Sussex
  viHester who was born 1832 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Feb 1843 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, age at christening: 11 years
  viiSusan who was born 1834 at Sussex
  viiiMary who was born 1st Aug 1838 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1838 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  ixElizabeth who was born 1842 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 3rd Apr 1859 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, age at christening: 17 years
   
  4. Sarah Mercer was the daughter of Robert Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Malyan]. She was born 1804 at Hever, Kent; christened 8th Jul 1804 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  iCharles Holdship who was born 1829 at Hever, Kent, baseborn; christened 8th Nov 1829 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  5. George Mercer, bricklayer was the son of John Mercer, farmer and Jane Mercer [Chapman]. He was born 1834 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married Sarah Titchener on July to Sep 1861, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1861 Q3 Vol 2a Page 636. She was born 1839 at Southborough, Kent. They had the following children:
9 iGeorge who was born 1865 at Southborough, Kent
10 iiStephen Arthur who was born 1872 at Southborough, Kent
  iiiEdith K. who was born 1875 at Southborough, Kent
  ivMabel Helena who was born 1878 at Southborough, Kent; christened 9th Jun 1878 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
   
  6. Alexander Mercer, bricklayer was the son of John Mercer, farmer and Jane Mercer [Chapman]. He was born 1839 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married Mary Ann Norman on July to Sep 1865, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1863 Q3 Vol 2a Page 733. She was born 1839 at Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMary Jane who was born 1867 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiSarah Ann who was born 1869 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  7. George Mercer, farm labourer was the son of Robert Mercer and Katherine Mercer [Illman]. He was born 15th Sep 1820 at Hever, Kent; christened 15th Oct 1820 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  He married Rebecca Illman on Jan to Mar 1849, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q1 Vol 7 Page 403. She was born 1825 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge who was born 1850 at Withyham, Sussex
  iiRobert who was born 1851 at Withyham, Sussex
11 iiiJohn who was born 1854 at Chiddingstone, Kent
   
  8. Thomas Mercer, farm labourer was the son of Robert Mercer and Katherine Mercer [Illman]. He was born 1825 at Withyham, Sussex
  He married Eliza Barnett on Oct to Dec 1849, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1849 Q4 Vol 5 Page 610. She was born 1829 at Hever, Kent. They had the following children:
12 iAlexander who was born 1850 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 1st Dec 1850 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  iiCatharine who was born 1853 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 5th Jun 1853 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  iiiWilliam who was born 1856 at Chiddingstone, Kent
  ivThomas who was born 1859 at Cowden, Kent
  vCharles who was born 1861 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1861 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viMary Elizabeth who was born 1864 at Holtye, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7th Feb 1864 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viiHenry who was born 1867 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24th Feb 1867 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viiiAlice who was born 1870 at Penshurst, Kent
  ixGeorge who was born 1873 at Penshurst, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  9. George Mercer, fruiterer and greengrocer was the son of George Mercer, bricklayer and Sarah Mercer [Titchener]. He was born 1865 at Southborough, Kent
  He married Celia Mouser on Apr to June 1891, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1891 Q2 Vol 2a Page 1072. She was born 1858 at Framsden, Suffolk. They had the following children:
  iMary Edith who was born 1892 at Southborough, Kent; christened 23rd Oct 1892 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
  iiGeorge Henry who was born 1894 at Southborough, Kent; christened 15th Jul 1894 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
   
  10. Stephen Arthur Mercer, postman was the son of George Mercer, bricklayer and Sarah Mercer [Titchener]. He was born 1872 at Southborough, Kent
  He married Lucy Pratt on July to Sep 1898, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1898 Q3 Vol 2a Page 1383. She was born 1873 at Southborough, Kent. They had the following children:
  iStephen Edward who was born 1902 at Southborough, Kent; christened 17th Aug 1902 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
  iiGladys Lucy who was born 1906 at Southborough, Kent; christened 11th Feb 1906 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
   
  11. John Mercer, farm labourer was the son of George Mercer, farm labourer and Rebecca Mercer [Illman]. He was born 1854 at Chiddingstone, Kent
  He married Helen Holmes on July to Sep 1875, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1875 Q3 Vol 2b Page 193. She was born 1857 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1876 at Withyham, Sussex
  iiGeorge Henry who was born 1879 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 1st Jun 1879 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  iiiInfant who was born Feb 1881 at Speldhurst, Kent
   
  12. Alexander Mercer, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Mercer, farm labourer and Eliza Mercer [Barnett]. He was born 1850 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 1st Dec 1850 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  He married Sophia Holmes on July to Sep 1876, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1876 Q3 Vol 2a Page 837. She was born 1857 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWilliam G. who was born 1877 at Penshurst, Kent
  iiFanny who was born 1879 at Poundsbridge, Kent
  iiiAlice E. M. who was born Nov 1880 at Poundsbridge, Kent
  ivEdwin Harry who was born 1884 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Oct 1884 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  vHarriet who was born 1888 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 19th Mar 1888 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   

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