The Weald - People history and genealogy

Date

Type

Information

Source

18^th September 1810

Born

In the Parish of Speldhurst, Kent

Speldhurst Parish Registers

10^th October 1810

Christened

At St. Mary's Church in the Parish of Speldhurst, Kent

Speldhurst Parish Registers

18^th November 1833

Married

Harriet Ashby at St. Mary's Church in the Parish of Speldhurst, Kent

Speldhurst Parish Registers

1834

Birth of a son

John in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

1836

Birth of a daughter

Anne in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

1837

Birth of a son

Henry in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

Jul to Sep 1840

Birth of a son

William in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; registered at Tonbridge District, Kent; ref: 1840 Q3 Vol 5 Page 443

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

1842

Birth of a daughter

Elizabeth in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

1844

Birth of a daughter

Mary in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

1846

Birth of a son

George in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

30^th March 1851

Census

At Frant Road in the Parish of Frant, Sussex; Head; occupation Tailor

1851 Census
Frant, Sussex

31^st July 1859

Married

Frances Bonwick Gill at St. Dunstan and All Saints in the Parish of Stepney, London

London Metropolitan Archives

1860

Birth of a daughter

Fanny in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1861 Census

December 1861

Birth of a son

Joseph in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex; ref: 1862 Q1 Vol 2b Page 8

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Oct to Dec 1863

Birth of a son

Albert Lewis in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; registered at Tonbridge District, Kent; ref: 1863 Q4 Vol 2a Page 453

1871 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Jul to Sep 1865

Birth of a daughter

Blanche Mary in the Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; registered at Tonbridge District, Kent; ref: 1865 Q3 Vol 2a Page 468

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

m: c 1685

b: c 1665

b: 1687 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 6^th Jan 1687 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1690 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 25^th Apr 1690 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1696 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 5^th Jul 1696 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1699 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 12^th Oct 1699 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record

Thomas Mercer

m: c 1720

Ann

b: 1699 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 12^th Oct 1699 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: c 1700

b: 1725 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 17^th Dec 1725 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1727 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 12^th Mar 1727 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1733 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 30^th Dec 1733 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1737 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 9^th Feb 1737 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1739 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 13^th Jun 1739 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: 1739 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 13^th Jun 1739 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church
d: 17^th May 1740

b: 1741 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 5^th Jun 1741 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

Great-Great-
Grandfather
record

John Mercer

m: c 1745

Susanna

b: 1727 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 12^th Mar 1727 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church

b: c 1725

b: 1746 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 6^th Jun 1746 St. Mary's Church

b: 1748 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 30^th Mar 1748 St. Mary's Church

b: 1749/50 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 9^th Mar 1749/50 St. Mary's Church

b: 1751 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 14^th Apr 1751 St. Mary's Church

b: 1752 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 21^st Nov 1752 St. Mary's Church

b: 1758 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 21^st Apr 1758 St. Mary's Church

b: 1762 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 19^th May 1762 St. Mary's Church

Great-
Grandfather
record

Edward Mercer

m: 15^th May 1780 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Margarett Head

b: 1758 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 21^st Apr 1758 St. Mary's Church

b: c 1758

John

Edward

b: c Aug 1780 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 6^th Aug 1780 St. Mary's Church

b: 11^th Jun 1783 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 13^th Jul 1783 St. Mary's Church

Grandfather
record

John Mercer

m: 14^th Jan 1808 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Sarah Pain

b: c Aug 1780 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 6^th Aug 1780 St. Mary's Church

b: c 1780

b: 18^th Sep 1810 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 10^th Oct 1810 St. Mary's Church

b: 4^th Aug 1812 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 7^th Sep 1812 St. Mary's Church

b: 1819 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 13^th Oct 1819 St. Mary's Church

b: 1822 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 13^th Feb 1822 St. Mary's Church
d: Apr to Jun 1869

b: 1824 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 10^th Sep 1824 St. Mary's Church

Parental
record

1st marriage

John Mercer

m: 18^th Nov 1833 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Harriet Ashby

b: 18^th Sep 1810 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 10^th Oct 1810 St. Mary's Church

b: 1809 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
d: May 1851
bur: 4^th May 1851 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex

b: 1834 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
ch: 17^th Sep 1834 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

b: 1836 Tunbridge Wells, Kent

b: 1837 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
ch: 5^th Jul 1837 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

b: Jul to Sep 1840 Tunbridge Wells, Kent

b: 1842 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
ch: 4^th May 1842 Tunbridge Wells Chapel

b: 1844 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
ch: 3^rd Apr 1844 Tunbridge Wells Chapel

b: 1846 Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Family
record

2nd marriage

John Mercer

m: 31^st Jul 1859 St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London

Frances Gill
lodging house keeper

b: 18^th Sep 1810 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 10^th Oct 1810 St. Mary's Church

b: 1823 Lambeth, London

b: 1860 Tunbridge Wells, Kent

b: Dec 1861 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
ch: 29^th Dec 1861 Christ Church

b: Oct to Dec 1863 Tunbridge Wells, Kent

b: Jul to Sep 1865 Tunbridge Wells, Kent